Economic theory and philosophy

This book contains conversations with fifteen prominent Post Keynesian economists on the current state of economic theory and policy, and how both might be improved.

'A work of fundamental importance.

This revised edition updates the post-Keynesian analysis of the earlier edition by providing a greater emphasis on capital movements, the development of regional common markets and the global debt and payments problems spawned in the 1980s.

The book treats two approaches to decision theory: (1) the normative, purporting to determine how a 'perfectly rational' actor ought to choose among available alternatives; (2) the descriptive, based on observations of how people actually choose in real life and in laboratory experiments.

An examination of the foundations of contemporary theoretical economics.

Anthony Crosland, a member of Harold Wilson's cabinet and the author of The Future of Socialism, was immensely influential in seeking to modernise the ideology of the Labour Party, to put opportunity and empowerment, the fairness of life chances and the sharing of social experiences at its centre in place of nationalisation.

The objective of this book is to study the economy as a complex system and to show that the presence of self-reinforcing mechanisms in very different economic problems gives rise to common regularities and common qualitative properties.

An updated revisting of the themes of Robin Marris' classic The Economic Theory of Managerial Capitalism (1964).

The Marxist theory of capitalist growth and transformation has often been shrouded in obscurity, either by endless recapitulation of Marx's texts or by excessive use of mathematical formalism.

This book aims to show how Sraffa's theoretical contributions could be pursued in new directions, in effect providing an alternative paradigm to the postclassical economic theory and challenging the persistent dominance of a widespread economic culture based on that theory.

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.

This is a pioneering study based on original sources of the least researched aspect of Keynes, namely, the crucial formative role of his Indian connection in the making of Keynes as an economist and policy-maker.

There is a revival of interest by economists in ethical issues and beliefs, and by moral philosophers and theologians in economics.

This book is an attempt to explain to the layperson what contemporary economics is about.

This book reviews the paradigm which has come to be known as post-Keynesian economics, concentrating on the main issues that form the heart of this paradigm: money and finance; conflict in wage and price settings; the degree of monopoly and pricing in an open economy; divergence rather than convergence in the European Union; financial and economic development; economic policy and methodological issues.

A crucial factor in economic growth - the supply of entrepreneurship - is largely neglected in modern economic theory.

This book focuses upon the development of economics at Oxford after the establishment of PPE and the contributions of Oxford economists during the 'years of high theory' and afterwards.

Western society moved from a period in which Christianity was the dominant spiritual force to one of nationalism and then to making the economy the object of public devotion.

Anthony Crosland, a member of Harold Wilson's cabinet and the author of The Future of Socialism, was an influential British social democrat.

This timely volume tells the fascinating story of how an almost forgotten classical liberalism resuscitated itself in America.

This book provides an intellectual portrait of Robert Heilbroner.

This revised edition of an established classic textbook brings the subject right up to date.

This book presents the most significant theoretical articles by Bertram Schefold to illuminate the development and the present state of modern classical theory.

John Grieve Smith traces the origins of postwar full employment policies in the experience of the interwar years and the work of Keynes and Beveridge.

For a century now Marxists have been searching for a 'rational kernel' of Hegelian 'dialectics' inside the 'mystical shell' of the Hegelian system.

This book inquires into the origin and early development of Roy Harrod's notion of economic dynamics.

This book is about the history of neoclassical international economics, the century-old dominant paradigm of teaching and research in the area of international economic relations.

Less than fifty years after the publication of Marshall's Principles Cambridge once again set economics on a new path with the publication of Keynes's General Theory.

This is a book about real time in economics, a dimension increasingly unused by the leading edge of the profession.

Kalecki's opus has been acknowledged chiefly as a contribution to the theory of distribution and the business cycle.

Economic Strategy and the Labour Party examines the nature and development of the Labour party's economic policy between 1970 and 1983.

A critical perspective on the foundations of economic theory showing the importance of ethical considerations and focusing in particular on altruism, cooperation and equity.

Until recently, central bank independence was confined to just two major capitalist countries: the USA and Germany.

The outstanding moral problem of our time is the emergence of an underclass, provoking both pity and an angry political backlash.

A global wave of reform is fundamentally reshaping the role of the state in national economies.

'A work of fundamental importance.

A collection of papers from leading thinkers to celebrate the work of the late Wynne Godley, and his enormous contribution to the field of monetary economics.

Public expenditure has increased considerably in the UK from around ten per cent of GDP in the 1870s to forty per cent and above in the 21st century.

The proliferation of the internet has often been referred to as the fourth technological revolution.

Read examines probability, risk, and uncertainty through the contributions of John von Neumann, Leonard Jimmie Savage, Kenneth Arrow and Harry Markowitz.

The twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall saw many reflect on the political, economic and social changes of recent years.

Alfred Marshall has traditionally been listed alongside pioneering 'neoclassical' economists.

This book seeks to clarify the positive and negative lessons in the experiences of late development under neoliberal globalization.

In June 2010 IE Business School, with King Abdulaziz University, gathered in Madrid some of the world's foremost scholars, academics and practitioners of Islamic Economics and Finance.

This is the first book to explain the expansion of multinational enterprises (MNEs) into a transition economy from a technology accumulation perspective.

The marriage of neuroscience and the science of choice behaviour gave birth to neuroeconomics.

Law and Markets examines the interaction between legal rules, market forces and prices.

Selected essays from the eminent economist, Wynne Godley, tracing the development of his work and illuminating the key theories and models that made his name.

Read addresses the contributions of significant individuals to our understanding of financial decisions and markets.

The Making of a Post-Keynesian Economist: Cambridge Harvest gathers up the threads of the last decade of the author's twenty eight years in Cambridge, before his return to Australia.