Economic theory and philosophy

This book develops a new political economy, enabling us to see, understand and advocate a diverse economy beyond capitalism and socialism.

Critical realism is a movement in philosophy and the human sciences most closely associated with the work of Roy Bhaskar.

In the economic debate, power is defined and studied mainly as an interpersonal relation occurring out of perfect competition.

In light of weak economic performances and rising income disparities across the developed world during the past decades, this book provides a comprehensive overview of secular stagnation theories in the history of economic thought and examines the role of income distribution in various stagnation hypotheses.

Were oil supplies everlasting and the demand for oil strong and continuous, economic diversification in the Gulf would be pointless.

Reflecting the diverse and profound changes triggered by the latest wave of economic globalization, this book highlights various governance responses at national, regional and global levels.

Drawing on a range of data from across disciplines, this book explores a series of fundamental questions surrounding the nature, working and effects of democracy, considering the reasons for the emergence and spread of democratic government, the conditions under which it endures or collapses - and the role of wealth in this process - and the peaceful nature of dealings between democracies.

Over the last few decades behavioral economics has revolutionized the discipline.

Thorstein Veblen and Hyman Minsky are seminal thinkers who place great importance on the interaction between processes that link finance and financial markets with economic and social evolution.

For too long radical political economy has suffered for lack of a coherent alternative to formal Marxian economic theory.

Marx claims that unselfishness is a child of (workplace) culture, whereas the gene is selfish.

In Asset Management: A Systematic Approach to Factor Investing, Professor Andrew Ang presents a comprehensive, new approach to the age-old problem of where to put your money.

This book offers a new perspective on the financialisation of the economy and its profound technological transformation in an increasingly interdependent and globalised world.

This book explores the neglected contribution of the American and English "e;psychological"e; school to economic theory, especially to the development and refinement of the Austrian school of economics.

Knut Wicksell is acknowledged to be the precursor and prophet of modern macroeconomic theory and he provided some of its chief elements a generation before their power and significance were properly recognized.

Comment reconstruire la réflexion économique après la crise de 2007 et la débâcle d’une « science » aux ordres de la finance ?

Trading in oil futures and options is an introduction to price risk management in the worldwide oil industry.

The highly praised Western, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, has been used in many game-theory courses over the years and has also found its way into leading journals of this field.

This book argues for the increasing importance of the arts as a major resource in fuelling growth through the experiential dimension of today's economy.

Europe has a rich monetary history.

The pursuit of profit by business motivates the capitalist economic system.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Einführung in die ökonomische Kybernetik" verfügbar.

The core of the book consists of a selection of papers presented at an international workshop where researchers from a variety of fields and countries discussed the connections between inherited wealth, justice and equality.

This book discusses the origins of wealth inequality and explains how societies can reform to avoid the catastrophe of inequality-induced social breakdown.

The essays in this collection address specific themes in Volume I of Marx's Capital .

The Saudi Arabian Economy (1986) is a comprehensive analysis of the late-twentieth century Saudi Arabian economy.

An exploration of Friedrich Hayek's contribution to the foundation of behavioural economics, and how his work interacted with and complemented that of his contemporaries.

There is no doubt that behavioral economics is becoming a dominant lens through which we think about economics.

An investigation into the possibility of creating a human-centered, value-oriented society based on humanistic principles.

Various strains of heterodox economics have sought, and largely failed, to dismount orthodoxy from its dominant position.

The growth of evolutionary thinking has had a profound impact on economic theory and related fields such as strategy and technological innovation.

Heinz Kurz is recognised internationally as a leading economic theorist and a foremost historian of economic thought.

With its emphasis on the centrality of fundamental uncertainty and the resulting desire for liquid assets, post-Keynesian economics offers important insights into understanding how modern economies work, placing money and banking at their heart, exactly as any realistic account would do.

Continuing problems in the Canadian economy have been the occasion of a partisan debate between nationalists and continentalists, both of whom claim the staples thesis to be the premise of their proposed solutions.

Economic Biology and Behavioral Economics: The Prophesy of Alfred Marshall explores the prophesy of Alfred Marshall, the grand synthesizer of neoclassical economics, that the "e;Mecca of the economist lies in economic biology"e;.

Since 2008, profound questions have been asked about the driving forces and self-regulating potential of the economic system, political control and morality.

At a particularly urgent world-historical moment, this volume brings together some of the leading researchers of social movements and global social change and other emerging scholars and practitioners to advance new thinking about social movements and global transformation.

Moving Beyond Modern Portfolio Theory: Investing That Matters tells the story of how Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) revolutionized the investing world and the real economy, but is now showing its age.

This book brings together the most authoritative articles on Law and Economics and the interaction between the two disciplines as well as the use of economic tools to analyse legal problems.

If the global economy seems unfair, how should we understand what a fair global economy would be?

Generic institutionalism offers a new perspective on institutional economic change within an evolutionary framework.

This book represents the second of three volumes offering a complete reinterpretation and restructuring of Keynesian macroeconomics and a detailed investigation of the disequilibrium adjustment processes characterizing the financial, the goods and the labour markets and their interaction.

Almost all economists, whether classical, neoclassical or Marxist, have failed in their analyses of capitalism to consider the underpinning systems of accounting.

Alongside other types of mass atrocities, genocide has received extensive scholarly, policy, and practitioner attention.

Representing the speeches and papers given by ministers or other authorities at the symposium on Argentina's Economic Policy 1946-1983 held in Toledo, Spain, this collection spans both the economic and political dimensions of the development of Argentinian economic policies.

The Informal Economy: Measures, Causes, and Consequences provides a comprehensive account of the economics of informality through the lenses of various economic perspectives.

Since the end of the Cold War, the human face of economics has gained renewed visibility and generated new conversations among economists and other social theorists.