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Lonergan's Early Economic Research

Texts and Commentary

by (author) Michael Shute

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

    ISBN
    9780802098641
    Publish Date
    Sep 2010
    List Price
    $89.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442660397
    Publish Date
    Sep 2010
    List Price
    $87.00

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Lonergan's Early Economic Research delves into the origins of Bernard Lonergan's economic theory through his own writing on the subject. Michael Shute provides transcriptions of many of Lonergan's private files on economics for a deeper understanding of his groundbreaking macroeconomic theory. An introduction by the editor contextualizes the works, which also serve as archival materials relevant to the companion volume Lonergan's Discovery of the Science of Economics.

Organized around specific themes such as dialectic of history, methodology, economic history, and price equilibrium, the book makes available a substantial amount of previously unpublished texts. Materials include Lonergan's earliest notes on economics prior to his move to Rome in 1933, the complete surviving portion of 'An Essay in Fundamental Sociology,' and notes on economists Heinrich Pesch and Lionel Robbins, among others. These early works show that Lonergan built his economic discoveries on the methodological developments that he founded in his writings on the philosophy of history.

About the author

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

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