The construction and the role of the economic canon, the accepted list of great works and great authors, has been the subject of much recent literary and historical debate. By contrast, the concept of the canon has been largely dormant in the study of the history of economics, with the canonical sequence of Smith, Ricardo, Marx, etc. constituting the skeleton for most teaching and research. This important collection represents the first critical attempt at exploring and defining the relationship between the canon and the construction of the history of economics.

The essays in this volume explore and discuss the process of dissemination of economic ideas among Europe's less developed countries and regions, as well as the interaction between economic thought and economic policy in different times and places during the nineteenth century. The comparative approach adopted sheds new light on the course of economic development in Europe's less developed countries in the nineteenth century and the role played by political economy. Amongst a host of others, the topics covered include: economic policy in Denmark monetary and trade policy in Norway the influence of the German Historical School in Finland land Reform and the abolition of serfdom in Russia and in Poland With contributions that disclose important insights into national traditions in economic thought and policy, and the diffusion of ideas in Europe, this work will be essential reading for all scholars of the history of economic thought.

Contents:
1. Michalis Psalidopoulos and Maria Eugénia Mata Economic Thought and Policy in Nineteenth Century Less Developed Europe: Issues and Aspects of their Interaction
2. Niels Kaergaard Economic Theory and Economic Development in Denmark, 1849-1914
3. Camilla Brautaset Norwegian Economic Policy and Economic Thought in the Nineteenth Century: a Survey
4. Visa Heinonen The Influence of the German Historical School in Finnish Economic Thought Around the Turn of the Century
5. Birgitta Jansson B. N. Chicherin: Some Liberal Aspects on the Emancipation of the Serfs in Russia
6. Janina Rosicka Liberal Ideas and Slavonic Community: Tomasz Potocki's Programme for Poland
7. Joseph Love Resisting Liberalism: Theorizing Backwardness and Development in Romania before 1914
8. Eyüp Özveren Ottoman Economic Thought and Economic Policy in Transition: Re-thinking the Nineteenth Century
9. Kosta Josifidis Aspects of Economic Thought and Policy in Serbia, 1850-1900
10. Yiorgos Stassinopoulos Monetary Theory and Policy in a European Backward Century: the Case of Nineteenth Century Greece
11. Pier Luigi Porta and Roberto Scazzieri Political Economy in Italy: Competition and Civil Society in the Milanese School, 1750-1850
12. Antonio Almodovar and Pedro Teixeira How Are We to Become Like Them? Political Economy as a Political Agenda in Early Nineteenth Century Portugal
13. Carlos Bastien Friedrich List and Oliveira Marecca: Some Odd Coincidences
14. Terrence McDonough and Eamonn Slater The Western Periphery: Irish Agriculture and Irish Political Economy in the Nineteenth Century

The construction and the role of the economic canon, the accepted list of great works and great authors, has been the subject of much recent literary and historical debate. By contrast, the concept of the canon has been largely dormant in the study of the history of economics, with the canonical sequence of Smith, Ricardo, Marx, etc. constituting the skeleton for most teaching and research. This important collection represents the first critical attempt at exploring and defining the relationship between the canon and the construction of the history of economics.

The financial crisis of 2008 has revived interest in economic scholarship from a historical perspective. The most in depth studies of the relationship between economics and history can be found in the work of the so-called German Historical School (GHS). The influence of the GHS in the USA and Britain has been well documented, but far less has been written on the rest of Europe. This volume studies the interconnection between economic thought and economic policy from the mid-nineteenth century to the interwar period. It examines how the School's ideas spread and was interpreted in different European countries between 1850 and 1930, analysing its legacies in these countries. In doing so, the book is able to trace the interconnection between economic thought and economic policy, adding new voices to the debate on the diffusion of ideas and flow of knowledge. This book identifies issues related to topics such as nationalism and cosmopolitanism in the history of ideas and clarifies themes in policy making that are still currently debated. These include monetary policy and benefits of free trade for all parties involved in international exchanges. This book will be of a great interest to those who study history of economic thought, economic theory and political economy.

The financial crisis of 2008 has revived interest in economic scholarship from a historical perspective. The most in depth studies of the relationship between economics and history can be found in the work of the so-called German Historical School (GHS). The influence of the GHS in the USA and Britain has been well documented, but far less has been written on the rest of Europe. This volume studies the interconnection between economic thought and economic policy from the mid-nineteenth century to the interwar period. It examines how the School's ideas spread and was interpreted in different European countries between 1850 and 1930, analysing its legacies in these countries. In doing so, the book is able to trace the interconnection between economic thought and economic policy, adding new voices to the debate on the diffusion of ideas and flow of knowledge. This book identifies issues related to topics such as nationalism and cosmopolitanism in the history of ideas and clarifies themes in policy making that are still currently debated. These include monetary policy and benefits of free trade for all parties involved in international exchanges. This book will be of a great interest to those who study history of economic thought, economic theory and political economy.