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Schumpeter’s History of Economic Analysis

In: Economic Science and Political Economy

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  • Lionel Robbins

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The contents of this large and (physically) very heavy volume are correctly indicated by its title. It is not a history of theories of policy; nor is it a history of economic systems; these matters are discussed only in so far as they throw light on the central subject — the evolution of those techniques of thought which enable us to describe and explain the economic aspects of reality. The plan falls into five parts. Part I (pp. 3–50) is devoted to a vindication of the autonomy of the subject and a discussion of its relations with other branches of knowledge. Part II (pp. 51–378) traces developments from the beginnings in Greco-Roman times to the promulgation in the last half of the eighteenth century of the Physiocratic and Smithian systems. Part III (pp. 379–752) deals with the period 1780 to 1870, so covering the English Classical school in its full development. Part IV (pp. 753–1138) takes us down to 1914 “and later,” and ranges far and wide over the evolution of analysis since the Jevonian revolution. Part V (pp. 1139–84) is a fragment and deals in a sketchy way with certain very recent developments.

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  • Lionel Robbins, 1997. "Schumpeter’s History of Economic Analysis," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Susan Howson (ed.), Economic Science and Political Economy, chapter 20, pages 309-329, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-12761-0_21
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-12761-0_21
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