Lectures given by Lionel Robbins at the London School of Economics during 1979-1980 and 1980-1981.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for A history of economic thought : the LSE lectures / Lionel Robbins ; edited by Steven G. Medema and Warren J. Samuels. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- List of Figures Foreword Introduction A Anticipations 3 Lecture 1 Introduction - Plato 5 Lecture 2 Plato and Aristotle 16 Lecture 3 Aquinas and the Scholastics 26 Lecture 4 Pamphleteers - Money (Oresme, Bodin, "W.S.") 35 Lecture 5 Pamphleteers - Mercantilism (Malynes, Misselden, Mun) 46 Lecture 6 Sir William Petty 55 Lecture 7 Child and Locke (Interest) 66 B Emergence of Systems 75 Lecture 8 Cantillon 77 Lecture 9 Cantillon (cont.) - Physiocracy 86 Lecture 10 Physiocrats - Turgot 95 Lecture 11 Locke and Hume on Property - Hume on Money 104 Lecture 12 Hume on Interest and Trade - Precursors of Adam Smith 114 Lecture 13 General Survey of Smith's Intentions - The Wealth of Nations: Analytical (I) 125 Lecture 14 The Wealth of Nations: Analytical (II) 133 Lecture 15 The Wealth of Nations: Analytical (III) - Policy (I) 143 Lecture 16 The Wealth of Nations: Policy (II) 153 C Nineteenth-Century Classicism 165 Lecture 17 General Review - Malthus on Population 167 Lecture 18 Value and Distribution: Historical Origin - Analytical (I) 176 Lecture 19 Value and Distribution: Analytical (II) 185 Lecture 20 Value and Distribution: Analytical (III) 192 Lecture 21 Overall Equilibrium 201 Lecture 22 International Trade 210 Lecture 23 John Stuart Mill 219 D Other Mid-Nineteenth-Century Thought 229 Lecture 24 Mill (cont.) - Saint-Simon and Marx 231 Lecture 25 Marx (cont.) - List and the Historical School 238 E Beginnings of Modern Analysis 247 Lecture 26 The Historical School (cont.) - Precursors of Change: Cournot, von Thunen, and Rae 249 Lecture 27 The Marginal Revolution (I): Jevons 258 Lecture 28 The Marginal Revolution (II): Jevons and Menger 268 Lecture 29 The Marginal Revolution (III): Costs (Wieser) - The Pricing of Factor Services (Wieser, Clark, Wicksteed) 277 Lecture 30 Capital Theory: Bohm-Bawerk and Fisher 285 Lecture 31 Walras - Pareto 295 Lecture 32 Marshall 303 Lecture 33 Money: Fisher, Marshall, Wicksell 312 App. A Robbins' Reading List 321 App. B Robbins' Writings in the History of Economic Thought 331 References 337 Index 355 -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Economics History.