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In Economics in Perspective, renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith presents a compelling and accessible history of economic ideas, from Aristotle through the twentieth century. Examining theories of the past that have a continuing modern resonance, he shows that economics is not a timeless, objective science, but is continually evolving as it is shaped by specific times and places. From Adam Smith's theories during the Industrial Revolution to those of John Maynard Keynes after the Great Depression, Galbraith demonstrates that if economic ideas are to remain relevant, they must continually adapt to the world they inhabit. A lively examination of economic thought in historical context, Economics in Perspective shows how the field has evolved across the centuries.

Economic history. --- Economics --- History. --- A Treatise on Money. --- Adam Müller. --- Adam Smith. --- Alfred Marshall. --- Alvin Harvey Hansen. --- Aristotle. --- Arthur C. Pigou. --- Auguste Walras. --- Britain. --- Christianity. --- David Ricardo. --- France. --- Franklin D. Roosevelt. --- Friedrich Engels. --- Georg Friedrich List. --- Germany. --- Great Depression. --- Greece. --- Greenbacks. --- Harvard University. --- Henry Charles Carey. --- Henry George. --- Herbert Spencer. --- Industrial Revolution. --- Irving Fisher. --- Jean Baptiste Say. --- Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi. --- Jeremy Bentham. --- John Maynard Keynes. --- John R. Commons. --- John Stuart Mill. --- Joseph Schumpeter. --- Karl Marx. --- Karl Menger. --- Keynesian Revolution. --- Keynesian economics. --- Lauchlin Currie. --- Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov). --- Middle Ages. --- National Recovery Act. --- Nicole Oresme. --- October Revolution. --- Otto von Bismarck. --- Physiocrats. --- Pierre Joseph Proudhon. --- Plato. --- Rexford Guy Tugwell. --- Romans. --- Say's Law. --- Sherman Act. --- Social Darwinism. --- Social Security Act. --- Thomas Aquinas. --- Thomas Robert Malthus. --- Thorstein Veblen. --- United States. --- University of Wisconsin. --- Utilitarianism. --- Wealth of Nations. --- Winston Churchill. --- World War II. --- agriculture. --- balance of payments. --- banking. --- banks. --- borrowing. --- capital. --- capitalism. --- class structure. --- classical economics. --- classical tradition. --- communism. --- competition. --- consumption. --- cost. --- deflation. --- distribution. --- economic ideas. --- economic life. --- economic policy. --- economics. --- economists. --- economy. --- employment. --- equilibrium economics. --- exchange. --- factories. --- free trade. --- government expenditures. --- history of economics. --- inequality. --- institutionalists. --- justice. --- labor. --- marginal utility. --- markets. --- mercantilism. --- merchant capitalism. --- merchants. --- monetarism. --- money. --- monopolies. --- national state. --- natural law. --- oppressive power. --- poverty. --- price determination. --- prices. --- private property. --- production. --- produit net. --- public policy. --- recession. --- silver. --- social welfare. --- tariff protection. --- tariffs. --- taxes. --- theory of distribution. --- theory of value. --- trade. --- trusts. --- underemployment equilibrium. --- unemployment. --- value. --- voyages of discovery. --- wages. --- welfare state. --- working class. --- younger economists.