Economic theory and philosophy

This book sheds new light on the general equilibrium theory of Leon Walras (1834-1910) from a historical perspective.

First published in 1944 (Sir Halley Stewart Lectures 1938), the original blurb reads: "e;In Rich Man, Poor Man, Professor John Hilton examines the facts as to the distribution of wealth in this country.

This book is about the economy rather than economics.

The developments within the computationally and numerically oriented ar- eas of Operations Research, Finance, Statistics and Economics have been sig- nificant over the past few decades.

This book, a third edition, has been significantly expanded and updated.

Decision Making' provides a broad survey of the field of decision making from the perspective of the economics researcher.

In this wide-ranging and often controversial book, Robert Drews examines the question of the origins of man's relations with the horse.

'Liquidity', or rather lack of it, lies at the heart of the ongoing global financial crisis.

Political Economy Goes to the Movies provides an introduction to political economy using a wide range of popular films and documentaries as the objects of analysis.

economic modelling and thought.

How do groups form, how do institutions come into being, and when do moral norms and practices emerge?

This book presents the state of the art in the relatively new field of dynamic economic modelling with regime switches.

The issue of private property and the rights it confers remain almost undiscussed in critiques of globalization and free market economics.

David Ricardo's theories have been widely studied and discussed, including the prominent theory on comparative advantage.

Geoffrey Pilling's treatment of this complex issue in political economy, first published in 1986, concentrates on a review of Keynes' writings rather than the vast literature that has developed surrounding his work since the Second World War.

This book focuses on exploring the relationship between spin-outs from incumbents and the patterns of innovation in general purpose technology.

Economic theory and a growing body of empirical research support the idea that economic freedom is an important ingredient to long-run economic prosperity.

This book assesses the main interrelationships between economic growth processes, life cycle sustainability assessment approaches, and new technologies in the framework of digital transition.

In the wake of the outbreak of the global crisis in 2008, many observers expected the state to assume command over a faltering neoliberal finance-led model of capitalism.

A discussion of the anthropological roots of the market, tracing its development using the history of ideas and cultures as well as simple game theory.

Known as the "e;economist's economist"e; for his work on creating a synthetic economic theory, Swedish economist Knut Wicksell was a controversial, but highly influential figure in modern economic thought.

This book presents state-of-the-art research in political economy dealing with the decision making process under different political institutions.

Originally published in 1967, this book examines the major problems of trade and aid policy posed for the developed countries by the UN Conference on Trade and Development in 1964.

This is the first book to fully introduce a newly developed distance friction minimization (DFM) model, which is one of the new efficiency improvement projection approaches in data envelopment analysis (DEA).

Fundierte mathematische Kenntnisse sind ein integrativer Bestandteil des Studiums der Wirtschaftswissenschaften.

China's growth miracle over the past 30 years has propelled it to become the world's second largest economy and potentially the largest in the following years.

Racism and discrimination have choked economic opportunity for African Americans at nearly every turn.

This reissued work, originally published in 1985, is a uniquely broad and original survey of theories and beliefs about the growth, behaviour, performance and reform of the governments of modern Western democracies.

Martin Beckmann is going to celebrate his sixtieth birthday.

This open-minded, multidisciplinary approach challenges existing world views on the endogenous and exogenous forces that drive markets and economies.

Originally published in 1969, the studies in tis volume deal with the proposal for a multilateral free trade association initiated by North Atlantic countries in the 1960s.

From his early economic works on, Marx conceived the labour of any kind of society as a set of production activities and analysed the historical modes of production as specific ways of distributing and exchanging these activities.

This book contains a selection of the latest research in the field of Computational Social Science (CSS) methods, uses, and results, as presented at the 2023 annual conference of the Computational Social Science Society of the Americas (CSSSA).

Nachdem Marx seine ökonomischen Studien von 1857/58 zur Selbstverständigung zusammengefasst hatte – seit ihrer Erstveröffentlichung 1939/1941 bekannt als „Grundrisse der Kritik der politischen Ökonomie“ (siehe MEGA II/1) –, plante er die Publikation seines großen ökonomischen Werkes in einzelnen, in zwangloser Folge erscheinenden Heften unter dem Titel „Zur Kritik der politischen Ökonomie“.

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of Gunnar Myrdal's life, as well as his significant scientific, political and international contributions.

This book is about bounded rationality and public policy.

The presumed sovereignty of individuals and the facilitating powers of the markets have generated a universal and ethically neutral conception of both social and economic organisation.