Economic theory and philosophy

Capital has dominated the imagination of Western society from the Industrial Revolution.

In this unique and dramatic account of the rise of neoliberalism Howard and King consider the major features of historical materialism, the factors which resulted in 19th and 20th century thinkers incorrectly predicting the long-term decline of the market, and the prospects for a reversal of neoliberalism in the 21st century.

Progress in telecommunications and infrastructure, coupled with liberalization in international organizations, has introduced a number of new competitors to existing SMEs.

This book explores institutional change and economic behaviour by examining the transition process in the former socialist countries that joined the EU in 2004, looking at the growth occurring in China, offering a historical perspective on economic underdevelopment in the Middle East, and discussing the neo-classical paradigm.

Low-paid employment is a key issue for labour market policy.

This book provides a contemporary assessment of Marx's theory of money.

This book examines the life and works of John Kenneth Galbraith and demonstrates how his non-conventional approach to economics is critical to understanding the trouble that currently exists within economics and economic policies.

This book poses a critique of neoliberal economic polices in the EU and proposals for alternatives.

This volume contains sixteen original articles documenting recent progress in understanding strategic behaviour.

The author reviews retrospectively his developing ideas on theory and policy since he first encountered Keynes's writings in 1950.

A collections of essays in honour of Branko Horvat, an economist and social thinker of great international reputation from former Yugoslavia and nowadays Croatia.

This volume examines the theory of monetary circulation and applies it to several modern issues including unemployment, inflation, distribution and economic policies.

Luigi Einaudi made an outstanding contribution to economics during his long career as economist, historian and policy-maker.

Should all young adults receive a capital grant?

Though the emerging sub-discipline of comparative political economy is now rich in studies of different advanced capitalisms, it still lacks a systematic consideration of the organizing frameworks and methodologies underpinning those studies.

Written by leading authorities from Europe, the Americas and Asia, this path-breaking work develops an innovative and original theorization of global political economy.

This book provides a comparative study of the use of partnerships and new forms of governance to achieve policy goals that promote economic and social development.

Starting with an overview of Modigliani's life, the authors explain and assess his influential theories, including his theory of the life-cycle hypothesis of saving; the famous Modigliani-Miller theorem in corporate finance; stabilisation policy; econometric model building and forecasting, and his legacy and influence on contemporary economics.

This book synthesizes the existing quantitative evidence on organizational design, bringing together the growing stream of theoretical work on the economics of firms' organization and available empirical findings produced by qualitative work in management, business history and organizational sociology.

Joan Robinson is widely considered to be amongst the greatest economists of the 20th Century.

This volume examines the process by which Keynes' message got interpreted and re-interpreted and thus separated into a Left and a Right political-economic stream.

What can economics, the natural and the social sciences learn from each other in better understanding complex forms of change?

Value and the World Economy Today brings together a diverse group of globally renowned scholars of international political economy and critical economics to examine the relevance of value theory for understanding the world economy today.

Microeconomic Reform in Britain: Delivering Opportunities for All provides a comprehensive guide to the extensive microeconomic reforms implemented over the last 6 years to realise the UK Government's goals: a stronger more enterprising economy and a fairer society.

This volume contains classic essays on economic policy written by one of its great exponents.

David Ricardo on Public Debt provides a comprehensive view of the topic of public debt from the Ricardian standpoint.

Family business planning has traditionally centered on two issues - estate planning and succession.

Economics has paid little attention to the psychology of economic behaviour, leading to somewhat simplistic assumptions about human nature.

Industry has been at the centre of some of the most formidable political and economic debates of the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

This book shows how money and banks emerge to efficiently address problems of trust between economic agents.

The Ethics of the Market makes a distinctive contribution to the literature on the morality of the market by synthesizing the work of a number of liberal scholars into a systematic defence of the free market on ethical grounds.

The principal criticism of libertarianism is that it would damage human welfare.

In this accessible book, Gavin Kennedy takes a fresh look at Adam Smith's moral philosophy and its links to his political economy and his lectures on Jurisprudence.

The apparent success of a 'new' variant of social democracy has created considerable interest in the Third Way.

John Maynard Keynes's seminal The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money remains central to economic debate over sixty years after its publication.

Many of the leading thinkers on dialectics in the Marxian tradition have collaborated here to put forward and debate challenging new perspectives on the nature and importance of dialectics.

Wang proposes and applies an innovative analytical framework to study the institutional continuity and changes in China.

Adam Smith in Context delves into some central components of Smith's thought, especially his moral philosophy, and challenges some commonly shared views.

This collection of essays on Verdoorn's Law - the relationship between the growth of industrial productivity and output - presents a number of comprehensive surveys and assessments of the vast literature available.

Robert Lowe's wit and brilliance made him one of the most admired and detested figures of the Victorian age.

The theory of price and quality decision-making in industries with a few firms which recognize their mutual interdependence is of increasing interest to economists and policy makers.

The book deals with economic issues related to income and wealth among individuals, regions and countries.

This book presents a brief history of economic thought from the 17th century to the present day.

With a second recession looming, Britain is facing a moment of truth.

Individuals make decisions but they do not do so in a social vacuum.

The book examines tensions in classical political economy by describing and analysing changes in J.

Modern neoclassical economics is a theory of general equilibrium.

The Role of Business Ethics in Economic Performance is a major edited collection of papers on why and how the conduct of business behaviour effects its commercial success.

Richard Layard is one of Britain's foremost applied economists, whose work has had a profound impact on the policy debate in Britain and abroad.

Transition economies offer a test case for concepts and theories, for broader ideas and for the methods of scientific enquiry, but also for the multiplicity of ideological interpretations.