History, Policy, And Economic Theory - 9780367003630

Taylor & Francis

This collection of professional essays traces the sequence of the great issues of public policy that marked a half-century. It includes information on the problems of method, issues of historical analysis, elaboration of a dynamic theory, issues of current policy and evolution of economic doctrine. > This collection of professional essays traces the sequence of the great issues of public policy that marked a half-century. It includes information on the problems of method, issues of historical analysis, elaboration of a dynamic theory, issues of current policy and evolution of economic doctrine. > Preface -- Problems of Method -- James Harvey Rogers, 1886-1939: In Memoriam (1940) -- The Interrelation of Theory and Economic History (1957) -- Cycles and the Irreducible Complexity of History (1982) -- Professor Arrow on Economic Analysis and Economic History (1986) -- Issues of Historical Analysis -- Adjustments and Maladjustments After the Napoleonic Wars (1942) -- Some Notes on M)