Political Events and Economic Ideas

Edited by Ingo Barens,Technische Universität Darmstadt, Volker Caspari and Bertram Schefold, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

The influence of political developments on the evolution of economic thought is the main theme behind this book. As the authors reveal throughout the book, history has shown many times that political events can trigger the formulation of new economic conceptions that in turn influence the future economic development of a country.