History of economic analysis


Course description

The course is intended to give an overview of the main economic theories from ancient times up to the present. It analyses in depth the contributions to economic analysis of the following economists: Smith, Ricardo, Marx, Jevons, Walras, Marshall, Keynes. Attention is paid to their historical contexts. The course also focuses on the features of different schools of thought: Phisiocracy, Classical Political Economy, Marginalism, Neoclassical Economics, and Keynesian Economics.

The monographic part is on the history of the theory of market structures from ancient times up to the present.


Bibliography

General part:

  • H.LANDRETH - D.COLANDER, Storia del pensiero economico, Bologna: Mulino, 1996.
  • A. K. DASGUPTA, La teoria economica da Smith a Keynes, Il Mulino, 1987.
  • B. INGRAO - G. ISRAEL, La mano invisibile, Laterza, 1987, cap. II.
  • B. INGRAO - F. RANCHETTI, Il mercato nel pensiero economico, Hoepli, 1996.


    • Monographic part:
    A. Smith, La ricchezza delle Nazioni, Isedi, 1973, Libro I, Cap. VII, pp.60-67; 118; 128-129; 355-356.
    D. Ricardo, On the principles of political economy and taxation, (1817) cap. IV; pp.336-339; 387-389.
    N. Senior, Regulation of Monopoly prices: maximum profit, (1850-51).
    J.S. Mill, Principi di economia politica, (1873); cap. IX, cap.IV.
    A. Cournot, Ricerche sui principi matematici della teoria della ricchezza (1838), capp.IV, V (fino al §29 incluso), cap.VII.
    J. Dupuit, De la mesure de l'utilité des travaux publics (1844),in De l'utilité et de sa mesure, Torino, La riforma sociale, 1933, pp.38-39.
    Id. Péage(1852), p.340.
    S. Jevons, , Theory of political economy,Cap. IV, pp.86-91.
    L. Walras, Elementi di economia politica pura, Torino, UTET, 1974, pp.579-593.
    A. Marshall, Principi di economia,Torino, UTET, 1972, pp.409, 413-415, 547-548, 643-644.
    Id. Fra concorrenza e monopolio da Industry and trade, in Marshall, Bologna, Il mulino, 1981, pp.212-225.

    Links

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