Der Autor beschreibt verständlich Leben und Karriere, Werk und Wirkung eines wichtigen Ökonomen (1723-1790), dessen Arbeit für die Wirtschaftswissenschaften immer noch als unverzichtbar erscheint. Rezension (ekz): Mittlerweile 5. Band der Reihe über grosse Ökonomen. Zeichnet sich wie seine...

This chapter argues that modern readers can benefit from studying the classics today, because the classical approach to studying an economic system in motion under a cumulative process of division of labour offers a superior starting point for analysing salient properties of capitalist market...

This thought-provoking book discusses the concept of progress in economics and investigates whether any advance has been made in its different spheres of research. The authors look back at the history, successes and failures of their respective fields and thoroughly examine the notion of...