Economic Theory & Philosophy

It is argued that the normative and ethical presuppositions of standard economics render the discipline incapable of addressing an important class ...

Unis vers Cythère forms a continuation of the ongoing project to disseminate a new faculty of thought called cytherics, which is defined as the sig...

Nearly two hundred years have passed since the birth of Karl Marx and continuing to this day the influence of his economic views, insights and theo...

In recent years, a number of books in the field of literacy research have addressed the experiences of literacy users or the multiple processes of ...

This remarkable volume provides a critical assessment of Neoclassical Synthesis, long regarded as the standard interpretation of Keynes. Taking iss...

The growth of information economics has lead to a substantial re-consideration of the role of prices. Instead of the conventional neo-classical vie...

Milton Friedman and George J. Stigler shaped economics as we know it today – their Chicago School laid the groundwork for much of the neoclassical ...

This book explores the interrelationship between economic practice and religion, ethics and social structure in a number of ancient cultures, inclu...

This new book, under the impressive editorship of Thomas Boylan and Paschal O'Gorman, explores a number of major themes central to the work of Karl...

The Economics of James Steuart reveals the particular importance of Steuart's work on monetary issues and highlights ways in which he prepared the ...

This volume offers an exciting new reading of John Ruskin's economic and social criticism, based on recent research into rhetoric in economics. Wil...

First published in 1938 this Routledge Revival is a reissue of the autobiography of influential economist J. A. Hobson. A comprehensive work, it de...

This study offers a new perspective of Walras' pure, applied and social economics. Through archival research at the University of Lausanne, Jolink ...

This volume examines different aspects of the Japanese experience in a comparative context. There is much here of relevance to contemporary develop...

In A History of Canadian Economic Thought, Robin Neill relates the evolution of economic theory in Canada to the particular geographical and politi...

An important tenet of game theory, core theory has nonetheless been all but ignored by the mainstream. Its basic premise is that individuals band t...

This book presents essays by an outstanding team of international specialists and covers a wide range of topics, including (inter alia) the relatio...

This monograph examines the domain of classical political economy using the methodologies developed in recent years both by the new discipline of e...

The remarkable speed at which microcredit has expanded around the world in the last three decades has piqued the curiosity of practitioners and the...

Entrepreneurship is the engine of economic progress, but mainstream economic models of economic growth tend to leave out the entrepreneurial elemen...

This highly original work offers an intellectual history of four central theories underlying the market economic system, focusing on their concepti...

Previously published as special issues of The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought and The Review of Political Economy, this volume ...

Recent years have seen a dramatic re-emergence of interest in ontology. From philosophy and social sciences to artificial intelligence and computer...

Cognitive Developments in Economics proposes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of human problem solving, choice, decision-making and chang...

Througout his life Hayek had a profound interest in money and its role within the economy. Money plays a critical part in his 1920s work on the tra...

The defence of the market and economic freedom have been the main objectives of the investigations by liberal thinkers such as Milton Friedman, Gar...

Economists working on behavioral economics have been awarded the Nobel Prize four times in recent years. This book explores this innovative area an...

Achille Nicolas Isnard (1749-1803) an engineer with a keen interest in political economy, is best known for demonstrating the concept of market equ...

This book is written with an acute awareness of the need for new insight to ensure (1) universal protection in basic healthcare; (2) providing choi...

Galbraith's arguments are discussed by a group of economists in regards to current controversies and problems. Topics covered range from globalizat...

This book collects in one readily-accessible volume the pioneering research of Carmel U. Chiswick on the Economics of American Judaism. Filling a m...

This book, the third in the series of Samuel Hollander's essays, covers twelve key studies on the economic theory and method of John Stuart Mill. T...

In an increasingly technologically-led century the striking pattern emerging in firms’ innovative activities is their competition for a technologic...

When Adam Smith pioneered modern economics in the eighteenth century, it was a branch of philosophy. By the close of the nineteenth century, econom...