The Trend of Economic Thinking

Essays on Political Economists and Economic History

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Autor(en)	Friedrich August von Hayek	Verlag	Liberty Fund, Inc.
Herausgeber	William Warren Bartley, III, Stephen Kresge
Sachgebiet(e)	Österreichische Schule, English Books	ISBN	978-0-86597-742-6
2009, 400 Seiten

Editorial foreword by W. W. Bartley, III, introduction by Stephen Kresge, chronological list of contents, bibliographical note, editor's acknowledgements by W. W. Bartley, III, index.

In The Trend of Economic Thinking Hayek presents many of the figures that influenced the development of his economic thought. The articles range from well-known economists such as Mandeville, Hume, Smith, and Bastiat, to lesser-known figures such as Dupuit and Gossen, showing the breadth of Hayek's study of the history of economic thought.

Table of Content:

Editorial Foreword
Introduction

PART I. THE ECONOMIST AND HIS DISMAL TASK

1. The Trend of Economic Thinking

2. On Being an Economist

3. Two Types of Mind

4. History and Politics

PART II. THE ORIGINS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY IN BRITAIN

5. Francis Bacon: Progenitor of Scientism (1561-1626)

6. Dr. Bernard Mandeville (1670-1733)

7. The Legal and Political Philosophy of David Hume (1711-1776)
Addendum:  A Discovery about Hume by Keynes and Sraffa

8. Adam Smith (1723-1790): His Message in Today's Language
Addendum:  Review, Adam Smith as Student and Professor

PART III. ENGLISH MONETARY POLICY AND THE BULLION DEBATE

9. Genesis of the Gold Standard in Response to English Coinage Policy in the 17th and 18th Centuries

10. First Paper Money in 18th-Century France

11. The Period of Restrictions, 1797-1821, and the Bullion Debate in England

12. The Dispute Between the Currency School and the Banking School, 1821-1848

13. Richard Cantillon (c.1680-1734)
Addenda:  On Higgs

14. Henry Thornton (1760-1815)

PART IV. CURRENTS OF THOUGHT IN THE 19th CENTURY

15. Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850), Jules Dupuit (1804-1866), and Hermann Heinrich Gossen (1810-1858)

Chronological Order of Contents
Bibliographical Note
Editor's Acknowledgements
Index 

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