This new reader in the history of economic thought is edited by two of the most respected figures in the field. With clearly written summaries putting each selection into context and useful questions for discussion, this book will be of great use to students and lecturers of the history of economic thought and goes beyond the simple reprinting of articles.
Selections and discussions include such thinkers as Aristotle, John Locke, Francois Quesnay, David Hume, Jean Baptiste Say, Karl Marx, William Stanley Jevons, Irving Fisher and Thorstein Veblen.
"History of Economic Thought: A Reader" can be used as a core textbook or as a supplementary text on courses in economic thought and philosophy. It will provide readers with a good foundation in the different schools of thought that run through economics.