Toward a History of Applied Economics: 2000 Supplement (History of Political Economy Annual Supplement)
By Unknown Author.
Description
Histories of economic thought have generally focused on the development of economic theory, notably value and distribution. The activity of applying economic theory to the understanding of particular situations and the solution of specific problems, though a part of the work of economists for several generations, has received relatively little attention from historians of economics. Toward a History of Applied Economics explores such themes as changes in the historical conception of applied economics and its relationship to the “core” of economic theory, the emergence and declin...
ISBN(s)
0822364859, 9780822364856
