The Companion places Alfred Marshall's ideas in their historical context, highlighting the many streams of social research originating from them. The contributors form a remarkable cast of leading experts, covering a spectrum of Marshallian themes and issues, including:
* his life and work
* background and influences
* scope and methodology of economics
* economic analysis - including distribution theory, industrial economics and money
* social and political issues
* relations with his contemporaries
* the Marshallian tradition
* relevance to contemporary economics.
This comprehensive and multidisciplinary Companion illustrates the relevance of Marshall to present-day economic reality and as such will prove an invaluable reference tool for general economists and a wide ranging audience: historians of economic thought; economic, political and cultural historians; industrial, regional and development economists; economists interested in institutional, cognitive and evolutionary economics.