Economic theory and philosophy

Volume V in the acclaimed Real Utopias Project series, edited by Erik Olin Wright.

This volume takes a unique and challenging look at how money has operated in Islamic society and at how Islamic theoretical frameworks have influenced perceptions of money.

A Financial Times Best Book of the Year 2020 A TIMELY AND PROVOCATIVE ARGUMENT FROM LEADING POLITICAL ANALYST DAVID GOODHART ABOUT THE SEVERELY IMBALANCED DISTRIBUTION OF STATUS AND WORK IN WESTERN SOCIETIES.

A growing body of research indicates that prevention offers the promise of better ways to maintain health and extend life.

2017 marked the seventy-fifth anniversary of Schumpeter's Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, a work acknowledged as one of the most insightful books written in the twentieth century.

A discussion of various types of capitalism and the evolution of the firm.

Every organization wants to achieve the kind of success that leads to greater success, and every leader wants to guide a successful venture.

Although Adam Smith, the father of modern economics, died over two hundred years ago his presence is still felt in many areas of contemporary economics.

Economists have long grappled with the problem of how economic theories relate to empirical evidence: how can abstract mathematized theories be used to produce empirical claims?

This sequel to the author's "e;Early Development in Mathematical Economics"e; covers developments in this field after the appearance of Cournot's "e;Recherches"e; in 1838 and until the publication of Jevons' "e;Theory"e; in 1871.

Since the successful first edition of The Gold Standard in Theory and History was published in 1985, much new research has been completed.

Die Welt ist in Aufruhr.

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

This book follows on from the author's volume Russian Economic Development and although it encompasses some of the same material it charts the history and progress of the Soviet economy down to the efforts at reconstruction after The Second World War.

The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the work of Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850), one of the towering intellectual figures of nineteenth century France.

The authors argue that citizens are willing and able to contribute towards environmental protection.

Oil revenues have made Libya rich since 1961, when oil exports began.

Geoff Harcourt has had a major impact on the field of Post-Keynesian economics, not only in his research but also in his teaching.

This book addresses some of the major issues associated with competition in theory and practice.

Responsible and sustainable business practices are becoming increasingly important in the information age, as companies are realizing the need to address ethical and social issues associated with their operations.

A brilliantly original assessment of what caused the global crash-and a practical plan for investing accordinglySupercycles, according to international economist and strategist, Arun Motianey, are the continuous, long waves of boom and bust that undulate through the global economic and financial systems.

Japanese economists began publishing scientific papers in renowned journals including Econometrica in the 1950s and had made their significant contributions to the sophistication of general equilibrium analysis by intensive use of a variety of mathematical instruments.

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.

This book examines the resurgence of debt crises in Africa following the Covid-19 pandemic.

This work is organized in seven sections around major themes of socio-economics.

Shipping is by far the most significant mode of transportation for the carriage of freight.

Written by leading authorities from Europe, the Americas and Asia, this path-breaking work develops an innovative and original theorization of global political economy.

Economic growth is generally regarded by governments and most ordinary people as a panacea for all problems, including issues caused by the COVID pandemic.

Although historians usually trace its origins to the Haitian Revolution of the late 18th Century, Latin American political, economic and cultural emancipation is still very much a work in progress.

Several contemporary economic theories revolve around different concepts: market failures, institutions, transaction costs, information asymmetries, motivational diversity, cognitive limitations, strategic behaviors and evolutionary stability.

Christopher Marlowe is known not only as Shakespeare's most notable contemporary playwright, but also as one of the most intriguing figures of the English Renaissance.

Almost half a century has elapsed since the demand for money began to attract widespread attention from economists and econometricians, and it has been a topic of ongoing controversy and research ever since.

Weltweit sehen wir uns Tendenzen der Entdemokratisierung und Intoleranz gegenüber.

In times of pandemic and global economic crisis, little more than a decade after the last, there are serious questions about how the liberal order can stand, who its friends are, and what the future will look like.

This volume is a general survey of pure value and distribution theory written for students who have completed a more discursive elementary course, or, perhaps, for a select group of students entering on a series of courses in economics.

China has become deeply integrated into the world economy.

A book which covers the key period in the history of actuarial science from the mid-17th century to the early 19th century.

This book describes modern dynamic business process management (dynamic BPM), which is considerably different from traditional BPM from 20, 10, or even 5 years ago.

New approach to the economic theory of resources, showing the positive role that scarcities can play in triggering economic growth.

This book considers the treatment of equilibrium by several of the most important schools of thought in economics, including:* neoclassical economics,* the neo-Ricardian economics,* Post-Keynesian economics - both those who follow Joan Robinson in denying any interpretative role to equilibrium in economic theorizing and those who use the notion of equilibrium, but re-defined from a Classical or Keynesian perspective.

This collection of essays is a plea for a renewal of policies based on the most fundamental ideas of Keynes as well as on recent developments in economic theory.

Providing interdisciplinary and global perspectives, this book examines historical and contemporary changes in secondhand economies, including the emergence and specialization of secondhand venues, the materials involved, as well as the cultural significance of secondhand things and the professions associated with them.

This study combines lessons drawn from events and experiences of developing countries and examines them in relation to Jan Kregel's ideas on economics and development.

Public debt pressures due to the global economic crisis have impacted higher education in several countries, compelling governments to curtail the funding of higher education institutions (HEIs).

The consequences of the global economic crisis which started in the United States in 2007-08 are still being felt in most of the advanced economies, and the mainstream tools of recovery are not having the required results.

This book examines macroeconomic theory from an analytical framework provided by theories of complex systems, in contrast to conventional theories founded on aggregation.

Applying fresh tools from economics to explain puzzling behaviors of religious radicals: Muslim, Christian, and Jewish; violent and benign.

First published in 1979, this fourth part of Principles of Political Economy applies the tools of economic analysis to the distribution of income and property.