Bibliographical Notes

The literature on the history of economic thought is massive. The works cited below identify only a few of the highlights. Among the many general commentaries, J. A. Schumpeter, History of Economic Analysis (New York: Oxford University Press, 1954) is in a class by itself. Though far less well organized than it would have been if the author had lived to complete it, this ambitious project is, nevertheless, a stimulating reference work. Readers interested in tracing the development of technical economic concepts will find Mark Blaug, Economic Theory in Retrospect (Homewood, Ill.: Irwin, 1962) a valuable guide. O. H. Taylor, A History of Economic Thought (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960) emphasizes the relationship between economic thought and the social and intellectual climate of the times. For a brilliant methodological critique of the structure of economic reasoning, Gunnar Myrdal, The Political Element in the Development of Economic Theory, translated from the German by Paul Streeten (Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1954), is highly recommended.

A rich literature on important issues in the history of economic theory is to be found in the professional journals. Precise citations can be conveniently traced in the Index of Economic Journals, prepared under the auspices of the American Economic Association. Essays in Economic Thought, edited by J. J. Spengler and W. R. Allen (Chicago: Rand McNally, 1960), contains a useful collection of the more important articles.

The indispensable sources for detailed study of the development of economic ideas are, of course, the works of the central figures themselves.

I: CLASSICAL ECONOMICS

A. BASIC PRIMARY WORKS

CANNAN, E. (ed.). Lectures on justice, Police, Revenue, and Arms, Delivered in the University of Glasgow by Adam Smith in 1763 . London: Oxford University Press, 1896.

MALTHUS, T. R. An Essay on the Principle of Population. 1st ed. London, 1798; 2d ed. London, 1826.

__________. Principles of Political Economy, Considered with a View to Their Practical Application, Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1821.

MILL, JOHN STUART. Autobiography. New York: Columbia University Press, 1924.

__________. Essays on Some Unsettled Questions in Political Economy. London: London School of Economics, 1844. Reprint No. 7.

__________. Principles of Political Economy with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy, ed. W. J. ASHLEY. London, 1909.

RICARDO, DAVID. The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo, ed. PIERO SRAFFA and M. H. DOBB. 10 vols. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1951-55.

SMITH, ADAM. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, ed. E. CANNAN. London: Methuen, 1961.

B. IMPORTANT SECONDARY WORKS

BLACK, R. D. C. Economic Thought and the Irish Question, 1817-1870. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1960.

BLAUG, MARK. Ricardian Economics: A Historical Study. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1958.

CORRY, B. A. Money, Savings, and Investment in English Classical Economics: 1800-1850. New York: St. Martins, 1962.

FETTER, F. W. The Development of British Monetary Orthodoxy: 1799-1875. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1965. GLASS, D. V. (ed.). Introduction to Malthus. New York: Wiley, 1953.

HLA MYINT. Theories of Welfare Economics. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948.

PACKS, M. ST. J . The Life of John Stuart Mill. London: Secker & Warburg, 1954.

RAF, JOHN. Life of Adam Smith. New York: Kelley, 1895.

ROBBINS, LIONEL. The Theory of Economic Policy in English Classical Political Economy. New York: St. Martins, 1952.

SCOTT, W. R. Adam Smith as Student and Professor. Glasgow: University of Glasgow, 1937.

VINER, JACOB. Studies in the Theory of International Trade. New York: Harper, 1937.

WINCH, DONALD. Classical Political Economy and Colonies. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1965.

II: MARXIAN ECONOMICS

A. BASIC PRIMARY WORKS

MARX, KARL. Capital. Chicago: Charles H. Kerr, 1912.

__________. "Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844," in ERICH FROMM (ed.), Marx's Concept of Man. New York: Ungar, 1962.

__________. The Poverty of Philosophy. New York: International Publishers, 1963.

B. IMPORTANT SECONDARY WORKS

BARAN, PAUL A. The Political Economy of Growth. New York: Monthly Review Press, 1957.

__________ and PAUL M. SWEEZY. Monopoly Capital, New York: Monthly Review Press, 1966.

BERLIN, ISAIAH. Karl Marx: His Life, and Environment. New York: Oxford University Press, 1959.

BOHM-BAWERK, EUGEN VON. Karl Marx and the Close of His System, ed. PAUL M. SWEEZY. New York: Kelley, 1949.

MEEK, R. L. Studies in the Labour Theory of Value. London: Lawrance & Wishart, 1956.

ROBINSON, JOAN. An Essay on Marxian Economics. 2d ed. St. Martins, 1967.

SCHUMPETER, J. S . Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. London: Allen & Unwin, 1961; Harper Torchbooks.

SWEEZY, PAUL M. The Theory of Capitalist Development. New York: Monthly Review Press.

III: NEO-CLASSICAL ECONOMICS

A.BASIC PRIMARY WORKS

BOHM-BAWERK, EUGEN VON. Capital and Interest. Translated by GEORGE D.

HUNKS and HANS F. SENNHOLZ. 3 vols. South Holland, Ill.: Libertarian Press, 1959.

CLARK, J. B. The Distribution of Wealth. New York: Macmillan, 1899.

MARSHALL, ALFRED. Industry and Trade. London: Macmillan, 1919.

__________. Money, Credit and Commerce. New York: Kelley, 1923.

__________. Principles of Economics, ed. C. W. GUILLEBAUD. 2 vols. 9th (variorum) ed. New York: Macmillan, 1961.

VEBLEN, THORSTEIN. The Engineers and the Price System. New York: Viking Press, 1933.

__________. The Theory of the Leisure Class. New York: Modern Library, 1947.

WALRAS, LEON. Elements of Pure Economics, ed. WILLIAM JAFFE. Homewood, Ill.: Irwin, 1954.

WICKSELL, KNUT. Lectures on Political Economy. 2 vols. New York: Kelley, 1934-35.

__________. Selected Papers on Economic Theory, ed. E. LINDAHL. London: Allen & Unwin, 1958.

B. IMPORTANT SECONDARY WORKS

DOWD, D. F. (ed). Thorstein Veblen: A Critical Reappraisal. Ithaca, N. Y.: Cornell University Press, 1958.

GARDLUND, T. The Life of Knut Wicksell. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1958.

HUTCHISON, T. W. A Review of Economic Doctrines: 1870-1929. New York: Oxford University Press, 1953.

KEYNES, J. M. Essays in Biography, New York: Meridian Books, 1956.

PIGOU, A. C. (ed.). Memorials of Alfred Marshall. New York: Kelley, 1923.

SCHUMPETER, J. S. Ten Great Economists. New York: Oxford University Press, 1951.

STIGLER, J. G. Production and Distribution Theories: The Formative Period. New York: Macmillan, 1946.

UHR, C. G. The Economic Doctrines of Knut Wicksell. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1960.

IV: KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS

A. BASIC PRIMARY WORKS

KEYNES, J. M . The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. New York: Harcourt, 1936.

__________. Treatise on Money. 2 vols. London: Macmillan, 1930.

B. IMPORTANT SECONDARY WORKS

HANSEN, A. H. Guide to Keynes. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953.

HARROD, R. F. The Life of John Maynard Keynes. New York: St. Martins, 1963.

LEKACHMAN, ROBERT. The Age of Keynes. New York: Random House, 1966.

__________(ed.). Keynes' General Theory: Report of Three Decades. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1964.