Perspectives on the Administrative Tradition: from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century: Selected Papers from the History of Economics Conference 1990

Description

This volume illustrates the administrative aspects that are an ongoing component of most economic theory, arguing that before the birth of political economy as a formal discipline, public and private administrators were formulating theories about economic processes as guidelines for administrative decisions. The main theme of the volume revolves around the influence of administrative considerations on the development of economic theory. — Amazon.com.

• Author: History of Economics Society. Conference
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Published: 1992
• Pages: 248
• ISBN-13: 9781852784478