1st Edition

Moral Discourse in the History of Economic Thought

By Laurent Dobuzinskis Copyright 2022
322 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

322 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

322 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Providing an account of the development of economic thought, this book explores the extent to which economic ideas are rooted in moral values. Adopting an approach rooted in ‘pragmatism’, the work explores key questions which have been considered by economists since the classical political economists. These include: what degree of priority ought to be granted to property rights among all... Read more
CHAPTER 1 Introduction
CHAPTER 2 Classical Political Economy: The Age of “Sympathy”?
CHAPTER 3 Neoclassical Economics: Economics as Pure Science?
CHAPTER 4 The Political Economy of “Market Failures”
CHAPTER 5 The Birth of Macroeconomics
CHAPTER 6 The Political Economy of Government Failures
CHAPTER 7 Neoliberalism and Its Discontents
CHAPTER 8 The Way Forward

Biography

Laurent Dobuzinskis is an Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University, Canada.