Changing perceptions on the role of agriculture in the economy (English)

This paper traces the perceptions of the agricultural sector held by economists over the last three centuries, with particular emphasis on how the evolution of these ideas has influenced the state of thinking about the early contributions of the mercantile school of political economy and of the physiocrats, leading to a consideration of the major advances made in the nineteenth century by Smith, Ricardo, Malthus and Marx. This paper examines the rise...

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Throsby, C. D.;
Document Date
1985/01/01
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Working Paper (Numbered Series)
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AGP78
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2020/05/25
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Disclosed
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Changing perceptions on the role of agriculture in the economy
Keywords
Economic theory

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Throsby, C. D..

Changing perceptions on the role of agriculture in the economy (English). AGREP Division working paper|no. AGP 78 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/218901468913740636

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