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The "Vanity of the Philosopher"
From Equality to Hierarchy in Post-Classical Economics

Sandra J. Peart and David M. Levy

Named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title

Attempts to explain the shift from egalitarian Classical economic thought to the difference and hierarchy of post-Classical economic thinking

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Praise for the Book

"Vanity provides a welcome addition to the burgeoning new literature exploring the role that racial themes, eugenic doctrines in particular, played in the development of late nineteenth and early twentieth century economics."
---Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

"People in the know on intellectual history and economics await the next book from Peart and Levy with much the same enthusiasm that greets a new Harry Potter book in the wider world. This book delivers the anticipated delights big time!"
---William Easterly, Professor of Economics and Africana Studies, NYU, and non-resident Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development

"Intellectual muckraking at its best. Peart and Levy open closets, unearth skeletons, and, in the process, pin the tale on the philosopher."
---David Colander, Middlebury College

"In their customary idiosyncratic manner, Sandra Peart and David Levy reexamine the way in which the views of classical economists on equality and hierarchy were shifted by contact with scholars in other disciplines, and the impact this had on attitudes towards race, immigration, and eugenics. This is an imaginative and solid work of scholarship, with an important historical message and useful lessons for scholars today."
---Stanley Engerman, John Munro Professor of Economics and Professor of History, University of Rochester