Donald Rutherford (economist)

Not to be confused with Donald Rutherford (philosopher).

Donald Rutherford
Born1942
Died2023
Edinburgh
EducationQueen's College, Oxford (PhD)
Known forworks on history of economic thought
Scientific career
Fieldseconomics
InstitutionsUniversity of Edinburgh

Donald Rutherford (1942–2023) was a British economist and Lecturer in Economics at the University of Edinburgh. He was educated at The Queen's College, Oxford and was Lecturer (1969–2009) and subsequently honorary lecturer at the College. Rutherford is known for his writings on the history of economic thought and Scottish economics.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Aspromourgos, Tony (June 2014). "Donald Rutherford, In the Shadow of Adam Smith: Founders of Scottish Economics 1700–1900 (Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), pp. vii, 344, US$95 (hb), US$40 (pb). ISBN 978-0-230-25209-7 (hb); 978-0-230-25210-3 (pb)". Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 36 (2): 253–255. doi:10.1017/S105383721400025X. ISSN 1053-8372. S2CID 153389878.
  2. ^ "Donald Rutherford, In the Shadow of Adam Smith: Founders of Scottish Economics 1700-1900". The History of Economic Thought. 56 (1): 132–134. 2014. doi:10.5362/jshet.56.1_132.
  3. ^ Saether, Arild (2017). Natural Law and the Origin of Political Economy: Samuel Pufendorf and the History of Economics. Taylor & Francis. p. 263. ISBN 9781317207702.