"Poverty in the History of Economic Thought: From Mercantilism to Neoclassical Economics aims to describe and … critically examine how economic thought deals with poverty and the poor, including its causes, consequences, reduction, and …, ranging from Adam Smith and Malthus, through to Wicksell, Cassel, and Heckscher. The chapters relate poverty to income …

Klappentext: "Poverty in Contemporary Economic Thought aims to describe and critically examine how economic thought … deals with poverty, including its causes, consequences, reduction, and abolition. This edited volume traces the ideas of key …-day economists like Amartya Sen and Angus Deaton. The chapters relate poverty to income distribution, asserting the point that …