Product Description: Originally published in 1960, this book presents a discussion of the relationship between economic theory and economic policy in relation to nineteenth-century Irish history. The text focuses on the period 1816-70 and covers a variety of areas, including the land system, absentee landlords, the poor law, private enterprise, free trade, public works, and emigration...read more

Product Description: Economic Theory and Policy in Context brings together a selection of R.D. Collison Black's essays on the relationships between economic theory and policy, viewed historically. Beginning with a series of essays concerned with economists and economic policy in nineteenth century Ireland, the volume continues with a section entitled 'In and Out of the Mainstream' featuring studies of the work of economists, both famous and obscure, which reflect their author's special interest in the relation between economics and biography...read more

Product Description: A collection of essays that discusses the major concepts of some of history's most notable economists and explores their relevance to contemporary economic systems and problems. Leading modern economic theorists look at such thinkers as Adam Smith, Bentham, Ricardo, Mill, Marx, and Keynes...read more