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David M. Levy How the Dismal Science Got Its Name (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
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- How the Dismal Science Got Its Name
- Publication Name
- How the Dismal Science Got Its Name : Classical Economics and the Ur-Text of Racial Politics
- Title
- How the Dismal Science Got Its Name
- Subtitle
- Classical Economics and the Ur-Text of Racial Politics
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9780472089055
- ISBN
- 9780472089055
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Genre
- Society & Culture
- Topic
- Business & Finance
- Release Date
- 31/12/2002
- Release Year
- 2002
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Features
- Reprint
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 15.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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It is widely asserted that the Victorian sages attacked classical economics from a humanistic or egalitarian perspective, calling it the dismal science, and that their attack is relevant to modern discussions of market society. David M. Levy here demonstrates that these assertions are simply false: political economy became dismal because Carlyle, Ruskin, and Dickens were horrified at the idea that systems of slavery were being replaced by systems in which individuals were allowed to choose their own paths in life. At a minimum, they argued, we white people ought to be directing the lives of them, people of color. Economists of the time argued, on the other hand, that people of color were to be protected by the rule of law--hence the moniker the dismal science. A startling image from 1893, which is reproduced in full color on this book's jacket, shows Ruskin killing someone who appears to be nonwhite. A close look reveals that the victim is reading The Dismal Science. Levy discusses this image at length and also includes in his text weblinks to Carlyle's Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question and to Mill's response, demonstrating that these are central documents in British classical economics. He explains Adam Smith's egalitarian foundations, contrasting Smith's approach to the hierarchical alternative proposed by Carlyle. Levy also examines various visual representations of this debate and provides an illuminating discussion of Smith's katallactics, the science of exchange, comparing it with the foundations of modern neoclassical economics. How the Dismal Science Got Its Name also introduces the notion of rational choice scholarship to explain how attacks on market economics from a context in which racial slavery was idealized have been interpreted as attacks on market economics from a humanistic or egalitarian context. Thus it will greatly appeal to economists, political scientists, philosophers, students of Victorian literature, and historians. David M. Levy is Associate Professor of Economics and Research Associate, Center for Study of Public Choice, George Mason University.
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University of Michigan Press
ISBN-10
0472089056
ISBN-13
9780472089055
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2211938
Product Key Features
Publication Name
How the Dismal Science Got Its Name : Classical Economics and the Ur-Text of Racial Politics
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Publication Year
2002
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
15.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Hb71.L546 2002
Edition Description
Reprint
Copyright Date
2002
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Economic History, General, Economics / General
Lccn
2001-001402
Dewey Decimal
330/.09
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Business & Economics, History, Social Science
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