Physicians and Political Economy (eBook, ePUB)

Six Studies of the Work of Doctor Economists
Redaktion: Groenewegen, Peter

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Why did Economics, in its formative phase, have so much input from medically educated writers? The innovations that physicians brought to their economic discourse played a key role in shaping the future of the discipline, and this volume draws together the work of leading international academics to address this fascinating topic. This book examines

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134578375
• Artikelnr.: 38249573

Autorenporträt

Peter Groenewegen

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Political Economy, Political Arithmetic and Political
Medicine in the Thought of Sir William Petty 3. The Significance of John
Locke's Medical Studies for the History of Economics 4. The Infinity of
Human Desires and the Advantages of Trade: Nicholas Barbon and the Wants of
the Mind 5. Exposure to Strangers and Superfluities: Mandeville's Regimen
for Great Wealth and Foreign Treasure 6. From Prominent Physician to Major
Economist: Some Reflections on Quesnay's Switch to Economics in the 1750s
7. From Physician to Analyst of Business Cycles: Joseph Clement Juglar
(1819-1905) 8. Epilogue: Two Centuries of Physician-Economists