This dimension groups schools of economic thought by the historical period in which they arose. Wikipedia notes that modern economic thought is commonly dated from "Adam Smith and classical economics in the late 18th century, and Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' Marxian economics in the mid 19th century." Browsing by period lets a visitor compare schools that arose in the same era.
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1. Neoclassical economics (Wikipedia)
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It is frequently dated from William Stanley Jevons's Theory of Political Economy (1871), Carl Menger's Principles of Economics (1871), and Leon Walras's Elements of Pure Economics (1874-1877).
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