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Rediscovering political economy

Postell, Joseph 1979- (editor,, author.). Watson, Bradley C. S., 1961- (editor.). Sirico, Robert A., (author.). Mueller, John D., (author.). Levine, Alan, 1961- (author.). Hollander, Samuel., (author.). Caldwell, Bruce, 1952- (author.). Wagner, Richard E., (author.). West, Thomas G., 1945- (author.). McNamara, Peter, 1959- (author.). Schweikart, Larry., (author.).

Summary: The recent economic crisis in the United States has highlighted a crisis of understanding. In this volume, Bradley C.S. Watson and Joseph Postell bring together some of America's most eminent thinkers on political economy--an increasingly overlooked field wherein political ideas and economic theories mutually inform each other. Only through a restoration of political economy can we reconnect economics to the human good. Economics as a discipline deals with the production and distribution of goods and services. Yet the study of economics can--indeed must--be employed in our striving for the best possible political order and way of life. Economic thinkers and political actors need once again to consider how the Constitution and basic principles of our government might give direction and discipline to our thinking about economic theories, and to the economic policies we choose to implement. The contributors are experts in economic history, and the history of economic ideas. They address basic themes of political economy, theoretical and practical: from the relationship between natural law and economics, to how our Founding Fathers approached economics, to questions of banking and monetary policy. Their insights will serve as trusty guides to future generations, as well as to our own.

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ISBN: 9780739166604
ISBN: 9780739166598
ISBN: 6613302570
ISBN: 9786613302571
ISBN: 9780739166604
ISBN: 0739166603
ISBN: 9780739166598
ISBN: 073916659X
ISBN: 1283302578
ISBN: 9781283302579
ISBN: 0739166611
ISBN: 9780739166611
Physical Description: 1 online resource (273 pages)
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Publisher: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, ©2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes notes and bibliographical references at chapter ends.
Formatted Contents Note:	Part I: Theoretical foundations of political economy ; The moral basis for economic liberty / Robert A. Sirico -- Restoring sound economic thinking : what natural law taught us / John D. Mueller -- The idea of commerce in Enlightenment political thought / Alan Levine -- Understanding Friedrich Engels (and Marx) and Adam Smith on economic organization and the price mechanism / Samuel Hollander -- Ten (mostly) Austrian insights for these trying times / Bruce Caldwell -- Part II: Political economy and American economic experience ; Promoting the general welfare : political economy for a free republic / Richard Wagner -- The economic theory of the American founding / Thomas G. West -- Hamilton and Jefferson : two visions of democratic capitalism / Peter McNamara -- The right kind of regulation : what the founders thought about regulation / Joseph Postell -- American banking from birth to bust, and all points in between / Larry Schweikart.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.