"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 abolition. This edited volume traces the economic ideas of key...

1. Growing Up -- 2. Uppsala -- 3. Doctor -- 4. After the Dissertation -- 5. Essays -- 6. The Hunt for a Chair -- 7. The Housing Market -- 8. The Dream of the Labor-Managed Economy -- 9. Contrasting Economies: Sweden and the Developing Countries -- 10. Three Continents -- 11. In Parliament -- 12....

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: Economic thought and Poverty -- 1 Were Good Times Really that Bad? Mercantilist Views on Poverty and Employment -- 2 Adam Smith-A Champion...