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.
Financialization of Nature in Latin America: From Neo-Extractivism to Financial Alternatives
1st Edition
Edited
By Monika Meireles, Vania López, Elizabeth Concha, Antonio Mendoza
March 06, 2026
Highlighting how the financialization-driven economy has played a significant role in exacerbating the climate crisis, particularly in the Global South, this book examines the relationship between the prevailing economic model and its environmental impact. The chapters in this edited volume focus ...
A Marxist Analysis of the Soviet Economy
1st Edition
By Erwan Moysan
March 05, 2026
Analysing Soviet economic history through the lens of Marx’s critique of political economy, this book argues that the Soviet Union was a young capitalist country and, further, explains the collapse of the Soviet Union as the result of a capitalist crisis. This book provides a comprehensive overview...
Capital and Capitalism: The Role of Economic Calculation in the Market Economy
1st Edition
By Eduard Braun
February 27, 2026
Capitalism is an economic system where almost all production and trade activities are organised by enterprises whose purpose is to maximise the return on the capital that has been invested in them. Economists, however, have almost universally defined capital in a way that makes it impossible for ...
Neoliberal Economic Policy and Alternatives for France: An Empirical SFC Perspective
1st Edition
By Luis Reyes, Jacques Mazier, Chin Yuan Chong
February 12, 2026
This book offers a comprehensive exploration of how empirical stock-flow consistent (SFC) modelling can be used as a tool for macroeconomic analysis. Based on a coherent framework rooted in national accounting principles, SFC models, which integrate both financial and real economy variables, are ...
Government and Economic Growth in the 21st Century: A Classical Liberal Response
1st Edition
Edited
By Juan E. Castañeda
January 01, 2026
This book offers an alternative view of the economy – and indeed, society – that does not rely on an ever-expanding government to address the problems which individuals typically face during their lives. The book is a Classical Liberal response to the way leading economies have been (mis)managed in...
A History of Capitalist Transformation: A Critique of Liberal-Capitalist Reforms
1st Edition
By Giampaolo Conte
December 26, 2025
A History of Capitalist Transformation: A Critique of Liberal-Capitalist Reforms highlights how, since the recent financial crises, the expression ‘liberal reform’ has entered common parlance as an evocative image of austerity and economic malaise, especially for the working classes and a segment ...
Economics as Rhetoric: The Thought of Bernard Maris
1st Edition
By Anne Isla
December 26, 2025
Bernard Maris was killed in Paris on January 7, 2015, during the terrorist attack against the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. He remains one of the most original intellectuals of contemporary France, but despite being a uniquely original heterodox thinker, his international reputation has been ...
Income Redistribution, Inequality and Democracy: A Political Economy Approach
1st Edition
By Hwan Joo Seo, Sung Jin Kang
December 26, 2025
This book examines why democracy has failed to deliver effective solutions to income inequality problems over the last four decades, and if democracy can offer solutions to various increases in inequality in the future. It also addresses what elements are necessary for democracy to serve as an ...
Inequality: Economic and Social Issues
1st Edition
Edited
By Mats Lundahl, Daniel Rauhut, Neelambar Hatti
December 26, 2025
Inequalities of opportunity affect a person’s life expectancy and access to basic services and human rights through discrimination, abuse, and lack of access to justice. High levels of inequality of opportunity discourage skill accumulation, choke economic and social mobility, and, consequently, ...
Financial Democracy: Comparative Political Economy of Banking
1st Edition
By Kurt Mettenheim, Olivier Butzbach
December 05, 2025
Elaborating a new approach to the comparative political economy of banking, Financial Democracy presents evidence of both the recent return to traditional bank management and the resurgence of alternative banks with social and public policy missions. The book begins with a critique of contemporary ...
Financial Stability, Risks, and Ecological Transition: Addressing Economic Challenges Under Global Uncertainty
1st Edition
Edited
By Lyubov Klapkiv, Faruk Ülgen
December 01, 2025
The evolution of capitalist economies through waves of liberalization of markets over the last five decades led to structural changes and greater systemic risks. This book presents economic research into the roots and remedies of these risks, particularly exploring the key issues of financial ...
A History of Financialization: Inequality, Debt and Crisis from Liberalism to Neoliberalism
1st Edition
By Lars Ahnland
November 23, 2025
Analyzing long-cycle patterns during the twentieth century, this book presents novel findings on how core features of financialization are interconnected across advanced economies. It proposes that, since the late nineteenth century, international macroeconomic policy regimes have favored either ...