Book by Hunt

[Lisa Rogers <eqwq.lrogers@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The History of Economic Thought: a critical perspective, by E.K.Hunt
COMMENT: I found this a very readable, clear, and excellent account
of economic thought from a radical perspective, particularly for a
person not expert in economics. A colleague in the economics
department claims that some parts of the work misinterpret some
authors, but on the whole even he thought it quite good.
Cheers, Ken Hanly

Thanks, Ken.  It does cost a fortune, but I'm learning a lot.  I have
to write summaries of most of the chapters.  Anybody interested if I
post my summaries?  I'd like to hear some comments and other views if
anyone thinks that Hunt has got something wrong.

One of the things that I like about it so far is that it is not
limited to a narrow notion of 'economics' per se.  Hunt is very much
into the history of ideas in general, from a marxist/materialist
point of view.  So the various authors/ideas are addressed in a
broader historical and philosophical context, not as disembodied
theories.

Lisa



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