Economic Theory & Philosophy

The 21st century is the age of neo-liberalism a time when the free market is spreading to all areas of economic, political and social life. Yet ho...

First published in 1997, this volume is an attempt to study the patterns of social support among Chinese working mothers in a Beijing neighbourhood...

Over time there has been a miscommunication between mainstream economics and human rights that has paved the way to a justificatory ideology that v...

This volume is a history of economics as it was interpreted, discussed and established as a discipline in the 20th century. It highlights the plu...

Economics Nobel Laureate Herbert Simon developed the concept of bounded rationality in the 1950s. This asserts that the cognitive abilities of huma...

How should we design our economic systems? Should we tax the rich at a higher rate than the poor? Should we have a minimum wage? Should the state p...

Adam Smith (17231790) is famous around the world as the founding father of economics, and his ideas are regularly quoted and invoked by politicians...

Published in 1998. In spite of spectacular improvements in market flexibility, the characteristics of the past twenty years are slow growth and hig...

This book covers the development of economics in Japan from the inter-war period to the 2000s focusing on the international theoretical contributio...

To a degree insufficiently captured by the term governance, the present age is one of institutional complexity. China is a case in point. An amalga...

To a degree insufficiently captured by the term governance, the present age is one of institutional complexity. China is a case in point. An amalga...

Joseph A. Schumpeter was a monumental figure in the history and development of economics. This work brings together his brilliant lectures, deliver...

This book addresses the art historical category of contemporary art from a transregional perspective, but unlike other volumes of its kind, it focu...

Racism and discrimination have choked economic opportunity for African Americans at nearly every turn. At several historic moments, the trajectory ...

This book explains inflation dynamic, using time series data from 1960 for 42 countries. These countries are different in every aspect, historicall...

This book examines the contemporary significance of the Law and Economics movement.Drawing on anthropology, sociology, political economy, and ethic...

Within Post-Keynesian economics there is a spectrum of approaches to theories of the firm but what they have in common, to their great benefit, is ...

This book brings together the work of Maria Cristina Marcuzzo and highlights her investigations into the history of economic thought and her quest ...

This edited volume addresses the theoretical and historical foundations of the German Social Market Economy. Written to commemorate the 75th annive...

This book provides an accessible introduction to causal inference and data analysis with R, specifically for a public policy audience. It aims to d...

This book, the first of two volumes, comes to life through the transcription of captivating classroom lectures spanning several years, providing a ...