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Economics as Worldly Philosophy

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Ron Blackwell

    1. Amalgamated Clothing and Textiles Union, USA

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  2. Jaspal Chatha

    1. Lehmann College, City University of New York, USA

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  3. Edward J. Nell

    1. New School for Social Research, New York, USA

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These essays written by students of Robert Heilbroner, develop central themes in his work - the importance of historical perspective in economics, the connection with the great questions of philosophy, and the immediacy of politics. They begin by criticizing the rational maximizing foundations of conventional theory, finding no place there for history. The essays first explore methodology, then technology in relation to history, the politics inherent in economics, and finally, turn to the great Classics, interpreted in relation to modern questions.

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: History and Vision in Economics

    1. Introduction: History and Vision in Economics

      • Edward J. Nell
      Pages 1-11

  3. Method and Approach

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. The Economics of Positive Methodology

      • Scott Moss
      Pages 15-21

    3. Neo-classical Economics and Neo-Darwinism: Clearing the Way for Historical Thinking

      • Elias L. Khalil
      Pages 22-72

  6. History of Thought: Smith, Ricardo and Marx

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
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    2. Adam Smith between Political Economy and Economics

      • Robert Urquhart
      Pages 189-240

    3. History, Human Nature and Justice in Marx

      • Richard Castellana
      Pages 241-268

    4. The Commodity as ‘Characteristic Form’

      • Martha Campbell
      Pages 269-302

  7. Contemporary Theory in the Light of the Classics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 303-303
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    2. Quesnay’s Theory of Economic Growth and Decline

      • Steven Pressman
      Pages 305-321

    3. Adam Smith and the New Economics of Effort

      • Thomas Michl
      Pages 322-334

    4. Classical Perspectives on Investment: An Exegesis of Behavioural Assumptions

      • Chidem Kurdas
      Pages 335-355

    5. Marx and Market Socialism

      • Frank Roosevelt
      Pages 356-373
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Amalgamated Clothing and Textiles Union, USA

    Ron Blackwell

  • Lehmann College, City University of New York, USA

    Jaspal Chatha

  • New School for Social Research, New York, USA

    Edward J. Nell

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