Biography
Hugh Goodacre lectures at MyAV·¶ in the History of Economic Thought. His research interest is the influence of colonialism on economic thought. He has in the past worked at the British Library and has taught in a number of colleges and universities, and is currently Director of the Institute for Independence Studies, an independent academic and campaigning organisation.
Professional career and qualifications
Academic committees, other appointments and affiliations
Conferences
Teaching
Selected Publications
- The economic thought of William Petty: exploring the colonialist roots of economics. London and New York: Routledge. 2018.
- âThe William Petty problem and the Whig history of economicsâ. Cambridge Journal of Economics. Vol. 38, Issue No. 3. May 2014.
- âTechnological progress and economic analysis from Petty to Smithâ. European Journal for the History of Economic Thought. Vol. 17, Issue No. 5. pp. 1149-1168. December 2010. [Special issue on technology and economics with keynote article by Robert Solow.]
- âLimited liability and the wealth of âuncivilised nationsâ: Adam Smith and the limits to the European Enlightenmentâ. Cambridge Journal of Economics. Vol. 34, Issue No. 5. pp. 857-67. September 2010.
- âEconomics, geography and colonialism in the writings of William Pettyâ. In Arena, Richard, Dow, Sheila, and Klaes, Matthias, eds Open Economics: economics in relation to other disciplines. London and New York: Routledge. 2009. pp. 233-46.
- âColonialism, displacement and cannibalism in early modern economic thoughtâ. In S Balfour, Robert, ed. 2010. Culture, capital and representation. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Sponsored by the Institute for Commonwealth Studies, and the Jane Austen Society.
- ÌęâWilliam Petty and early colonial roots of development economicsâ. In Jomo, Kwame Sundaram, ed., 2005. Pioneers of Economic Development. New Delhi: Tulika Books; London: Zed Press. pp. 10-30. ISBN: 1 84277 644 4 hb 1 84277 645 2 pb. [Also published in Vietnamese as Kinh tĂȘ hoc phĂ„t triĂȘn cĂ„c nha kinh tĂȘe vi dai vĂȘ phat triĂȘn, 2007, translated by TrĂ„n DoĂ n LĂąm. Hanoi: NhĂ Xuáș„t BĂ„n Tháșż Giá»i.]
- âClassical political economyâ. In B. Fine and A. Saad-Filho, eds, 2012. Elgar Companion to Marxist Economics, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, USA: Edward Elgar. pp. 53-59.
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