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.
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
Edited
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
Edited
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
Edited
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...
Money, Time and Rationality in Max Weber: Austrian Connections
1st Edition
By Stephen Parsons
April 24, 2014
This unique study into the roots of Max Weber's Political Economy, is an intriguing read and a valuable contribution to the Weberian literature. Parsons argues that Weber's analysis is highly influenced by the Austrian School of Economics and the relationship between his critique of centrally ...
The Canon in the History of Economics: Critical Essays
1st Edition
Edited
By Michalis Psalidopoulos
April 24, 2014
The construction and the role of the economic canon, the accepted list of great works and great authors, has been the subject of much recent literary and historical debate. By contrast, the concept of the canon has been largely dormant in the study of the history of economics, with the canonical ...
Economics Broadly Considered: Essays in Honour of Warren J. Samuels
1st Edition
Edited
By Jeff E. Biddle, John B Davis, Steven G Medema
April 15, 2014
Warren J. Samuels has been a prominent figure in the study of economics in the twentieth century. This book brings together essays by leading scholars in the areas of economics in which Samuels has made his most important contributions: the history of economic thought, economic methodology, and ...
Cambridge Controversies in Capital Theory: A Methodological Analysis
1st Edition
By Jack Birner
April 10, 2014
This book explains the debate over the Cambridge controversies of the 1960s and 1970s. In a compelling and comprehensive argument, Birner discusses the main contributions to the controversy in a series of case studies. He gradually develops a methodological model of idealizations that explains both...