Economics & Finance

Say's Law: An Historical Analysis

Hardcover

Price:
$115.00/拢95.00
ISBN:
Published:
Apr 19, 2016
1972
Pages:
256
Size:
6 x 9.25 in.

Say’s Law鈥攖he idea that 鈥渟upply creates its own demand鈥濃攈as been a basic concept in economics for almost two centuries. Thomas Sowell traces its evolution as it emerged from successive controversies, particularly two of the most bitter and long lasting in the history of the discipline, the 鈥済eneral glut controversy鈥 that reached a peak in the 1820s, and the Keynesian Revolution of the 1930s. These controversies not only involved almost every noted economist of the time but had repercussions on basic economic theory, methodology, and sociopolitical theory. This book, the first comprehensive coverage of the subject, will be an indispensable addition to the history of economic thought. It is also relevant to all social sciences concerned with economic prosperity, with the nature of intellectual orthodoxy and insurgency, or with the complex relationships among ideology, concepts, and policies.

Originally published in 1972.

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