Economic theory and philosophy

Alfred Eichner's pioneering contributions to post-Keynesian econmics offered significant insights on the way modern economies and institutions actually work.

The book develops a general framework for the macroeconomic modeling of monetary unions.

Hayek thought that all economic behavior (and by implication other human behavior) is based on fallible interpretations of what information is important and of its implications for the future.

The notion that there is no alternative to capitalism emerged after the fall of the Berlin Wall and made rapid headway due to increasing economic globalisation.

This two-volume book offers a comprehensive treatment of the probabilistic approach to mean field game models and their applications.

This volume presents papers and speeches given in the Experimental E- nomics Week in Honour of Dr Vernon L.

Credit risk is today one of the most intensely studied topics in quantitative finance.

Antitrust or competition law is widely considered an essential part of the legal and political structures of most liberal democracies and an integral foundation of a market economy.

Despite numerous books on research methodology, many have failed to present a complete, hands-on, practical book to lead college classes or individuals through the research process.

David Ricardo (1772 - 1823) was a hugely influential British political economist and stock trader.

Originally published in 1987, this book brings together leading authorities from Germany and the USA who analyze how the East German economy actually operated - planning and management, pricing, investment and innovation, the financial system, agriculture and foreign trade (including the special concessions granted by the then Federal Republic of Germany).

In this book the foundations and applicability of the Generalized Fechner-Thurstone Utility Function are laid out.

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

David Schnasa Jacobsen draws together the strengths of two exegetical approaches to the Gospel of Mark in this volume of the Fortress Biblical Preaching Commentaries series.

Long waves are cycles of some fifty years duration in which a period of rapid expansion is followed by one of slow growth of stagnation.

Amartya Sen has made deep and lasting contributions to the academic disciplines of economics, philosophy, and the social sciences more broadly.

A theoretical and empirically spirited defence of democratic governance.

Poverty in Contemporary Economic Thought aims to describe and critically examine how economic thought deals with poverty, including its causes, consequences, reduction and abolition.

This book depicts the role of both formal and informal institutions in achieving long-term economic efficiency and development.

Originally published in 1919, A primer of National Finance discusses elements of financial principles with reference to facts and figures of British National Finance, Britain's financial position and general outline of where finances stood at the time of publication.

This book examines the use, principally in economics, of the concept of the invisible hand, centering on Adam Smith.

The impetus for the conference that was the basis for this volume emanated from the influence of two brilliant minds-Egon Sohmen and Adam Klug, who both died at an early age, leaving their families and the professions of economics and economic history with major voids.

Economic Theory and the Ancient Mediterranean presents a comprehensive introduction to the application of contemporary economic theory to the ancient societies of the Mediterranean Sea from the period of 5000 BCE to 400 CE.

This book revisits the moral and political philosophy of Adam Smith to recover his understanding of morality in a market age.

The five parts of this collection of essays systematically and thoroughly examine the two competing theories of balance of payments and adjustment, namely the Keynesian and the Monetary approaches.

Is there a limit to technological advancements?

The questions such as, 'why the focuses of national policies vary significantly across countries, although their sources of policies are to a great extent identical'; 'why national development experiences mostly cannot be transplanted successfully among countries'; 'why some ineffective institutions persist over long periods of time', have attracted numerous efforts.

Since the Middle Ages, literature has portrayed the economic world in poetry, drama, stories and novels.

Karl Marx hypothesized that there is a long-term tendency for the profit rate to fall in capitalist economies.

This book examines John Hicks''s intellectual heritage and discusses how his ideas suggest a distinct approach to economic theory and policy making.

This book seeks new perspectives on the growing inequalities that our societies face, putting forward Structured Additive Distributional Regression as a means of statistical analysis that circumvents the common problem of analytical reduction to simple point estimators.

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"e;The Social Science of Hayek's 'The Sensory Order'"e; systematically examines the relevance and significance of Hayek's cognitive psychology for economics and social science, and is the only publication of its kind to do so.

Achille Nicolas Isnard (1749-1803) an engineer with a keen interest in political economy, is best known for demonstrating the concept of market equilibrium using a system of simultaneous equations.

This book, a revised new edition, examines how money is created and how it functions within global exchange rate regimes to highlight how monetary policy can promote economic growth, full employment, and price stability.

Growth, Distribution, and Effective Demand presents original essays on a variety of topics in theoretical and applied economics.

Much has been written about the Arab-Israeli conflict, the prospects for peace or war and the eventual establishment of a Palestinian state, side by side with the state of Israel.

Explores the different choices made by donor governments when delivering foreign aid projects around the world.

This textbook teaches the basics of econometrics and focuses on the acquisition of methods and skills that are essential for any student to succeed in their studies, as well as for any practitioner interested in applying econometric techniques.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of three key areas: heterodox macroeconomics, development economics and classical political economy.

The Private Planning Association of Canada initiated the Atlantic Economic Studies Program to study the implications for Canada of trade liberalization and closer economic integration among the nations bordering the North Atlantic.

In the last half century, economics has taken over from anthropology the role of drawing the powerful conceptual worldviews that organize knowledge and inform policy in both domestic and international contexts.