TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- 1. WHAT CAN HISTORICAL ANALYSIS CONTRIBUTE TO THE SCIENCE OF ECONOMICS? -- Part I. THE ROLE OF HISTORY IN ECONOMICS -- 2. HISTORICAL ECONOMICS IN THE LONGRUN -- 3. THE LOST DIMENSION -- 4. GETTING YOUR HANDS DIRTY -- Part II. URBANIZATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- 5. LABOUR MARKET INTEGRATION AND THE RURAL-URBAN WAGE GAP IN HISTORY -- 6. CITIES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- Part III. LONGRUN ISSUES IN LABOUR, BUSINESS AND BANKING
7. OLDER WORKERS AND THE BRITISH LABOUR MARKET8. THE NEW BUSINESS HISTORY -- 9. CULTURAL DETERMINANTS OF ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE -- 10. BANK DEREGULATION IN AUSTRALIA, YESTERDAY AND TODAY -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary
Neo-classical economics is frequently criticised for paying inadequate attention to historical processes. However, it has proved easier to make broad claims that ̀history matters' than to theorise with any depth about the appropriate role for history in economic analysis. Historical Analysis in Economics considers what history can contribute to the science of economics: how would it matter if ̀history mattered?'
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-237) and index
Notes
Graeme Snooks (Australian National University) (Edited by)
