Economic Theory and Policy in Context: Selected Essays of R. D. Collison Black

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Economic Theory and Policy in Context brings together a selection of R. D. Collison Black's essays on the relationships between economic theory and policy, viewed historically. Beginning with a series of essays concerned with economists and economic policy in nineteenth century Ireland, the volume continues with a section entitled 'In and Out of the Mainstream' featuring studies of the work of economists, both famous and obscure, which reflect their author's special interest in the relation between economics and ...
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Economic Theory and Policy in Context brings together a selection of R. D. Collison Black's essays on the relationships between economic theory and policy, viewed historically. Beginning with a series of essays concerned with economists and economic policy in nineteenth century Ireland, the volume continues with a section entitled 'In and Out of the Mainstream' featuring studies of the work of economists, both famous and obscure, which reflect their author's special interest in the relation between economics and biography. The final section on the economics of W. S. Jevons brings together papers which encouraged a revival of interest in that economist, including two which were previously unpublished.
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Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Political Economy and the Irish 3
2 Economic Policy in Ireland and India in the Time of J. S. Mill 18
3 The Irish Dissenters and Nineteenth-Century Political Economy 34
4 Smith's Contribution in Historical Perspective 55
5 Parson Malthus, the General and the Captain 86
6 Dr. Kondratieff and Mr. Hyde Clarke 102
7 Ralph George Hawtrey 1879-1975 126
8 Transitions in Political Economy: I, Economic Analysis 163
9 Transitions in Political Economy: II, Economic Policy 181
10 W. S. Jevons and the Foundation of Modern Economics 202
11 Jevons's Contribution to the Teaching of Political Economy in Manchester and London 217
12 Jevons, Marshall and the Utilitarian Tradition 239
List of publications 253
Name index 257
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