History of Economic Thought Books

New and Published Books – Page 1

1. Ricardo on Money and Finance

   A Bicentenary Reappraisal

   Edited by Yuji Sato, Susumu Takenaga

   David Ricardo, one of the major figures in the history of economic thought, particularly in the English classical political economy, deployed his activities as economist just two hundreds of years ago. Since then his economics has been generally estimated as the culminating point of the classical...

   Published May 22nd 2013 by Routledge
2. Social Innovation

   New Forms of Organisation in Knowledge–Based Societies

   Edited by Carmen Ruiz Viñals, Carmen Parra Rodríguez

   Series: Routledge/Lisbon Civic Forum Studies in Innovation

   'Social innovation’ can be simply defined as the new ideas and initiatives that make it possible to meet our society’s challenges in areas such as the environment, education, employment, culture, health and economic development. It is currently becoming increasingly important as a central concept...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
3. Marx and Living Labour

   By Laurent Baronian

   Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

   From his early economic works on, Marx conceived the labour of any kind of society as a set of production activities and analysed the historical modes of production as specific ways of distributing and exchanging these activities. Political economy on the contrary considers the labour...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
4. The History of Economic Thought

   A Reader; Second Edition

   Edited by Steven G. Medema, Warren J. Samuels

   A From the ancients to the moderns, questions of economic theory and policy have been an important part of intellectual and public debate, engaging the attention of some of history’s greatest minds. This book brings together readings from more than two thousand years of writings on economic...

   Published May 9th 2013 by Routledge
5. The Means to Prosperity

   Fiscal Policy Reconsidered

   Edited by Per Gunnar Berglund, Matias Vernengo

   Series: Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking

   While recent developments in monetary theory have been fast to spread to policy analysis and practice and the media, the same is not true of fiscal policy, and a void has emerged. Issues such as timing, cyclical adjustments, long-term sustainability, and social implications are often seen as...

   Published May 9th 2013 by Routledge
6. Interdisciplinary Economics

   Kenneth E. Boulding’s Engagement in the Sciences

   Edited by Wilfred Dolfsma, Stefan Kesting

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   Kenneth Boulding was a prolific writer across so many different fields that not only is he often much referred to and cited, he is considered a core member of many of these fields. Boulding is the quintessential interdisciplinary scholar. He died in 1993, but he has left a legacy in economics,...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
7. Friedrich Engels

   Young Revolutionary

   Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge
8. Keynes and Friedman on Laissez-Faire and Planning

   ‘Where to draw the line?’

   By Sylvie Rivot

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   The 2008 crisis has revived debates on the relevance of laissez-faire, and thus on the role of the State in a modern economy. This volume offers a new exploration of the writings of Keynes and Friedman on this topic, highlighting not only the clear points of opposition between them, but also the...

   Published April 29th 2013 by Routledge
9. Eastern and Western Ideas for African Growth

   Diversity and Complementarity in Development Aid

   Edited by Kenichi Ohno, Izumi Ohno

   Series: Routledge-GRIPS Development Forum Studies

   The West and the East approach economic development differently. The Europeans and Americans stress free and fair business climate, promoting private activities generally without picking winners, and improving governance. East Asia is interested in achieving concrete results and projects rather...

   Published April 28th 2013 by Routledge
10. Post-Keynesian Views of the Crisis and its Remedies

    Edited by Óscar Dejuán, Eladio Febrero Paños, Jorge Uxo Gonzalez

    Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Finance and Stability

    At the end of the 20th century, mainstream economics was based on theories which viewed capitalism as a self-regulating system, whereby crises come about due to external shocks and would be automatically corrected by the price mechanism if it was flexible enough. Post-Keynesian economists, however,...

    Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge