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.
Marx and Living Labour
1st Edition
By Laurent Baronian
February 27, 2015
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 ...
Social Fairness and Economics: Economic Essays in the Spirit of Duncan Foley
1st Edition
Edited
By Lance Taylor, Armon Rezai, Thomas Michl
February 27, 2015
This volume brings together papers inspired by the work of Duncan Foley, an extraordinarily productive economist who has made seminal contributions to a wide variety of areas. Foley’s work cannot be easily classified, but one thread that runs through it is a critical examination (along both ethical...
The Charismatic Principle in Social Life
1st Edition
Edited
By Luigino Bruni, Barbara Sena
February 27, 2015
Max Weber laid the foundations for the meaning of ‘charisma’ in modern secular usage. This new volume argues for the importance of the ‘charismatic principle’ in history, economics and society. This volume brings together a number of contributors at the cross section between economics, theology, ...
The Political Economy of the Small Firm
1st Edition
By Charles Dannreuther, Lew Perren
February 27, 2015
For many, small firms are everyday realities of the economy and visible in every high-street and industrial estate. Their existence and importance is unquestionable. Such beliefs are understandable, but the authors of this new book would suggest they are misguided. The Political Economy of the ...
Market Drive and Governance: Re-examining the Rules for Economic and Commercial Contest
1st Edition
By Ralf Boscheck
February 05, 2015
Corporate moves towards focused production and outsourcing, governmental reforms involving privatization and deregulation and the globalization of trade and investments promise large efficiency gains. However, the necessary coordination mechanisms call for regulatory approval and policy guidelines ...
Structural Economics
1st Edition
By Thijs ten Raa
December 22, 2014
This book aims to make the nature of input-output analysis in economics clearly accessible and, contrary to the opinion of many commentators, shows that this type of analysis can be compatible with the doctrines of neoclassical economics....
Borderlands of Economics: Essays in Honour of Daniel R. Fusfeld
1st Edition
Edited
By Nahid Aslanbeigui, Young B. Choi
December 01, 2014
In recent years there has been increasing discontent with the abstract nature of mainstream economics. Not only does this make the subject less relevant to real issues, it drives a wedge between economics and other disciplines ostensibly addressing the same issues. Borderlands of Economics explores...
Interactions in Political Economy: Malvern After Ten Years
1st Edition
Edited
By Steven Pressman
December 01, 2014
In recent years there has been a growing dissatisfaction with standard economic theorising which has fostered the development of alternative ways of understanding how economies actually work. Too often though these approaches have been developed in isolation, or even in opposition to each other. ...
Keynes, Post-Keynesianism and Political Economy: Essays in Honour of Geoff Harcourt, Volume III
1st Edition
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By Peter Kriesler, Claudio Sardoni
December 01, 2014
Geoff Harcourt has had a major impact on the field of Post-Keynesian economics, not only in his research but also in his teaching. Many of Harcourts students have gone on to make valuable contributions in this field. This volume brings together contributions from thirty such former students, now ...
Mathematical Economics and the Dynamics of Capitalism: Goodwin's Legacy Continued
1st Edition
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By Peter Flaschel, Michael Landesmann
December 01, 2014
Richard Goodwin was a pioneer in the use of mathematical tools to understand the dynamics of capitalist economies. This book contains contributions which focus on the rigorous extension of Goodwin’s modelling of macro-dynamics and the micro-structures underlying them, and also research with a wider...
Subjectivity in Political Economy: Essays on Wanting and Choosing
1st Edition
By David P. Levine
December 01, 2014
This book explores the way political economy understands human motivation. In it, the author argues that the assumptions typically made by economists regarding want and choice cannot adequately lay a foundation for answering important questions about the design of economic institutions and the ...
The Representative Agent in Macroeconomics
1st Edition
By James E Hartley, James E. Hartley
December 01, 2014
Rpresentative agent models have become a predominant means of studying the macroeconomy in modern economics without there being much discussion in the literature about their propriety or usefulness. This volume evaluates the use of these models in macroeconomics, examining the justifications for ...