Offering an in-depth coverage of economic ideas from ancient times to the present, this outstanding text delivers today's student powerful insight into the broad scope of past intellectual contributions to the evolution of contemporary economic thinking. Notably shying from a mind-numbing enclopedic listing of isolated people and dusty ideas, the authors provide engaging discourse of both the ideas which have shaped contemporary economic theory and the different methods used for problem solving. The result is a wonderfully sound and inviting history.

A History of Economic Theory and Method

Business & Money

Ekelund, Robert B.

Economics

McGraw-Hill Companies

Offering an in-depth coverage of economic ideas from ancient times to the present, this outstanding text delivers today's student powerful insight into the broad scope of past intellectual contributions to the evolution of contemporary economic thinking. Notably shying from a mind-numbing enclopedic listing of isolated people and dusty ideas, the authors provide engaging discourse of both the ideas which have shaped contemporary economic theory and the different methods used for problem solving. The result is a wonderfully sound and inviting history.

Hébert, Robert F.

Mcgraw-Hill College

A collection of readings to accompany Ekelund's A HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THEORY AND METHOD and other selected texts. This reader contains a grid on page vii that cross references other economic history texts.

Classics in Economic Thought

Ekelund, Robert

McGraw-Hill/Primis Custom Publishing

Without meaning to be irreverent, it is fair to say that in the Middle Ages, at the height of its political and economic power, the Roman Catholic Church functioned in part as a powerful and sophisticated corporation. The Church dealt in a "product" many consumers felt they had to have: the salvation of their immortal souls. The Pope served as its CEO, the College of Cardinals as its board of directors, bishoprics and monasteries as its franchises. And while the Church certainly had moral and social goals, this early antecedent to AT&amp;T and General Motors had economic motives and methods as well, seeking to maximize profits by eliminating competitors and extending its markets. In Sacred Trust: The Medieval Church as an Economic Firm, five highly respected economists advance the controversial argument that the story of the Roman Catholic Church in the Middle Ages is in large part a story of supply and demand. Without denying the centrality--or sincerity--of religious motives, the authors employ the tools of modern economics to analyze how the Church's objectives went well beyond the realm of the spiritual. They explore the myriad sources of the Church's wealth, including tithes and land rents, donations and bequests, judicial services and monastic agricultural production. And they present an in-depth look at the ways in which Church principles on marriage, usury, and crusade were revised as necessary to meet--and in many ways to create--the needs of a vast body of consumers. Along the way, the book raises and answers many intriguing questions. The authors explore the reasons behind the great crusades against the Moslems, probing beyond motives of pure idealism to highlight the Church's concern with revenues from tourism and the sale of relics threatened by Moslem encroachment in the holy lands. They examine the Church's involvement in the marriage market, revealing how the clergy filled their coffers by extracting fees for blessing or dissolving marital unions, for hearing marital disputes, and even for granting permission for blood relatives to wed. And they shed light on the concept of purgatory, showing how this "product innovation" developed by the Church in the twelfth century--a form of "deferred payment"--opened the floodgates for a fresh market in post-mortem atonement through payments on behalf of the deceased. Finally, the authors show how the cumulative costs that the faithful were asked to bear eventually priced the Roman Catholic church out of the market, paving the way for Protestant reformers like Martin Luther. A ground-breaking look at the growth and decline of the medieval Church, Sacred Trust demonstrates how economic reasoning can be used to cast light on the behavior of any complex historical institution. It offers rare insight into one of the great historical powers of Western civilization, in a analysis that will intrigue anyone interested in life in the Middle Ages, in church history, or in the influence of economic motives on historical events.

Sacred Trust: The Medieval Church as an Economic Firm

Tollison, Robert D.

Anderson, Gary M.

Davidson, Audrey B.

Davidson, Aubrey B.

Oxford University Press

Textbook brings economics to life for students with its compelling public choice approach. The authors' focus stretches beyond the theory of how ideal markets work to the actual arena of political decision-making, interest group influence, and government policies. DLC: Economics.

Economics: Private Markets and Public Choice (6th Edition)

Addison-Wesley

Acclaimed for its lucid presentation of basic microeconomic principles and rich array of real-world applications, the sixth edition of this classic text brings microeconomics to life for students with its compelling public choice approach. The authors' focus stretches beyond the theories of how ideal markets work to the actual arena of political decision-making, interest group influence, and government policies.

Microeconomics: Private Markets and Public Choice (6th Edition)

Acclaimed for its lucid presentation of basic macroeconomic principles and rich array of real-world applications, the sixth edition of this classic text brings macroeconomics to life for students with its compelling public choice approach. The authors' focus stretches beyond the theories of how ideal markets work to the actual arena of political decision-making, interest group influence, and government policies.

Macroeconomics: Private Markets and Public Choice (6th Edition)

Study Guide Microeconomics

Reference

Book by Ekelund, Robert B., Tollison, Robert D.

Economics: Private Markets and Public Choice

Longman Pub. Group

Microeconomics: Private Markets and Public Choice

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A History of Economic Theory and Method

A History of Economic Theory and Method

Classics in Economic Thought

Sacred Trust: The Medieval Church as an Economic Firm

Economics: Private Markets and Public Choice (6th Edition)

Microeconomics: Private Markets and Public Choice (6th Edition)

Macroeconomics: Private Markets and Public Choice (6th Edition)

Study Guide Microeconomics

Economics: Private Markets and Public Choice

Microeconomics: Private Markets and Public Choice