Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
About the Book Series
In recent years, there has been widespread criticism of mainstream economics. This has taken many forms, from methodological critiques of its excessive formalism, to concern about its failure to connect with many of the most pressing social issues. This series provides a forum for research which is developing alternative forms of economic analysis. Reclaiming the traditional 'political economy' title, it refrains from emphasising any single school of thought, but instead attempts to foster greater diversity within economics.
Quantum Macroeconomics: The legacy of Bernard Schmitt
1st Edition
Edited
By Jean-Luc Bailly, Alvaro Cencini, Sergio Rossi
July 24, 2018
Quantum Macroeconomics presents a new paradigm in macroeconomic analysis initiated by Bernard Schmitt. It explains the historical origin, the analytical contents, and the actual relevance of this new paradigm, with respect to current major economic issues at national and international level. These ...
The Economic Ideas of Marx's Capital: Steps towards post-Keynesian economics
1st Edition
By Ludo Cuyvers
July 24, 2018
Nearly two hundred years have passed since the birth of Karl Marx and continuing to this day the influence of his economic views, insights and theories can still be felt. However, since the publication of Das Kapital, the scientific community has not been sitting idle – it is time to evaluate Marx ...
The Rejuvenation of Political Economy
1st Edition
Edited
By Nobuharu Yokokawa, Kiichiro Yagi, Hiroyasu Uemura, Richard Westra
June 28, 2018
This book provides the basic knowledge of Japanese contributions in political economy and the ongoing research agenda, such as the pursuit of theoretical consistency in Marxian economics by Uno School; the concept of ‘civil society’ as a criterion of existing socio-economic structure; a ...
Creative Research in Economics
1st Edition
By Arnold Wentzel
June 01, 2018
Researchers are expected to produce original findings, yet nobody explains how original contributions are conceived in economics. Recently there have been calls for more creativity in economic research, yet there is no literature that explores creative research apart from collections of ...
Theoretical Foundations of Macroeconomic Policy: Growth, productivity and public finance
1st Edition
Edited
By Giovanni Di Bartolomeo, Enrico Saltari
April 30, 2018
The recent economic events driven by the great financial crisis of 2007-08 has challenged some "dogma", highlighting various limits and drawbacks of current paradigms. The crisis showed the limitations of monetary policy and led to a revaluation of what levels of public debt can be considered safe....
Economics, Culture and Development
1st Edition
By Eiman O. Zein-Elabdin
February 12, 2018
This book examines the treatment of culture and development in the discipline of economics, thereby filling a conspicuous gap in current literature. Economics has come a long way to join the ‘cultural turn’ that has swept the humanities and social sciences in the last half century. This volume ...
Paradigms in Political Economy
1st Edition
By Kavous Ardalan
February 12, 2018
Social theory can usefully be conceived in terms of four key paradigms: functionalist, interpretive, radical humanist, and radical structuralist. The four paradigms are founded upon different assumptions about the nature of social science and the nature of society. Each generates theories, concepts...
Macroeconomics After the Financial Crisis: A Post-Keynesian perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Mogens Ove Madsen, Finn Olesen
January 24, 2018
How should Europe cope with the negative and still unfolding economic consequences of the current economic crisis? And why does Europe seem to be more conservative than the USA in dealing with the crisis? Since the outbreak of the current international economic crisis in 2008, the USA and many of ...
The Economics of Voting: Studies of self-interest, bargaining, duty and rights
1st Edition
By Dan Usher
January 24, 2018
The economics of voting is about whether and to what extent self-interest may be relied upon in voting. The central proposition in economics is that the world’s work gets done satisfactorily when each person does what they think is best for themselves. The commonsense view of the matter is that ...
Neoliberalism and the Moral Economy of Fraud
1st Edition
Edited
By David Whyte, Jörg Wiegratz
June 16, 2017
There is evidence that economic fraud has, in recent years, become routine activity in the economies of both high- and low-income countries. Many business sectors in today's global economy are rife with economic crime. Neoliberalism and the Moral Economy of Fraud shows how neoliberal policies, ...
The Political Economy of Food and Finance
1st Edition
By Ted P. Schmidt
June 16, 2017
The financialization, globalization and industrialization of our food systems make it increasingly difficult to access quality fresh food. In fact, the industrialized global food system is creating products that are less food-like, engendering growing questions about the health and safety of our ...
The End of Economics
1st Edition
By Michael Perelman
April 13, 2017
Most economic theory assumes a pure capitalism of perfect competition. Even when it is recognized that this does not exist, many politicians and captains of industry pay a great deal of lip service to the idea of the market. This book goes beyond the rhetoric to explore how, even in the United ...