Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
About the Book Series
Economics continues to draw inspiration from the ideas of past economists. This series provides an arena for current debate in the study of the history of economics. Adhering to no single methodology, it includes volumes which explore the ideas of individual economists, major schools of thought, and the evolution of key ideas and theories within economic analysis.
New Essays on Pareto’s Economic Theory
1st Edition
Edited
By Luigino Bruni, Aldo Montesano
June 19, 2014
Pareto's Manual of Political Economy, first published in 1905, introduced the analytical approach which has characterised a significant part of twentieth century economic theory. In particular, the Manual examined the ordinal representation of the individual choice, the issue of the general ...
Stalin's Economist: The Economic Contributions of Jenö Varga
1st Edition
By André Mommen
June 19, 2014
This book analyses the contribution of Eugen (Jenő) Varga (1879-1964) on Marxist-Leninist economic theory as well as the influence he exercised on Stalin’s foreign policy and through the Comintern on the international communist movement. During the Hungarian Councils’ Republic of 1919 Varga was one...
The Economic Reader: Textbooks, Manuals and the Dissemination of the Economic Sciences during the 19th and Early 20th Centuries.
1st Edition
Edited
By Massimo M. Augello, Marco E.L. Guidi
June 19, 2014
The book studies the origins and evolution of economic textbooks in the nineteenth and early twentieth century, up to the turning point represented by Paul Samuelson’s Economics (1948), which became the template for all the textbooks of the postwar period. The case studies included in the book ...
The Evolution of Economic Theory: Essays in Honour of Bertram Schefold
1st Edition
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By Volker Caspari
June 19, 2014
Bertram Schefold is recognized internationally as an outstanding economist. He has made major contributions to the development of economic theory and particularly to economic thought. His contributions to economic theory include his work on Sraffian economics and its implications for the theory of ...
Thomas Tooke and the Monetary Thought of Classical Economics
1st Edition
By Matthew Smith
June 19, 2014
This study provides a comprehensive account and reconsideration of the contribution to political economy of Thomas Tooke (1774-1858). It clarifies Tooke’s monetary thought and its legacy to modern economics. The study shows Tooke possessed a rich and extensive political economy, covering many ...
The Political and Economic Thought of the Young Keynes: Liberalism, Markets and Empire
1st Edition
By Carlo Cristiano
June 06, 2014
A century ago, John Maynard Keynes entered the Treasury to serve his country during the First World War, but as is well known, appalled by the terms of the end-of-war Treaty of Versailles, he abandoned the British delegation, outlining the predictable adverse results in the Economic Consequences of...
The Paretian Tradition During the Interwar Period: From Dynamics to Growth
1st Edition
By Mario Pomini
June 02, 2014
The years in-between the two World Wars were a crucial period for the building of economic dynamics as an autonomous field. Different competing research programs arose at international level. Great progress was achieved by studies on the business cycle, with the first statistical applications. ...
Monetary Theory in Retrospect: The Selected Essays of Filippo Cesarano
1st Edition
By Filippo Cesarano
May 16, 2014
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: ...
The Economics of Joan Robinson
1st Edition
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By Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, Luigi Pasinetti, Alesandro Roncaglia
May 16, 2014
Joan Robinson is widely regarded as the greatest female economist and the most important figure in the post-Keynesian tradition. In this volume a distinguished, international team of scholars analyses her extraordinary wide ranging contribution to economics. Various contributions address: * her ...
The Economics of W.S. Jevons
1st Edition
By Sandra Peart
May 16, 2014
William Stanley Jevons occupies a pivotal position in the history of economic thought, spanning the transition from classical to neo-classical economics and playing a key role in the Marginal Revolution. The breadth of Jevons's work is examined here which: * includes a detailed consideration of a ...
Leading Contemporary Economists: Economics at the cutting edge
1st Edition
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By Steven Pressman
April 28, 2014
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 ...
Physicians and Political Economy: Six Studies of the Work of Doctor Economists
1st Edition
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By Peter Groenewegen
April 28, 2014
Why did Economics, in its formative phase, have so much input from medically educated writers? The innovations that physicians brought to their economic discourse played a key role in shaping the future of the discipline, and this volume draws together the work of leading international academics to...