Economics as Worldly Philosophy

Frontispiece - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction - History and Vision in Economics; E.J.Nell - PART 1: METHOD AND APPROACH - The Economics of Positive Methodology; S.Moss - Neoclassical Economics and Neo-Darwinism; E.Khalil - PART 2: TECHNOLOGY AND STAGES OF HISTORY - Stages of Technical Advance: Industrial Segmentation and Employment; D.Howell - PART 3: POLITICAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY - Budget Deficits and the US Macroeconomy; R.Pollin - Managed Capitalism vs the Small State; P.Clawson - The Political Economy of Growth and Distribution; R.McGahey - PART 4: THE CLASSICS: SMITH, RICARDO AND MARX - Adam Smith between Political Economy and Economics; R.Urquhart - Theory as Praxis in the Ricardian Era; R.Kanth - History, Human Nature and Justice in Marx; R.Castellana - The Commodity as 'Characteristic Form'; M.Campbell - PART 5: CONTEMPORARY THEORY IN THE LIGHT OF THE CLASSICS - Quesnay's Theory of Economic Growth and Decline; S.Pressman - Adam Smith and the New Economics of Effort; T.Michi - Classical Perspectives on Investment; C.Kurdas - Index