Modern economic theory has marginalised the figure of the entrepreneur, despite their significance in economic activity. This book addresses the role of the entrepreneur in the economic thought of the 18th and early 19th centuries, filling a gap i...Daugiau...
This book sheds new light on the general equilibrium theory of Léon Walras (18341910) from a historical perspective. Walrass construction of general equilibrium theory marked the dawn of modern economics and was greatly developed in the 20th centur...Daugiau...
Commemorating the 250th anniversary of James Mills birth and the 150th of John Stuart Mills death, this volume analyses the Mills discussions on topics such as environment, cultivation, education, utilitarianism, socialism, international relati...Daugiau...
This book provides a close reading of Adam Smiths theory of value, and also incorporates material from other parts of Smiths oeuvre. The book operates on the assumption that Smith is proposing relatively simple ideas about price and takes a convent...Daugiau...
This book adopts an integrated history and philosophy of science approach to consider the historical origins and methodological pitfalls of field experiments in economics. This book adopts an integrated history and philosophy of sci...Daugiau...
John Maynard Keynes is best known for his contributions to economics, yet he spent nearly two decades exploring the concept of probability. His extensive work culminated in the Treatise on Probability (1921), where he developed a unique notion of...Daugiau...
This book is a renovative research work on Ricardos theory of value and of money, achieved through analysis of Ricardos original writings, made available in Sraffas Works. Takenaga argues that Ricardos economic theory should be understood as a c...Daugiau...
One of the founders of the Institutional school, John R. Commons developed theories of the evolution of capitalism and of institutional change which continue to influence modern economics. Takahashi reconstructs the key blocks of Commons diverse bo...Daugiau...
This book discusses key issues in economic policy in the context of the history of economic thought. This book discusses key issues in economic policy in the context of the history of economic thought.Most of the current and...Daugiau...
Drawing on a wide range of Hegels writings, this book analyses the Hegelian position on ethical action. This position is systematically compared with that of Immanuel Kant, the comparison emphasizing Hegels insistence on a morality grounded in a...Daugiau...
Atlantic slavery represents one of the blackest pages of human history. European powers not only colonised American lands, but also brought African men and women to work as slaves on plantations. Intellectuals did not remain indifferent to this pr...Daugiau...
Drawing on recent work in the contemporary philosophy of economics, this book presents new ideas on liberalism, including the concept of growth-oriented liberalism. Drawing on recent work in the contemporary philosophy of economi...Daugiau...
This book explores the evolution of economic theorizing through the lens of metaphors. The edited volume sheds light on metaphors which have been used by a range of key thinkers and schools of thought to describe economic crises, business cycles and...Daugiau...
This edited collection seeks to advance thinking on money and the monetary nature of the economy, macroeconomic analysis and economic policy, setting it within the context of current scholarship and global socioeconomic concerns, and the crisis in...Daugiau...
Economic Methodology, History and Pluralism: Expanding Economic Thought to Meet Contemporary Challenges pays tribute to Emeritus Professor Sheila Dow (University of Stirling, Scotland). This volume focusses on the contributions of Dow to...Daugiau...
Since the latter half of the 20th century, the economics departments of American universities were internationally renowned for providing competitive and advanced levels of education. However, from the 1870s up until the beginning of WW...Daugiau...
Combining contextual, institutional, and global perspectives, this book evaluates the impact of international trade on eighteenth-century economic thought. It meticulously delineates how economic ideas and institutions flowed between North and Sou...Daugiau...
This book presents a new transhistorical framework of defining production, work and consumption. It shows that they all share the common feature of intentional physical transformation of something external to the agent, at some point in time. ...Daugiau...
Joseph A. Schumpeter made multiple contributions to economic science and beyond. Drawing on this wide range of writings, this book argues that Schumpeter provided a theoretical account of capitalism as a total phenomenon. It methodically reconstru...Daugiau...
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. ...Daugiau...
