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Lonergan's Discovery of the Science of Economics

by (author) Michael Shute

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Jun 2010
Category
Modern, Economic History, General, Theory
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781442640917
    Publish Date
    Jun 2010
    List Price
    $103.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442698987
    Publish Date
    Dec 2010
    List Price
    $100.00

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Bernard Lonergan's economic writings span forty years and contain ideas that differ radically from those of his contemporaries. His theory of macroeconomic dynamics was developed through the 1930s and 1940s, culminating in the composition of For a New Political Economy (1942) and An Essay in Circulation Analysis (1944).

In Lonergan's Discovery of the Science of Economics, Michael Shute uses archival material in order to examine the influence of Lonergan's early work in methodology, social philosophy, and theology on the development of his economic theory. Shute traces the development of Lonergan's economic ideas from the late 1920s to the publication of his significant economic works in the 1940s. Together with its companion volume, Lonergan's Early Economic Research, this volume outlines the process behind one of the great intellectual discoveries of the twentieth century and uncovers Lonergan's framework for a genuine science of economics.

About the author

Michael Shute is an associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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