商品簡介
Students and scholars in political economics are the audience for this collection of classic and contemporary articles previously published in various journals. The contributors debate the political control of the economy versus an unregulated market economy, presenting alterative perspectives on political economy and the appropriate economic role of the state. The introductory chapter gives an overview of the development of thinking on laissez-faire economy over the centuries. Chronological sections explore classical arguments for laissez-faire, critics of laissez-faire, the restatement of laissez-faire, and the modern political economy of laissez-faire. Classic thinkers including David Hume, Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, and John Maynard Keynes are united with 20th-century political economists including Friedrich Hayek, James M. Buchanan, and Mancur Olson. A few articles were first published in the 21st century by authors including Avinash Dixit, James E. Rauch, and Andrei Shleifer. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
作者簡介
Edited by Peter J. Boettke, University Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Department of Economics and Peter T. Leeson, Duncan Black Professor of Economics and Law, Department of Economics, George Mason University, US
