This book explores the perceived paradigmatic conflict within British classical economics between the so called Ricardo School and the contemporary French Economics of Jean-Baptiste Say.Samuel Hollander provides the reader with extensive evidence, utilizing all editions of Say's main texts and his lesser-known writings, in order to demonstrate Say's adherence to much of Ricardian theory. The book focuses on selected doctrinal issues and the surrounding debates including:* Value and distribution with extension to growth theory* Real income and its measurement with implications for trade and taxation* Law of MarketsThis intriguing book will interest all serious historians of economic thought and will find a place on the bookshelves of many economists across the world. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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