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David M. Levy - How the Dismal Science Got Its Name: Classical Economics and the Ur-Text of Racial Politics - 9780472089055 - V9780472089055
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How the Dismal Science Got Its Name: Classical Economics and the Ur-Text of Racial Politics

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Description for How the Dismal Science Got Its Name: Classical Economics and the Ur-Text of Racial Politics Paperback. A shocking account of how economics became known as the dismal science Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450.

It is widely asserted that the Victorian sages attacked classical economics from a humanistic or egalitarian perspective, calling it "the dismal science," and that their attack is relevant to modern discussions of market society. David M. Levy here demonstrates that these assertions are simply false: political economy became "dismal" because Carlyle, Ruskin, and Dickens were horrified at the idea that systems of slavery were being replaced by systems in which individuals were allowed to choose their own paths in life. At a minimum, they argued, "we" white people ought to be directing the lives of "them," people of color. ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472089055
SKU
V9780472089055
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About David M. Levy
David M. Levy is Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University and Research Associate of the Center for the Study of Public Choice. Levy received the Economics Department citation as the outstanding undergraduate at the University of California at Berkeley in 1966 and his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Chicago in 1979. He has published over fifty ... Read more

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