Economic Theory & Philosophy

Bertram Schefold is recognized internationally as an outstanding economist. He has made major contributions to the development of economic theory a...

This book, first published in 1936, is both an instructive chapter in economic history and a stimulating period in the history of economic thought....

Despite decades of empirical happiness research, there is still little evidence for the positive effect of economic growth on life satisfaction. Th...

The classics heavily influenced many aspects of European modern culture, yet it is not easy to trace their intellectual power on any author. In thi...

This book focuses on the interaction between practising economists and previous generations of economists. Because economic problems, such as crash...

First published in 1991. In general, Japan's economic system is viewed as being capitalism, and there seems to be no room for doubting otherwise. I...

This book contains a set of notes prepared by Ragnar Frisch for a lecture series that he delivered at Yale University in 1930. The lecture notes pr...

This detailed volume explores the role and actions of economists in US, Japanese and various European parliaments in the critical period between 18...

It has always been an important task of economics to assess individual and social welfare. The traditional approach has assumed that the measuring ...

Maurice Potron (1872-1942), a French Jesuit mathematician, constructed and analyzed a highly original, but virtually unknown economic model. This b...

First published in 1948, this book outlines a solution to contemporary economic problems in the post-war years. This solution aims to make the best...

The book consists of eleven of the most important writings of Anders Chydenius, an eighteenth century pioneer of freedom and democracy. Thematicall...

First published in 1983, this book provides a detailed look at the OPEC nations’ changing roles in the world oil market as they expanded their part...

Delving into the history of economic thought, this book presents a picture of the Mediterranean spirit of capitalism, a tradition that has its prot...

This title, first published in 1965, provides an analysis of the forces and mechanisms governing the formation of the overall level of money prices...

Free-market economics has attempted to combine efficiency and freedom by emphasizing the need for neutral rules and meta-rules. These efforts have ...

At a time when both scholars and the public demand explanations and answers to key economic problems that conventional approaches have failed to re...

First published in 1952, this work is a systematic exposition of Professor Meade’s geometric method, bringing together into a single coherent accou...

This book, first published in 1934, provides a discussion of the important facts and underlying principles of the financial problems that the Ameri...

Stakeholder value, corporate social responsibility and sustainability: Are these, and similar, concepts sufficiently clear for fruitful research in...

A book which covers the key period in the history of actuarial science from the mid-17th century to the early 19th century. There are reprints of t...

This book provides information on a statistical account and theoretical interpretation of Swedish business cycles since 1918 as well as a survey of...

Despite his achievements, David Ricardo’s views on money have often been misunderstood and underappreciated. His advanced ideas had to wait until t...