Pluralistic Economics And Its History

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This volume is a history of economics – as it was interpreted, discussed and established as a discipline – in the 20th century. It highlights the pluralism of the discipline and brings together leading voices in the field who reflect on their lifelong work. The chapters draw on a host of traditions of economic thought, including pre-classical, classical, Marxian, neoclassical, Sraffian, post-Keynesian, Cantabrigian and institutionalist traditions in economics. Further, the volume also looks at the history of economics in India and its evolution as a discipline since the country’s independence. This book will appeal to students, researchers and teachers of economics and intellectual history, as well as to the interested general reader. 1 Introduction AJIT SINHA AND ALEX M. THOMAS2 History, logic and narrative in pedagogy C.T. KURIEN3 Theories of activity levels and growth before Adam Smith ALEX M. THOMAS4 From 'change' to 'difference': Sraffa's reinterpretation of classical economics AJIT SINHA5 A history of Marxian economics 1960-2010: how we 'did' it MEGHNAD DESAI6 Capitalism, classical political economy and Marx's departures CHIRASHREE DAS GUPTA7 On the origins of post Keynesian macroeconomics JOHN KING8 Geoff Harcourt on G.C. Harcourt, as told to Ajit Sinha G.C. HARCOURT9 Is there a Cambridge approach to economics? MARIA CRISTINA MARCUZZO10 Between theory and history: the structural dynamics tradition ROBERTO SCAZZIERI11 Buffer stock operations in history and economic thought ROMAR CORREA12 History of institutional economics PHILLIP ANTHONY O'HARA13 General equilibrium: a status report ANJAN MUKHERJI14 Historical perspective of econometrics K.L. KRISHNA15 Writings of Indian economic history since independence TIRTHANKAR ROY16 On the evolution of heterodox economic thinking in India SUNANDA SEN17 Two sides of the colonial coin: British and Indian women's engagements with colonialism and patriarchy SHEETAL BHARAT