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1. The Evolution of Economic Diversity

   Edited by Antonio Nicita, Ugo Pagano

   Series: Routledge Siena Studies in Political Economy

   The traditional role of evolutionary theory in the social sciences has been to explain the existence of an object in terms of the survival of the fittest. In economics this approach has acted as a justification for hypotheses such as profit maximisation, or the existence of institutions in terms of...

   To Be Published September 26th 2013 by Routledge
2. Legal Orderings and Economic Institutions

   By Fabrizio Cafaggi, Antonio Nicita, Ugo Pagano

   Series: Routledge Siena Studies in Political Economy

   This book addresses the lively interaction between the disciplines of law and economics. The traditional boundaries of these two disciplines have somehow inhibited a full understanding of the functioning of and the evolution of economic and legal systems. It has often been the case that these...

   Published May 2nd 2007 by Routledge
3. The Politics and Economics of Power

   Edited by Samuel Bowles, Maurizio Franzini, Ugo Pagano

   Series: Routledge Siena Studies in Political Economy

   This edited collection looks at the emerging relationship between politics and economics. The analysis of power relations - traditionally the focus of political science - is becoming increasingly important to economists in order to understand concepts such as the 'contested nature' of market...

   Published November 4th 1998 by Routledge
4. Democracy and Efficiency in the Economic Enterprise

   Edited by Ugo Pagano, Bob Rowthorn

   Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

   The collapse of central planning was hailed as evidence of the economic and moral superiority of capitalism over any possible alternative. The essays in this book challenge that claim. The case for more democratic forms of enterprise management is considered from a variety of viewpoints. One...

   Published April 24th 1996 by Routledge