The Consumption Function in Economics: History, Method and Policy Implications - Hardcover

Drakopoulos, Stavros A.

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ISBN 10: 3032159571 ISBN 13: 9783032159571

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 2026

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This book examines the historical and methodological development of the consumption function in economics. It provides a discussion of the key stages in the theoretical evolution of the concept, from the beginning of the 20th century through to the modern day. Particular attention is given to the ways in which Thorstein Veblen, John Maynard Keynes, James Duesenberry, Franco Modigliani, Richard Brumberg, and Milton Friedman conceptualized consumption. Further, it examines the latest theoretical and methodological developments within the neoclassical, as well as the heterodox economics traditions. By connecting the history of consumption function to the methodological frameworks in which consumption theories were devised, the work also brings into the fore the important economic policy implications associated to various consumption formulations. 
 
This book offers insight into how different schools of economic thought have defined consumption and how these ideas inform modern economic theories and political discussions. It will be of interest to students and researchers working on macroeconomic policy, economic theory, and the history of economic thought. 

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Stavros A. Drakopoulos obtained a Ph.D in economics from the University of Stirling, UK. After academic appointments at the University of Glasgow (1988-1989) and the University of Aberdeen (1990-1996), he was elected Assistant Professor (1996-2000) and Associate Professor (2000-2005) at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where he is currently a full Professor of Economics in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. His research interests include history and methodology of economics, labour economics, and the economics of subjective wellbeing. 

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This book examines the historical and methodological development of the consumption function in economics. It provides a discussion of the key stages in the theoretical evolution of the concept, from the beginning of the 20th century through to the modern day. Particular attention is given to the ways in which Thorstein Veblen, John Maynard Keynes, James Duesenberry, Franco Modigliani, Richard Brumberg, and Milton Friedman conceptualized consumption. Further, it examines the latest theoretical and methodological developments within the neoclassical, as well as the heterodox economics traditions. By connecting the history of consumption function to the methodological frameworks in which consumption theories were devised, the work also brings into the fore the important economic policy implications associated to various consumption formulations.  

This book offers insight into how different schools of economic thought have defined consumption and how these ideas inform modern economic theories and political discussions. It will be of interest to students and researchers working on macroeconomic policy, economic theory, and the history of economic thought. 

Stavros A. Drakopoulos obtained a Ph.D in economics from the University of Stirling, UK. After academic appointments at the University of Glasgow (1988-1989) and the University of Aberdeen (1990-1996), he was elected Assistant Professor (1996-2000) and Associate Professor (2000-2005) at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where he is currently a full Professor of Economics in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. His research interests include history and methodology of economics, labour economics, and the economics of subjective wellbeing. 

 

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• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3032159571
• ISBN 13: 9783032159571
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 178
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