History of Modern Greek Economic Thought

Michalis Psalidopoulos is Chief Consultant at the Institute for Hellenic Growth and Prosperity of the American College of Greece and Professor Emeritus for the History of Economics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

"Psalidopoulos’ great historical synthesis is an important account of the history of economic thought in Greece from the creation of the Greek State in 1830 to the national debt crisis of 2010...[T]his book recounts this story remarkably."Michel S. Zouboulakis, The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought"Michalis Psalidopoulos' integration of two centuries Greek economic history with the history of economic thought is done in a paradigmatic way. The book lays stress on the dissemination of ideas of major economists and schools of economic thought, and the way these ideas were perceived and implemented in Greece either to stimulate economic growth or to deal with the harsh reality of economic slowdowns. The book extends the analysis and applied policies to the great recession of 2007 that affected Greece more than any other country."Lefteris Tsoulfidis, University of Macedonia

• Introduction1 Before 18212 French Ideas and German Cameralism (1821–62)3 The Age of French Economic Liberalism (1862–97)4 The Age of the German Historical School (1897–1944)5 Economics Takes Off: The Institutionalization of Economics (1920–71)6 The (Subtle) Anglo-Saxonization of Greek Economics (1944–71)7 The Internationalization of Greek Economics after 1971Concluding Summary