Alessandro Roncaglia

The evolution of economic thought can be traced back from its beginnings in classical antiquity up to the present day. In this book, Professor Alessandro Roncaglia offers a clear, concise and updated version of his award-winning The Wealth of Ideas, studying the development of economic thought through perspectives and debates on the economy and society over time. With chapters on prominent economic theorists, including William Petty, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes, as well as on other important figures and key debates of each period, Roncaglia critically evaluates the foundations of the marginalist–neoclassical (scarcity–utility) approach in comparison to the Classical–Keynes approach. A comprehensive guide to the history of economic thought, this book will be of value not only to undergraduate and postgraduate students studying economic thought, but also to any readers desiring to study how economics has evolved up to the present day.

A Brief History of Economic Thought

A clear and concise history of economic thought, developed from the author's award-winning book, The Wealth of Ideas.

Marcella Corsi

Un libro fondamentale per tutti coloro che vogliono avvicinarsi per la prima volta all'economia politica: dalle principali teorie e questioni dell'economia contemporanea al funzionamento istituzionale del nostro sistema economico.

Nuovi lineamenti di economia politica

Son muchos los que creen que el mercado es un mecanismo casi natural gobernado por una «mano invisible» que conduce espontáneamente al crecimiento y al bienestar colectivo. ¿Están en lo cierto? ¿O hay que entender el mercado como una construcción social que requiere unas reglas y una dirección? El libro del profesor Roncaglia constituye un análisis a contracorriente del concepto de libertad que redescubre el mercado como lugar de encuentro entre la sociedad y la economía. Un análisis que explica los orígenes intelectuales y las consecuencias prácticas de una noción de mercado cuya crítica resulta particularmente oportuna en la coyuntura económica actual.

El mito de la mano invisible

The evolution of economic thought can be traced back from its beginnings in classical antiquity up to the present day. In this book, Professor Alessandro Roncaglia offers a clear, concise and updated version of his award-winning The Wealth of Ideas, studying the development of economic thought through perspectives and debates on the economy and society over time. With chapters on prominent economic theorists, including William Petty, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes, as well as on other important figures and key debates of each period, Roncaglia critically evaluates the foundations of the marginalist-neoclassical (scarcity-utility) approach in comparison to the Classical-Keynes approach. A comprehensive guide to the history of economic thought, this book will be of value not only to undergraduate and postgraduate students studying economic thought, but also to any readers desiring to study how economics has evolved up to the present day.

Richard Ned Lebow

This 2005 book traces the history of economic thought from its prehistory to the present day.

A History of Economic Thought

The Wealth of Ideas

A wide-ranging historical account and critical analysis of the global development of economics from 1940 to the present day.

Alessandro Roncaglia

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