Description: In this volume, Bradley C. S. Watson and Joseph Postell bring together some of America's most eminent thinkers on political economy in an attempt to reconnect the discipline of economics to larger discussions about the human good. The book shows how political ideas and economi...
Brief description: ALAN J. LEVINE, an historian specializing in Russian History, International Relations, and World War II, has published many articles about World War II and the Cold War. He is the author of The Soviet Union, the Communist Movement and the World: Prelude to the Cold War (Praeger, 1992), The Missile and Space Race (Praeger, 1994), The Pacific War (Praeger, 1995), The United States and the Struggle for Southeast Asia, 1945-1975 (Praeger, 1995), and Race Relations Within Western Expansion (Praeger, 1996).
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"Rediscovering Political Economy provides a useful bridge for 21th Century-trained neoclassical economists and their students to the philosophical, religious, and political underpinnings of economic men--men who are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, among which are: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." --Richard V. Burkhauser, Sarah Gibson Blanding Professor of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University
"Rediscovering Political Economy is an excellent and diverse collection of ten essays on political economy. Tom West's essay on the economic thought of the Founders and Larry Schweikart's history of banking have particular insight into the interplay between liberty and politics. I recommend this book." --Burt Folsom, Hillsdale College, and author of FDR Goes to War "Rediscovering Political Economy collects papers that not only address the moral/ethical foundations of economic society, but a rethinking of the enterprise of economics and political economy. Economics for most of the 20th century was practiced as a purely technical science that ignored not only its philosophical roots but also the historical details associated with the political, legal, and social institutions within which economic activity takes place. The papers, and the references they provide, reflect the efforts of many scholars to reconnect economics and political economy to the "worldly philosophy" and the historical reality of economic and political life. Rediscovering Political Economy is a welcomed addition to the literature in philosophy, politics, and economics." --Peter Boettke, George Mason University "The collection of essays is best viewed as a road toward the rediscovery of political economy... Rediscovering Political Economy is a useful book for understanding the polity's ongoing demise as well as its prospects for eventual rebirth." --Timothy J. Barnett, Acton Institute PowerBlog "Rediscovering Political Economy is a useful book for understanding the polity's ongoingdemise as well as its prospects for eventual rebirth." --Timothy J. Barnett, Journal of Markets & Morality