How the Dismal Science Got Its Name: Classical Economics and the Ur-Text of Racial Politics
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0472089056
ISBN13:9780472089055
Release Date:December 2002
Publisher:University of Michigan Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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