The Wealth of Ideas

Alessandro Roncaglia is Professor of Economics in the Department of Economic Sciences, University of Rome 'La Sapienza'. He is a member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and editor of BNL Quarterly Review and Moneta e Credito. His numerous publications include Piero Sraffa: His life, thought and cultural heritage (2000) and the Italian edition of this book, La ricchezza delle idee (2001) which received the 2003 Jérome Adolphe Blanqui Award from the European Society for the History of Economic Thought.

• Preface; 1. The history of economic thought and its role; 2. The prehistory of political economy; 3. William Petty and the origins of political economy; 4. From body politic to economic tables; 5. Adam Smith; 6. Economic science at the time of the French revolution; 7. David Ricardo; 8. The 'Ricardians' and the decline of Ricardianism; 9. Karl Marx; 10. The marginalist revolution: the subjective theory of value; 11. The Austrian school and its neighbourhood; 12. General economic equilibrium; 13. Alfred Marshall; 14. John Maynard Keynes; 15. Joseph Schumpeter; 16. Piero Sraffa; 17. The age of fragmentation; 18. Where are we going? Some (very tentative) considerations; References; Index.

"This is an impressive, wide-ranging and useful volume." Business History Review Geoffrey M. Hodgson, University of Hertfordshire