Economics: History of Economic Thought

By Shahrukh Rafi Khan

This book explores the history of economic development thought, with an emphasis on alternative approaches in macro development economics. Given that the pioneers of development economics in the 1940s and 1950s drew inspiration from classical political economists, this book opens with a review of…

Hardback – 2014-02-20
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Routledge Studies in Development Economics

Edited by Cheng Lin, Terry Peach, Wang Fang

This volume comprises twelve papers written by Chinese scholars on various aspects of the history of ancient Chinese economic thought. The contributions are preceded by an introduction which gives an overview of the development of the subject of history of economic thought in China, and which also…

Hardback – 2014-02-19
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Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

By Harro Maas

Ever since the inception of economics over two hundred years ago, the tools at the discipline’s disposal have grown more and more more sophisticated. This book provides a historical introduction to the methodology of economics through the eyes of economists. The story begins with John…

Paperback – 2014-02-18
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Economics as Social Theory

Edited by Gilbert Faccarello

Studies in the History of French Political Economy considers the evolution of economic thought in France, from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Gilbert Faccarello brings to the forefront those economists, themes and controversies which are important in the context of recent research, and…

Paperback – 2014-02-18
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Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

By Léon Walras

Léon Walras (1834–1910) is one of the four or five most important economic theorists in the history of the science. The present book is a complete English translation of the second edition (1936) of his Études d’économie sociale (1896), in which he applies economic theory to real problems, presents…

Paperback – 2014-02-18
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Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

Edited by Gilbert Faccarello, Masashi Izumo

This book is a coherent and unique collection of chapters exploring the reception and diffusion of David Ricardo’s writings in different languages. The book highlights the similarities and differences between them. This book seeks to delineate the diffusion of Ricardo's theory in various parts of…

Hardback – 2014-02-10
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By A. Richards

First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.…

Paperback – 2014-01-15
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Edited by José Luís Cardoso, Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, María Eugenia Romero Sotelo

This edited collection uses a history of economic thought perspective to explore the evolving role of Latin America within the context of globalization. In particular, it examines the region’s resilience in the face of the global financial crisis. Economic Development and Global Crisis explains…

Hardback – 2014-01-09
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Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

By Nicola Giocoli

Can a price ever be too low? Can competition ever be ruinous? Questions like these have always accompanied American antitrust law. They testify to the difficulty of antitrust enforcement, of protecting competition without protecting competitors. As the business practice that most directly raises…

Hardback – 2014-01-09
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The Economics of Legal Relationships

By Warren Young

The purpose of this book is to describe the intellectual process by which Real Business Cycle models were developed. The approach taken focuses on the core elements in the development of RBC models: (i) building blocks, (ii) catalysts, and (iii) meta-syntheses. This is done by detailed examination…

Hardback – 2013-12-16
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Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

Edited by Charles Camic, Geoffrey M Hodgson

The 38 selections in the volume include complete texts of all of Veblen’s major articles and book reviews from 1882 to 1914, plus key chapters from his books The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), The Theory of Business Enterprise (1904) and The Instinct of Workmanship (1914). These writings…

Paperback – 2013-12-16
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Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

Edited by Edith Kuiper

In the history of economics, women writers were all but invisible until a few decades ago. Although much work has now been recuperated, the writings on economics of eighteenth-century women authors have yet to be brought fully to light. This new three-volume collection from Routledge remedies that…

Hardback – 2013-12-13
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