ABSTRACT

The construction and the role of the economic canon, the accepted list of great works and great authors, has been the subject of much recent literary and historical debate. By contrast, the concept of the canon has been largely dormant in the study of the history of economics, with the canonical sequence of Smith, Ricardo, Marx, etc. constituting t

chapter 1|23 pages

The Mediterranean trajectory of Aristotle’s economic canon

ByLouis Baeck

chapter 2|21 pages

The idea of usury in Patristic literature

ByThomas Moser

chapter 4|24 pages

Deconstructing the canonical view on Adam Smith: a new look at the principles of economics JAN PE I L

A new look at the principles of economics
ByJan Peil

chapter 6|17 pages

In defence of a traditional canon

A comparison of Ricardo and Rau
ByPeter Rosner

chapter 7|19 pages

Cracking the canon

William Stanley Jevons and the deconstruction of ‘Ricardo’
ByBert Mosselmans

chapter 8|10 pages

Who blushes at the name: John Kells Ingram and minor literature TE RRE NCE McD ONOUG H

John Kells Ingram and minor literature
ByTerrence McDonough

chapter 9|24 pages

In search of a canonical history of macroeconomics in the interwar period: Haberler’s Prosperity and Depression revisited MAU RO BOIANOVS KY

Haberler’s Prosperity and Depression revisited
ByMauro Boianovsky

chapter 10|16 pages

Preobrazhensky and the theory of economic development

ByMichalis Hatziprokopiou, Kostas Velentzas

chapter 11|24 pages

Canon and heresy: religion as a way of telling the story of economics ALB E RT AROU H

Religion as a way of telling the story of economics
ByAlbert Arouh

chapter 12|25 pages

The neo-classical synthesis in the Netherlands: a demand and supply analysis HENKW.PLAS MEIJER AN D EVERT SCHOORL

A demand and supply analysis
ByHenk W. Plasmeijer, Evert Schoorl