"Drawing in particular on the work of Sraffa, Smith, Ricardo and Marx, the essays in this volume explore the characteristic features of the Classical economists' approach to economic problems, and the renewal of interest in that approach in modern times. In recent years, new material has been...

1. Accumulation of capital / Enrico Bellino -- 2. Belsham, Thomas, and Ricardo / Sergio Cremaschi -- 3. Bentham Jeremy and Ricardo / Nathalie Sigot -- 4. Blaug, Mark, on Ricardo / Roger Backhouse -- 5. Böhm-Bawerk, Eugen von, on Ricardo / Heinz D Kurz -- 6. Bortkiewicz, Ladislaus von, on...

pt. 1. Classical economics and modern theory -- pt. 2. On Sraffa's contribution -- pt. 3. Production of commodities by means of commodities in its making -- pt. 4. Growth and distribution -- pt. 5. Exhaustible resources.

This authoritative and comprehensive reference work provides a thorough account of the classical approach to economics. It contains almost two hundred informative short entries in an easily accessible dictionary format on all the significant areas of this school of thought. The companion breaks...