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 Foundations of 'Laissez-Faire': The Economics of Pierre de Boisguilbert
1st Edition
By Gilbert Faccarello
May 07, 2015
This is the first full length study of Boisguilbert's work to appear in English. It contains an extended discussion of the context in which Boisguilbert worked, as well as a detailed analysis of his life and work....
Competing Economic Theories: Essays in Honour of Giovanni Caravale
1st Edition
By Sergio Nisticò, Domenico Tosato
March 31, 2015
Providing a contemporary overview of the debate amongst theoretical stands in economics, this book brings together contributions from a number of eminent scholars. It covers important issues in methodology and the history of thought, as well as economic analysis. The book is structured in five ...
Gandhi's Economic Thought
1st Edition
By Ajit K. Dasgupta
March 31, 2015
Gandhi's economic theories were a part of his vision of self-government, which meant not just freedom from colonial rule but the achievement of self-reliance and self-respect by the villagers of India. Areas examined include: * consumption behaviour * industrialization, technology and the scale ...
Henry A. Abbati: Keynes' Forgotten Precursor: Selected Writings
1st Edition
Edited
By Serena Di Gaspare
March 31, 2015
Henry A. Abbati was not an economist by profession. After retiring from business, in 1924 he published his first book, The Unclaimed Wealth: How Money Stops Production in which he expounded his theory of ‘effective demand’ (terminology of his own) and its differences with respect to current ...
Keynes and the 'Classics': A Study in Language, Epistemology and Mistaken Identities
1st Edition
By Michel Verdon
March 31, 2015
Is there a language which is adequate to describe our own economy? In this volume, Michel Verdon undertakes a path-breaking analysis of the three major paradigms in economics: Marxian economics, neo-classical economics and Keynesian economics. Each of these, he argues, has an inherent cosmology, ...
Essays on Classical and Marxian Political Economy: Collected Essays IV
1st Edition
By Samuel Hollander
February 27, 2015
Samuel Hollander’s work has been provoking debate for over four decades. This book brings together key contributions of recent years, in addition to some brand new pieces. The essays are introduced by a Preface in which Hollander reflects on his past work and reactions to it. Highlights include two...
Interdisciplinary Economics: Kenneth E. Boulding’s Engagement in the Sciences
1st Edition
Edited
By Wilfred Dolfsma, Stefan Kesting
February 27, 2015
Kenneth Boulding was a prolific writer across so many different fields that not only is he often much referred to and cited, he is considered a core member of many of these fields. Boulding is the quintessential interdisciplinary scholar. He died in 1993, but he has left a legacy in economics, ...
Jean-Baptiste Say: Revolutionary, Entrepreneur, Economist
1st Edition
By Evert Schoorl
February 27, 2015
This volume is the first full-length biography of Jean-Baptiste Say (1767-1832), the most famous French classical economist. During his lifetime Say actively took part in three revolutions: the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution and the establishment of economics as an academic ...
Keynes and Friedman on Laissez-Faire and Planning: ‘Where to draw the line?’
1st Edition
By Sylvie Rivot
February 27, 2015
The 2008 crisis has revived debates on the relevance of laissez-faire, and thus on the role of the State in a modern economy. This volume offers a new exploration of the writings of Keynes and Friedman on this topic, highlighting not only the clear points of opposition between them, but also the ...
Money and Banking in Jean-Baptiste Say’s Economic Thought
1st Edition
By Gilles Jacoud
February 27, 2015
The aim of this work is to make available to English-language readers a translation of Jean-Baptiste Say’s main texts on money and banking which were not at present accessible in English. The work includes chapters from his books taking into account the variants between the different editions, ...
Reinterpreting The Keynesian Revolution
1st Edition
By Robert Cord
February 27, 2015
Various explanations have been put forward as to why the Keynesian Revolution in economics in the 1930s and 1940s took place. Some of these point to the temporal relevance of John Maynard Keynes's The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (1936), appearing, as it did, just a handful of ...
Classics and Moderns in Economics Volume II: Essays on Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Economic Thought
1st Edition
Edited
By Peter Groenewegen
December 22, 2014
This second volume of essays on nineteenth and twentieth century economic thought, complements the first and continues the high standards of scholarship and academic rigour....