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 History Of Game Theory, Volume 1: From the Beginnings to 1945
1st Edition
By Mary-Ann Dimand, Robert W Dimand
April 10, 2014
Game Theory - the formal modelling of conflict and cooperation - first emerged as a recognized field with a publication of John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern's Theory of Games and Economic Behaviour in 1944. Since then, game-theoretic thinking about choice of strategies and the interdependence ...
Towards An Unknown Marx: A Commentary on the Manuscripts of 1861-63
1st Edition
By Enrique Dussel
April 09, 2014
This book is the first complete commentary on Marx's manuscripts of 1861-63, works that guide our understanding of fundamental concepts such as 'surplus-value' and 'production price'. The recent publication of Marx's writings in their entirety has been a seminal event in Marxian scholarship. The ...
Ancient Economic Thought
1st Edition
By Betsy Price
April 02, 2014
This book explores the interrelationship between economic practice and religion, ethics and social structure in a number of ancient cultures, including ancient East Indian, Hebraic, Greek, Hellenistic, Roman and emerging European cultures....
Evolution of Austrian Economics: From Menger to Lachmann
1st Edition
By Sandye Gloria-Palermo
April 02, 2014
This book argues, against the dominant orthodoxy in the history of economic thought, for the originality of Carl Menger's contribution to the development of the Austrian school of economics. Situating the evolution of Menger's thought in the tradition of classical political economy, the author ...
Family Fictions and Family Facts: Harriet Martineau, Adolphe Quetelet and the Population Question in England 1798-1859
1st Edition
By Brian P. Cooper
April 02, 2014
Classical political economy rests on the assumption that the market and the family are overlapping and mutually dependent realms, dominated in turn by economic men and domestic women. Here, Brian Cooper explores the role of economic theory in 'normalizing' the family in the first half of the ...
Keynes and the Neoclassical Synthesis: Einsteinian versus Newtonian Macroeconomics
1st Edition
By Dario Togati
April 02, 2014
This remarkable volume provides a critical assessment of Neoclassical Synthesis, long regarded as the standard interpretation of Keynes. Taking issue with this orthodoxy, the author offers a unique interpretation of the foundation of modern macroeconomics, arguing that the subject derives from the ...
Money and Growth: Selected Papers of Allyn Abbott Young
1st Edition
Edited
By Perry G Mehrling, Roger J Sandilands
April 02, 2014
Allyn Young is one of the central figures in the development of American economic thought, and is one of the originators of modern endogenous growth theory. This book allows full appreciation of the full extent of Young's work because many of his most significant contributions are buried in obscure...
The Contribution of Joseph A. Schumpeter to Economics
1st Edition
Edited
By Richard Arena, Cécile Dangel-Hagnauer
April 02, 2014
This collection constitutes an examination of Schumpeter's legacy that is wider than any yet attempted. As one of the key economists of the twentieth century, Schumpeter's economics is viewed in the context of its relation to purer Austrian theories of the free market, Keynesian macroeconomics, the...
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. ...