Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

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81. Civil Happiness

    Economics and Human Flourishing in Historical Perspective

    By Luigino Bruni

    Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

    Economists have long laboured under the misapprehension that all humans exist as rational beings that find happiness in maximizing their personal utility. This impressive volume presents an historical review of the evolution of economic thought, from economic philosophy to contemporary mathematical...

    Published February 18th 2009 by Routledge
82. Making Chicago Price Theory

    Friedman-Stigler Correspondence 1945-1957

    Edited by Daniel J. Hammond, Claire H. Hammond

    Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

    Milton Friedman and George J. Stigler shaped economics as we know it today – their Chicago School laid the groundwork for much of the neoclassical tradition in economic analysis. This book brings together a collection of letters from these two Noble laureates from the post-war years, containing new...

    Published February 18th 2009 by Routledge
83. New Voices on Adam Smith

    Edited by Leonidas Montes, Eric Schliesser

    Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

    In recent years, there has been a resurgence of academic interest in Adam Smith. As a consequence, a large number of PhD dissertations on Smith have been written by international scholars - in different languages, and in many diverse disciplines, including economics, women’s studies,...

    Published February 18th 2009 by Routledge
84. Frank Knight and the Chicago School in American Economics

    By Ross B. Emmett

    Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

    Over the last twenty years, Ross B. Emmett has explored the work of Frank H. Knight, the philosopher of the Chicago School of economics. Knight occupies a paradoxical place in the history of Chicago economics: vital to the tradition’s teaching of price theory and the twentieth-century...

    Published January 29th 2009 by Routledge
85. Leading Contemporary Economists

    Economics at the cutting edge

    Edited by Steven Pressman

    Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

    This book describes the important contributions of several contemporary economic figures including recent Nobel Laureates. Describing their work and putting it into an historical perspective, these chapters explain how their work constitutes a major contribution to the discipline of economics and...

    Published September 30th 2008 by Routledge
86. Keynes's Theoretical Development

    From the Tract to the General Theory

    By Toshiaki Hirai

    Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

    Comprehensive and authoritative, this book, written by a recognized authority on the subject explores the contributions to modern economics by John Maynard Keynes and addresses neglected, yet crucial aspects of the genesis of Keynesian economics. In this book, the author elucidates Keynes’...

    Published September 19th 2007 by Routledge
87. Monetary Theory in Retrospect

    The Selected Essays of Filippo Cesarano

    By Filippo Cesarano

    Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

    An objective and perceptive account of the literature of monetary theory, this volume, by a central banker who has studied monetary theory over the last quarter of a century, clearly shows how its inherent complexity is much enriched by the study of its history. In three parts Filippo Cesarano:...

    Published August 23rd 2007 by Routledge
88. Considerations on the Fundamental Principles of Pure Political Economy

    By Vilfredo Pareto

    Edited by Roberto Marchionatti, Fiorenzo Mornati

    Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

    Between May 1892 and October 1893 the Giornale degli Economisti published Vilfredo Pareto’s Considerazioni sui principi fondamentali dell’economia politica pura in five parts. Viewed in its entirety, the outcome is essentially a classic monograph on the fundamental issues in pure economic theory in...

    Published April 11th 2007 by Routledge
89. Money and Markets

    A Doctrinal Approach

    Edited by Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, Alberto Giacomin

    Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

    This book brings together fourteen essays by leading authors in the field of economics to explore the relationship between money and markets throughout economic theory and history, providing readers with the key to understanding fundamental issues in monetary theory and other important debates in...

    Published March 29th 2007 by Routledge
90. A History of Econometrics in France

    From Nature to Models

    By Philippe Le Gall

    Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

    This text challenges the traditional view of the history of econometrics and provides a more complete story. In doing so, the book sheds light on the hitherto under-researched contribution of French thinkers to econometrics. Fascinating and authoritative, it is a comprehensive overview of what...

    Published March 21st 2007 by Routledge