On revolutions and progress in economic knowledge / T.W. Hutchison.

Foreword, vii -- Acknowledgements, xiii -- 1. The Wealth of Nations and the Smithian revolution, xiii -- 2. James Mill and Ricardian economics: a methodological revolution?, 26 -- 3. The decline and fall of English classical political economy and the Jevonian revolution, 58 -- 4. The Jevonian revolution and economic policy in Britain, 94 -- 5. The Keynesian revolution and the history of economic Thought, 121 -- 6. Demythologising the Keynesian revolution: Pigou, wage-cuts, and The General Theory, 175 -- 7. The Keynesian revolution, uncertainty, and deductive general theory, 200 -- 8. Economists and the history of economics: revolutionary and traditional versions, 213 -- 9. On recent revolutionary versions of the history of economics, 240 -- 10. On the influence and effects on policies of economic ideas and theories, 277 -- 11. On revolutions and progress in economic knowledge: definitions and conclusions, 286 -- Bibliography, 321 -- Index of subjects, 339 -- Index of names, 343.