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.
European and Chinese Histories of Economic Thought: Theories and Images of Good Governance
1st Edition
Edited
By Iwo Amelung, Bertram Schefold
May 31, 2023
The Western literature on the history of Chinese economic thought is sparse, and comparisons with the history of Western economic thought even more so. This pioneering book brings together Western and Chinese scholars to reflect on the historical evolution of economic thought in Europe and China. ...
Humanity and Nature in Economic Thought: Searching for the Organic Origins of the Economy
1st Edition
Edited
By Gábor Bíró
May 31, 2023
Humanity and Nature in Economic Thought: Searching for the Organic Origins of the Economy argues that organic elements seen as incompatible with rational homo economicus have been left out of, or downplayed in, mainstream histories of economic thought. The chapters show that organic aspects (that...
John Locke and the Bank of England
1st Edition
By Claude Roche
January 09, 2023
John Locke was one of the first shareholders of the Bank of England and participated in parliamentary debates surrounding its creation. He had a key role in the monetary reform of 1696. This book examines Locke’s thought in relation to credit, banking regulation, the monetary and financial system, ...
Poverty in Contemporary Economic Thought
1st Edition
Edited
By Mats Lundahl, Daniel Rauhut, Neelambar Hatti
January 09, 2023
Poverty in Contemporary Economic Thought aims to describe and critically examine how economic thought deals with poverty, including its causes, consequences, reduction and abolition. This edited volume traces the ideas of key writers and schools of modern economic thought across a significant ...
The Macroeconomics of Malthus
1st Edition
By John Pullen
January 09, 2023
The views of Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834) on population, first published in his Essay on the Principle of Population, 1798, continue to be hotly debated, either acclaimed or opposed, as do his views on macroeconomics. There is a widely held view that his macroeconomics lacks coherence and is ...
Thomas Aquinas and the Civil Economy Tradition: The Mediterranean Spirit of Capitalism
1st Edition
By Paolo Santori
January 09, 2023
Delving into the history of economic thought, this book presents a picture of the Mediterranean spirit of capitalism, a tradition that has its protagonists in Thomas Aquinas and the eighteenth-century civil economy, and seeks to understand its presence and relevance for contemporary societies. The ...
Modern Japanese Economic Thought: An Intellectual History to 1950
1st Edition
By Kiichiro Yagi
December 30, 2022
Since the late-19th century, Japan has made remarkable strides in industrialization. Beginning with the economic vision of Miura Baien in the 18th century, and employing a detailed comparison with the West, this book delves into the economic thought of the scholars who played a pivotal role in ...
Foundations of Organisational Economics: Histories and Theories of the Firm and Production
1st Edition
By Paul Walker
September 26, 2022
Foundations of Organisational Economics: Histories and Theories of the Firm and Production delves into a range of key topics to do with the history of the mainstream approach to the theory of production and the theory of the firm. This includes the frameworks used to analyse production, the ...
Macroeconomic Analysis in the Classical Tradition: The Impediments Of Keynes’s Influence
1st Edition
By James C W Ahiakpor
September 26, 2022
Macroeconomic Analysis in the Classical Tradition explains how the influence of Keynes’s macroeconomics, including his changed definitions of some key macroeconomic concepts, has impeded many analysts’ ability to readily resolve disputes in modern macroeconomics. Expanding on his earlier ...
Poverty in the History of Economic Thought: From Mercantilism to Neoclassical Economics
1st Edition
Edited
By Mats Lundahl, Daniel Rauhut, Neelambar Hatti
August 01, 2022
Poverty in the History of Economic Thought: From Mercantilism to Neoclassical Economics aims to describe and critically examine how economic thought deals with poverty and the poor, including its causes, consequences, reduction, and abolition. This edited volume traces the economic ideas of key ...
English Economic Thought in the Seventeenth Century: Rejecting the Dutch Model
1st Edition
By Seiichiro Ito
May 30, 2022
In the seventeenth century, England saw Holland as an economic power to learn from and compete with. English Economic Thought in the Seventeenth Century: Rejecting the Dutch Model analyses English economic discourse during this period, and explores the ways in which England’s economy was shaped by ...
Classical Liberalism and the Industrial Working Class: The Economic Thought of Thomas Hodgskin
1st Edition
By Alberto Mingardi
April 29, 2022
Thomas Hodgskin (1787–1869) is today a largely unknown figure, sometimes considered to be a forerunner of Karl Marx. Yet a closer look at Hodgskin’s works reveals that he was actually a committed advocate of laissez-faire economics and enthusiastic about labor-saving machinery and the Industrial ...