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Economic Thought and Political Theory
David Reisman
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Description for Economic Thought and Political Theory
Paperback. Series: Recent Economic Thought. Num Pages: 251 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JP; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 379.
People live by ideas which help them to make sense of their experiences. Yet different people live by different ideas. Without an attempt to communicate and comprehend, they would at best be unable to share, at worst be obliged to fight. This book is concerned with communicating and comprehending. It takes the view that ideas matter and that a dialogue with alternative worldviews is a civilised exercise in tolerance.
Economic Thought and Political Theory, concentrates on the ideas of Plato, Steuart, Mill, Schumpeter, Hayek, Buchanan, the Catholic social economists ... Read more
People live by ideas which help them to make sense of their experiences. Yet different people live by different ideas. Without an attempt to communicate and comprehend, they would at best be unable to share, at worst be obliged to fight. This book is concerned with communicating and comprehending. It takes the view that ideas matter and that a dialogue with alternative worldviews is a civilised exercise in tolerance.
Economic Thought and Political Theory, concentrates on the ideas of Plato, Steuart, Mill, Schumpeter, Hayek, Buchanan, the Catholic social economists ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
Series
Recent Economic Thought
Number of Pages
239
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401046046
SKU
V9789401046046
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Economic Thought and Political Theory
` ... the book is highly recommended to readers interested in an open discussion of ideas from very heterogeneous approaches to a common theme, past and present - the problem of choice between state and the market.' Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 154:2 (1998)