Richard T Ely

Richard T Ely was both a reformer of economics and a leading economist between the 1880's and 1930's. This work presents his study of the history of American economic thought. It tells the story with Ely's own interpretation.

List of contents

Part: 1. Introductory. 2. Early American Economics in its European setting. 3. American Protests Against English Economics. 4. The Evolution of the Scientific Point of View in Economics. 5. The Development of the Scientific Point of View in Relation to the Tariff. 6. Henry C. Carey First American Economist. 7. The English Classical School in the United States. 8. "Epigones". 9. Economic Thought in the South. 10. The New Life in American Economics. 11. Francis A. Walker. 12. Two Philosophical Economists: Simon N. Patten and John Bates Clark. Appendices.

Summary

Richard T Ely was both a reformer of economics and a leading economist between the 1880's and 1930's. This work presents his study of the history of American economic thought. It tells the story with Ely's own interpretation.

Product details

• Authors: Warren J. Samuels
• Assisted by: W. J. Samuels (Editor), Warren J. Samuels (Editor)
• Publisher: Jai Press Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2002
• EAN: 9780762307944
• ISBN: 978-0-7623-0794-4
• No. of pages: 324
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 652 g
• Series: Research in the History of Eco
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous