Rediscovering political economy

Rediscovering political economy / edited by Joseph Postell and Bradley C.S. Watson.

The recent economic crisis in the United States has highlighted a crisis of understanding. In this volume, Bradley C.S. Watson and Joseph Postell bring together some of America's most eminent thinkers on political economy--an increasingly overlooked field wherein political ideas and economic th...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Postell, Joseph, 1979- (Author, Editor), Sirico, Robert A. (Author), Mueller, John D. (Author), Levine, Alan, 1961- (Author), Hollander, Samuel (Author), Caldwell, Bruce, 1952- (Author), Wagner, Richard E. (Author), West, Thomas G., 1945- (Author), McNamara, Peter, 1959- (Author), Schweikart, Larry (Author)
Other Authors: Watson, Bradley C. S., 1961- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, ©2011.
Subjects:
Since 1945
Economics > History.
Economics.
economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Economics
Economic history
United States > Economic conditions > 1945-
United States
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Theoretical foundations of political economy ; The moral basis for economic liberty / Robert A. Sirico
  • Restoring sound economic thinking : what natural law taught us / John D. Mueller
  • The idea of commerce in Enlightenment political thought / Alan Levine
  • Understanding Friedrich Engels (and Marx) and Adam Smith on economic organization and the price mechanism / Samuel Hollander
  • Ten (mostly) Austrian insights for these trying times / Bruce Caldwell
  • Part II: Political economy and American economic experience ; Promoting the general welfare : political economy for a free republic / Richard Wagner
  • The economic theory of the American founding / Thomas G. West
  • Hamilton and Jefferson : two visions of democratic capitalism / Peter McNamara
  • The right kind of regulation : what the founders thought about regulation / Joseph Postell
  • American banking from birth to bust, and all points in between / Larry Schweikart.

Similar Items