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.
Environment and Ecology in the History of Economic Thought: Reassessing the Legacy of the Classics
1st Edition
Edited
By Vitor Eduardo Schincariol
July 05, 2024
This volume proposes a reconsideration of ecological and environmental aspects of the work and ideas of various heterodox authors and traditions in the history of economic thought, including the field of economic development. Many of the contributors to this book focus on thinkers and works which ...
The Economic Thought of Hilaire Belloc: A Christian Alternative to the Servile State
1st Edition
By Alfonso Díaz Vera
June 14, 2024
Hilaire Belloc’s thinking on the economy constitutes, by its originality and acuity, a heterodox approach of the greatest interest in addressing the economic problems of his time and those of our own. Belloc’s main interest as a writer were on economics and history, and his works were praised by ...
Arthur Spiethoff and the German Historical School of Economics: Continuities and Discontinuities
1st Edition
By Vitantonio Gioia
April 02, 2024
Arthur Spiethoff (1873–1957), an economist of the German Historical School of Economics, is best known for his theory of the business cycle. Despite Spiethoff calling for a unified reading of his work, his epistemological thinking has received less attention. This book addresses that gap by ...
Adam Smith on the Ancients and the Moderns
1st Edition
By Gloria Vivenza
March 29, 2024
The classics heavily influenced many aspects of European modern culture, yet it is not easy to trace their intellectual power on any author. In this volume, Gloria Vivenza takes on the impressive task of examining how philosophy, history, literature, politics, and ethics all played a part in ...
Classical Economics, Keynes and Money
1st Edition
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By John Eatwell, Pasquale Commendatore, Neri Salvadori
January 29, 2024
Classical Economics, Keynes and Money casts new light on an approach to economic theory and policy that combines the modern classical theory of prices and income distribution with a Keynesian analysis of money and finance. Structured in four parts, the work considers issues within classical ...
Immanuel Kant and Utilitarian Ethics
1st Edition
By Samuel Hollander
January 29, 2024
Adopting a view of utilitarian ethics in which motivation in the public interest takes on greater weight than is generally appreciated, this book explores the extent to which the philosophy of Immanuel Kant is consistent with this nuanced version of utilitarianism. Kant’s requirement that full ...
Neo-Marxism and Post-Keynesian Economics: From Kalecki to Sraffa and Joan Robinson
1st Edition
By Ludo Cuyvers
January 29, 2024
Piero Sraffa and Joan Robinson, both iconic Cambridge economists, were highly influenced by the economic theory of Karl Marx, and integrated important elements of Marx’s economic system into their theories. This book argues, based on published and unpublished documents, that the work of Sraffa and ...
Theology, Morality and Adam Smith
1st Edition
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By Jordan J. Ballor, Cornelis van der Kooi
January 29, 2024
This work details the theological sources and moral significance of the life and work of the Scottish moral philosopher Adam Smith (1723–1790). The panel of contributors deepens our understanding of Adam Smith in his religious and theological context and the significance of this understanding for ...
Adam Smith and The Wealth of Nations in Spain: A History of Reception, Dissemination, Adaptation and Application, 1777–1840
1st Edition
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By Jesús Astigarraga, Juan Zabalza
September 25, 2023
Adam Smith’s An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations was the product of the rich tradition of the Scottish Enlightenment but the book’s fame immediately spread across the whole of Europe. This book looks at the long journey of Smith’s ideas from Scotland to peninsular Spain, ...
Competition, Value and Distribution in Classical Economics: Studies in Long-Period Analysis
1st Edition
By Heinz D. Kurz, Neri Salvadori
September 25, 2023
Drawing in particular on the work of Sraffa, Smith, Ricardo and Marx, the essays in this volume explore the characteristic features of the Classical economists’ approach to economic problems, and the renewal of interest in that approach in modern times. In recent years, new material has been made ...
The Theory of Transaction in Institutional Economics: A History
1st Edition
By Massimiliano Vatiero
September 25, 2023
Despite abundant literature on transaction costs, there is little to no in-depth analysis regarding what the transaction is or how it works. Drawing on both Old and New Institutional Economics and on a variety of interdisciplinary sources, this monograph traces the history of the meaning of ...
David Ricardo. An Intellectual Biography
1st Edition
By Sergio Cremaschi
May 31, 2023
David Ricardo has been acclaimed – or vilified – for merits he would never have dreamt of, or sins for which he was entirely innocent. Entrenched mythology labels him as a utilitarian economist, an enemy of the working class, an impractical theorist, a scientist with ‘no philosophy at all’ and the ...