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1. Economics Broadly Considered

   Essays in Honour of Warren J. Samuels

   Edited by Jeff E. Biddle, John B Davis, Steven G Medema

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   Warren J. Samuels has been a prominent figure in the study of economics in the twentieth century. This book brings together essays by leading scholars in the areas of economics in which Samuels has made his most important contributions: the history of economic thought, economic methodology, and...

   To Be Published September 26th 2013 by Routledge
2. Global Social Economy

   Development, work and policy

   Edited by John B. Davis

   Series: Routledge Advances in Social Economics

   This book addresses ‘global social economy’ which addresses the relation of capitalism to human flourishing, the role of international governance in the world economy, the transformation of work and use of time in internationalizing economies, cross-country developments in gender, poverty, and...

   Published September 3rd 2009 by Routledge
3. The Theory of the Individual in Economics

   Identity and Value

   By John B Davis

   Series: Routledge Advances in Social Economics

   The concept of the individual and his/her motivations is a bedrock of philosophy. All strands of thought at heart come down to a particular theory of the individual. Economics, though, is guilty of taking this hugely important concept without questioning how we theorise it. This superb book...

   Published March 19th 2003 by Routledge
4. The Social Economics of Health Care

   Edited by John B Davis

   Series: Routledge Advances in Social Economics

   For too long now, the issue of health care reform has been dominated by the techniques of mainstream economics and the constant application of the tools of cost-benefit analysis to an area that does not suit it.Issues such as privacy, genetic testing and the allocation of organ transplants require...

   Published May 16th 2001 by Routledge