Book,
History of economic analysis
Oxford University Press, New York, (1996 (1954))
Abstract
At the time of his death in 1950, Joseph Schumpeter--one of the great economists of the first half of the 20th century--was working on his monumental History of Economic Analysis. A complete survey of man's intellectual advances in the understanding of economic phenomena, this book also reflects the author's diverse interests in history, philosophy, sociology and psychology, and as such is a an important contribution to the history of ideas as well as to economics. Never completed, this survey of the economic history of mankind has nevertheless gained recognition as a modern classic thanks to its incredibly broad scope and original examination of significant historical events. Some major topics examined include the techniques of economic analysis, contemporaneous development in other sciences, the sociology of economics, the history, psychology and economics of the period 1879-1914, and modern economic developments. Writings on the subject of economics discussed in this volume range from Plato and Aristotle to John Maynard Keynes, and cover the medieval scholastics and natural-law philosophers, as well as more recent thinkers like Malthus, Mill, Ricardo, Marx, and Adam Smith. Schumpeter interprets economics as a human science, and his lucid History masterfully conveys this perception. This edition comes with a new introduction by Mark Perlman, one of the most distinguished contemporary economists and former editor of the prestigious Journal of Economic Literature.
