Contenidos:I. The Beginnings -- II. The Classical Tradition -- III. Marginalists and Opponents -- IV. Contemporary Economics. pt. 1: The beginnings - 1. Greek and Roman economics. The ancient world – Plato – Aristotle – Xenophon - Roman economics -- 2. Medieval economics. Medieval society - St. Thomas Aquinas - Later medieval thought -- 3. Mercantilism. The concept - Mercantilist ideas - Regulation of economic life - Economic writers in the age of mercantilism -- pt. 2: The classical tradition -- 4. Adam Smith. England in 1776 - Smith's life – Physiocracy - The Wealth of Nations - Smith's influence -- 5. Jeremy Bentham. Bentham's life - Bentham's system - The philosophical radicals – Conclusion -- 6. Thomas Robert Malthus. Malthus' life - The Essay on Population - The Malthusian controversy – Conclusion --7. David Ricardo. The background - Ricardo's life - Influences on Ricardo - Ricardo's economics - Ricardian socialists -- 8. John Stuart Mill. Introduction - Mill's life - The Principles - Social policy -- 9. Karl Marx. Introduction - Marx's life - Influences on Marx - Marxist theories - Marxist economics – Conclusion -- pt. III: Marginalists and opponents -- 10. The new economics: 1870. Introduction - Anticipators: Cournot, Thünen, Gossen W. S. Jevons Carl Menger Léon Walras -- 11. The new economics: the 1880s and after. Marginalist aims - Alfred Marshall - The Austrians - American marginalism - P. H. Wicksteed - Knut Wicksell - F. Y. Edgeworth - Irving Fisher - Vilfredo Pareto – Conclusion -- 12. Historical economics. Introduction - Roscher and List - Gustave Schmoller - Max Weber - Werner Sombart - English historical economics -- 13. Institutional economics. Introduction - Thorstein Veblen - John R. Commons - Wesley Clair Mitchell -- pt. IV: Contemporary economics -- 14. John Maynard Keynes. Introduction - Keynes's life - The General Theory - Public policy - The long run - Secular stagnation - Conclusion -- 15. Business-cycle theories – Introduction – Underconsumption - Monetary theories – Overinvestment - Joseph Alois Schumpeter - Wesley Clair Mitchell -- 16. Price theorists. New market classifications – Chamberlin – Clark- Oligopoly - Demand theory - Conclusion -- 17. The analysis of capitalism. The old welfare economics - Pigou and – Hobson - The new welfare economics - Socialist economics - Schumpeter