Russian and Western Economic Thought: Mutual Influences and Transfer of Ideas
About this ebook
Written by an international selection of respected experts, this book provides an overview of the most influential Russian economists and covers a wide range of topics such as the marginal revolution, the specific influence of Marxism, the evolution of mathematics and statistics in Russia in the 1890s–1920s, and the unique experience of building a planned economy in the Soviet Union. It is intended for all scholars and students who are interested in the history of economic thought.
About the author
Vladimir Avtonomov is a Distinguished Professor and Head of the Research Group in History and Methodology of Economics at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow (NRU HSE), Russia. He is also Department Head of the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations at the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO RAN), a Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and serves on the editorial boards of the European Journal of History of Economic Thought and several Russian economic journals. He is Editor-in-Chief of the almanac “Istoki” (The Sources). He has been awarded the Varga Prize by the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Harald Hagemann is a Professor Emeritus of Economic Theory at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. He is also a Life Member of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, Honorary Past President of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET), and Honorary Chairman of the Keynes-Gesellschaft.
