Economic theory and philosophy

The aim of Cooperative Games on Combinatorial Structures is to analyze conflict situations in which two or more players can make coalitions and obtain prizes and penalties.

This book thoroughly prepares intermediate-level readers for research in social science, organization studies, economics, finance, marketing science, and business science as complex adaptive systems.

Rejects the perception of Engels as perpetuator of a ''tragic deception'' of Marx, and the body of opinion treating him as ''his master''s voice''.

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.

This is an attempt to identify the philosophical underpinnings which have led us to place an over-reliance on the motivation of self-interest in governing our society.

Westra recounts how the unceremonious collapse of Soviet-style socialism, coupled with mounting awareness of unfolding environmental destruction and irreversible climate change opened the door to a new, wide-ranging, social change literature.

In April 1947, a group of right-leaning intellectuals met in the Swiss Alps for a ten-day conference with the aim of establishing a permanent organization.

Due to swift technological changes and the resultant digital revolution, a wide range of new digital financial products and services have emerged in the financial markets, as witnessed in the context of the fintech sector, the economics of blockchain and NFT issuance.

The past few decades have witnessed the emergence of economic imbalances at the world level and within the euro zone.

This tutorial is the first comprehensive introduction to (possibly infinite) linear systems containing strict inequalities and evenly convex sets.

An intense debate has played out in recent years regarding how to implement a so-called "e;flexicurity system"e;-a labor market reform that combines flexibility, particularly in the hiring and firing process of firms, with security in the employment and income of the workforce.

Certain key economic decisions taken by organizations and indeed countries are often not made by economists but by businessmen, trade unionists, politicians and policy-makers.

Richard Mattessich's Accounting and Analytical Methods (1964) and Yuji Ijiri's Theory of Accounting Measurement (1975) are two classic works of American accounting literature written by eminent scholars.

The classics heavily influenced many aspects of European modern culture, yet it is not easy to trace their intellectual power on any author.

Looks at ways to increase the scope and power of institutional economics.

The first comprehensive study of the life and works of John Maurice Clark (1884-1963), who continued the work of his father, John Bates Clark (1847-1938) by developing a new dynamic economic theory, often referred to as 'Social Economics'.

Much orthodox economic theory is based on assumptions which are treated as self-evident: supply and demand are regarded as independent entities, the individual is assumed to be a rational agent who knows his interests and how to make decisions corresponding to them, and so on.

This work brings together for the first time the ideas, philosophies and interpretations of North America's leading African American economists, demonstrating that racial inequality has had an immense impact on African Americans' daily lives.

Der abschließende Band der Edition der "älteren griechischen Katenen zum Buch Hiob" (I: Einleitung, Prologe und Epiloge, Fragmente zu Hiob 1,1-8,22 [PTS 40]; II: Fragmente zu Hiob 9,1-22,30 [PTS 48] und III: Fragmente zu Hiob 23,1-42,17 [PTS 53]) enthält neben einigen Anhängen (darunter eine deutsche Übersetzung der Fragmente des Polychronios und die Darlegung, dass Origenes wohl auch der Autor der unter den Namen Athanasios und Methodios tradierten Fragmente ist) die Register zu den Bänden I-III, nämlich Verzeichnisse der in der Edition enthaltenen Fragmente, geordnet nach Autoren, der Bibelzitate, der Personennamen usw.

Alfred Marshall, Professor of Economics at Cambridge University (1885-1908), produced a distinguished a distinguished crop of students, many of them leaders in the economics profession in subsequent generations.

This book provides an insightful and original perspective on the work and legacy of John Maynard Keynes.

Institutional economics has been a major part of economic thought for the whole of the twentieth century, and today remains crucial to an understanding of the development of heterodox economics.

There are no commonly accepted theories of change that have been developed for China or countries in transition.

Anxiety and alienation threaten modern democracies.

This remarkable volume provides a critical assessment of Neoclassical Synthesis, long regarded as the standard interpretation of Keynes.

First published in 1962, The Theory of Economic Integration provides an excellent exposition of a complex and far-reaching topic.

Most principles of economics texts are predicated narrowly on the concept of scarcity as a fundamental force, but that is only one aspect of economics.

The attention economy is a notion that explains the growing value of human attention in societies characterised by post-industrial modes of production.

This multidisciplinary book provides new insights and hope for sustainable prosperity given recent developments in economics - but only if swift and strong actions consistent with Earth's biophysical limits and principles of justice are universally taken.

After over 30 years of reform and opening up, China's aggregate economic volume is now the second largest in the world.

The 2008 crisis has revived debates on the relevance of laissez-faire, and thus on the role of the State in a modern economy.

Natural monopolies are not subject to the market-based principle of competition.

Our elaborate market exchange system owes its existence not to our calculating brain or insatiable self-centeredness, but rather to our sophisticated and nuanced human sociality and to the inherent rationality built into our emotions.

This is the first comprehensive history and economic analysis of the Fertile Crescent during the 19th century, a region currently encompassing Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and a small part of Turkey.

David Ricardo, one of the major figures in the history of economic thought, particularly in the English classical political economy, deployed his activities as economist just two hundreds of years ago.

In six chapters this book introduces a micro-economic model where trade takes place through a stable structure of bilateral exchange institutions.

An increasing number of international trade disputes are settled through the WTO dispute settlement (DS) procedure.

Lukas Heim evaluates the performance of a price-level targeting rule compared to that of a standard inflation targeting rule.

This textbook is Volume 1 of a two-volume set on the axiomatics of economic design.

The economic process of financialization is defined by many as the development of the dependence and subordination of the productive sector to the financial sector.

Insights from the application of economic theories and research methods to the management of linguistic diversity in an era of globalization.

Microeconomic Principles and Problems offers a comprehensive introduction to all major perspectives in modern microeconomics, including mainstream and heterodox approaches.

What are the central questions of economics and how do economists tackle them?

Economics Nobel Laureate Herbert Simon developed the concept of bounded rationality in the 1950s.