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.
The German Historical School: The Historical and Ethical Approach to Economics
1st Edition
Edited
By Yuichi Shionoya
April 02, 2014
With the increasing acceptance of evolutionary and institutional thinking among economists, general interest in the German Historical School has risen steadily during the last decade. This book traces the development and transformation of the School, covering its leading figures such as Adam Muller...
The Social Economics of Jean-Baptiste Say: Markets and Virtue
1st Edition
By Evelyn L. Forget
April 02, 2014
This book uses archival and published sources to place Say in context, at the confluence of several major currents in social philosophy. The Say that emerges from this study is far from being the one dimensional popularizer of Smith and proponent of libertarian ideology that he is often depicted as...
The Rise of Political Economy in the Scottish Enlightenment
1st Edition
Edited
By Tatsuya Sakamoto, Hideo Tanaka
March 31, 2014
This collection of essays provides a comprehensive view of the economic thought of the Scottish Enlightenment. Organized as a chronological account of the rise and progress of political economy in eighteenth century Scotland, each chapter discusses the way in which the moral and economic ...
Marx's Concept of Money
1st Edition
By Anitra Nelson
March 07, 2014
This work relates Marx's theory of money to his overall political economy, and places it firmly within the wider context of his political and philosophical thought. It has for some time been held that there exists an epistomological break between the early 'humanist' and later 'scientific' Marx. ...
The Economics of James Steuart
1st Edition
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By Ramon Tortajada
February 25, 2014
The Economics of James Steuart reveals the particular importance of Steuart's work on monetary issues and highlights ways in which he prepared the ground for a new conception of economic relations. Featuring the work of an international team of leading scholars, this volume will be essential ...
Understanding 'Classical' Economics: Studies in Long Period Theory
1st Edition
By Heinz D. Kurz, Neri Salvadori
February 25, 2014
The 'classical' approach to economic problems, which can be traced back to Adam Smith and David Ricardo, has seen a remarkable revival in recent years. The essays in this collection argue that this approach holds the key to an explanation of important present day economic phenomena. Focusing on the...
Economic Careers: Economics and Economists in Britain 1930-1970
1st Edition
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By Keith Tribe
February 14, 2014
In this volume fourteen senior economists describe their early introduction to the study of economics and their contribution to the development of academic economics in Britain. With experience covering a period stretching from the mid 1920s to the late 1960s, many of the contributors not only ...
Equilibrium and Economic Theory
1st Edition
By Giovanni Alfredo Caravale
February 14, 2014
This book considers the treatment of equilibrium by several of the most important schools of thought in economics, including: * neoclassical economics, * the neo-Ricardian economics, * Post-Keynesian economics - both those who follow Joan Robinson in denying any interpretative role to equilibrium ...
Studies in Social Economics
1st Edition
By Léon Walras
February 14, 2014
Léon Walras (1834–1910) is one of the four or five most important economic theorists in the history of the science. The present book is a complete English translation of the second edition (1936) of his Études d’économie sociale (1896), in which he applies economic theory to real problems, presents...
Studies in the History of French Political Economy: From Bodin to Walras
1st Edition
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By Gilbert Faccarello
February 14, 2014
Studies in the History of French Political Economy considers the evolution of economic thought in France, from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Gilbert Faccarello brings to the forefront those economists, themes and controversies which are important in the context of recent research, and ...
Hayek's Political Economy: The Socio-economics of Order
1st Edition
By Steve Fleetwood
February 13, 2014
In a society where no central agency coordinates the human activity of producing, selling and buying, why is there order and not chaos? This fundamental question has taxed generations of economists. Hayek's notion of spontaneous order goes some way to providing an answer.<BR>Hayek's ...
The Varieties of Economic Rationality: From Adam Smith to Contemporary Behavioural and Evolutionary Economics
1st Edition
By Michel Zouboulakis
January 31, 2014
The concept of economic rationality is important for the historical evolution of Economics as a scientific discipline. The common idea about this concept -even between economists- is that it has a unique meaning which is universally accepted. This new volume argues that "economic rationality" is ...