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.
A History of Entrepreneurship
1st Edition
By Robert F Hébert, Albert N. Link
May 10, 2012
This book establishes a chronological trace of the entrepreneur as treated in economic literature in order to give a more wholesome perspective to contemporary writings and teachings on entrepreneurship. It focuses on the nature and role of the entrepreneur, and of entrepreneurship, as revealed in ...
The Years of High Econometrics: A Short History of the Generation that Reinvented Economics
1st Edition
By Francisco Louçã
March 21, 2012
A fascinating and comprehensive history, this book explores the most important transformation in twentieth century economics: the creation of econometrics. Containing fresh archival material that has not been published before and taking Ragnar Frisch as the narrator, Francisco Louca discusses both ...
Keynes on Monetary Policy, Finance and Uncertainty: Liquidity Preference Theory and the Global Financial Crisis
1st Edition
By Jorg Bibow
March 15, 2011
This book provides a reassessment of Keynes’ theory of liquidity preference. It argues that the failure of the Keynesian revolution to be made in either theory or practice owes importantly to the fact that the role of liquidity preference theory as a pivotal element in Keynes’ General Theory has ...
On the Origins of Classical Economics: Distribution and Value from William Petty to Adam Smith
1st Edition
By Tony Aspromourgos
January 11, 2011
Examines the origin and early development of the classical theory of distribution up to 1767, stressing the concept of economic `surplus' as a key determinant of economic phenomena....
The Science of Wealth: Adam Smith and the framing of political economy
1st Edition
By Tony Aspromourgos
July 06, 2010
This study clarifies the character of 'political economy' as a distinct and separable intellectual discipline in the generic sense, in the texts of Adam Smith. It focuses upon the scope and fundamental conceptualizations of the new science. Smith's conceptualization of economic analysis is shown to...
Capital, Time and Transitional Dynamics
1st Edition
Edited
By Harald Hagemann, Roberto Scazzieri
June 07, 2010
In the words of Robert M. Solow traverse analysis "is the easiest part of skiing, but the hardest part of economics". The aim of this volume is to assess the state and scope of modern traverse analysis as it had been initiated by John Hicks in his pioneering contribution Capital and Time (1973). ...
Keynes's Vision: Why the Great Depression did not Return
1st Edition
By John Philip Jones
December 17, 2009
John Maynard Keynes was the most influential economist of the 20th Century, whose doctrines had a huge impact on American prosperity in the years following the Second World War. This new book by John Philip Jones describes the main features of Keynes's work, including the fiscal and monetary ...
At the Origins of Mathematical Economics: The Economics of A.N. Isnard (1748-1803)
1st Edition
By Richard Van Den Berg
October 01, 2009
Achille Nicolas Isnard (1749-1803) an engineer with a keen interest in political economy, is best known for demonstrating the concept of market equilibrium using a system of simultaneous equations. The breadth and depth of his work undoubtedly established him as one of the forerunners of modern ...
Ethical Codes and Income Distribution: A Study of John Bates Clark and Thorstein Veblen
1st Edition
By Guglielmo Forges Davanzati
September 07, 2009
In contemporary non-mainstream economic debate, it is widely thought that the functioning of a market economy needs a set of rules (i.e. institutions) which bind agents in their behaviour, allowing efficient outcomes. This idea is contrary to the General Equilibrium Model (GEM) where markets are ...
Evaluating Adam Smith
1st Edition
By William Henderson
March 25, 2009
Adam Smith is well recognized as the forefather of modern economics, but his success can be attributed not only to what he wrote but also to his use of language. In this exciting new book, Willie Henderson shows how Smith engaged creatively in writing about the economy, and analyzes the extent to ...
Civil Happiness: Economics and Human Flourishing in Historical Perspective
1st Edition
By Luigino Bruni
February 18, 2009
Economists have long laboured under the misapprehension that all humans exist as rational beings that find happiness in maximizing their personal utility. This impressive volume presents an historical review of the evolution of economic thought, from economic philosophy to contemporary mathematical...
Making Chicago Price Theory: Friedman-Stigler Correspondence 1945-1957
1st Edition
Edited
By Claire H. Hammond
February 18, 2009
Milton Friedman and George J. Stigler shaped economics as we know it today – their Chicago School laid the groundwork for much of the neoclassical tradition in economic analysis. This book brings together a collection of letters from these two Noble laureates from the post-war years, containing new...