Contents:
Introduction
Antoin E. Murphy and
Renee Prendergast Part I. R.D.C. Black - Historian of Economic Thought 1. Interview with R.D.C. Black
2. R.D.C. Black: an historiographical and methodological analysis
A.W. Coats Part II. History of Economic Thought as an Intellectual Discipline 3. History of economic thought as an intellectual discipline
D.P. O'Brien 4. Reflections on the history of economic thought or 'a trip down memory lane'
Bernard Corry Part III. Perspectives on Adam Smith 5. 'A very amusing book about old times'
Donald Winch 6. Adam Smith: an historical perspective on the wealth of nations
Andrew S. Skinner 7. 'The Wealth of Nations' censored: early translations in Spain
Pedro Schwartz Part IV. Jevons, Gossens and Shadwell 8. The Jevonian revolution re-appraised
Margaret Schabas 9. Jevons and Gossen
John K. Whitaker 10. John Emilius Lancelot Shadwell on value and wages
Ian Steedman Part V. Into the Archives 11. Brotherhood at arms: the Cairnes - Leslie controversy
Tadhg Foley and
Tom Boylan 12. The famine, The New York Irish and their bank
Cormac Ó Grada Part VI. Abstraction and Relativity 13. The political economy of Edmund Burke
Renee Prendergast 14. Menger's organic view of institutions
Charles Hickson 15. Canons of monetary orthodoxy and John Law
Antoin E Murphy