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 6|17 pages

In defence of a traditional canon

A comparison of Ricardo and Rau

chapter 7|19 pages

Cracking the canon

William Stanley Jevons and the deconstruction of ‘Ricardo’

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

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