Economic theory and philosophy

Institutional economics claims that institutions and policies rather than the size of labour force, technology or capital investment are pivotal for growth or under-development.

Introduces conflict and peace economics, outlines its history of thought, contemporary theory and evidence, and maps trajectories for further research.

Observers and Macroeconomic Systems is concerned with the computational aspects of using a control-theoretic approach to the analysis of dynamic macroeconomic systems.

Concerns over affordability and accountability have tended to direct focus away from the central aims of liberal learning, such as preparing minds for free inquiry and inculcating the habits of mind, practical skills, and values necessary for effective participation in civil society.

This book proposes a new approach to economics, starting from the commons and based on the Economy of Francesco (EoF), a worldwide movement of young people who aim to change the current economic models and working towards a fair, sustainable, and inclusive economic system.

Alfred Marshall was one of the most important economists ever to have lived.

This book investigates bargaining between two agents.

Decisions twenty years ago during the fIrst generation of modern traffIc safety policymaking were easier than today.

The book argues that mainstream economists, who base their analyses only on the economic motivation of people, fail to explain and understand real-life economic phenomena.

This work aims to foster the interdisciplinary dialogue between mathematicians and socio-economic scientists.

This is the first book to focus on designing a financial market that works well, and that includes making and/or modulating detailed regulations and/or rules, by a computer simulation of an agent-based artificial financial market model (ABAFMM).

Information is a central concept in economics, and The Knowledge We Have Lost in Information explores its treatment in modern economics.

This book explores and traces the progressive activism and radical ideas of several elite women in Italy beginning in the early 20th century.

Why do governments continue to use policy ideas that have failed in the past?

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 improves the alignment of economics with the idea of justice, the first virtue of any social institution, according to Rawls.

This book points to a necessary relationship between ethics and business; the success of such an alliance depends directly on sound business leadership.

This book compares two countries with striking parallels in economic and political outcomes, yet with some distinct features in terms of institutional structures, relative size, and culture.

In this third decade of the 21st century, deep problems plague our world.

What if value is neither an intrinsic quality of an object, nor a reflection of a subjects preferencesbut rather something that is organized and brought into existence through mechanisms, technologies and practices of valuation?

The capitalist market, progressives bemoan, is a cold monster: it disrupts social bonds, erodes emotional attachments, and imposes an abstract utilitarian rationality.

Das dreibändige Lehrbuch „Quantitative BWL“ stellt die theoretischen quantitativen Grundlagen der betrieblichen Entscheidungen und des marktwirtschaftlichen Umfelds dar.

The question of how to allocate scarce medical resources has become an important public policy issue in recent decades.

This book explores the causes and consequences of market failure in bridging societal differences to create a shared economy.

Uncertain Futures considers how economic actors visualize the future and decide how to act in conditions of radical uncertainty.

The new institutional economics has been one of the most influential schools of thought to emerge in the past quarter century.

Economics is too important to be left to the economists.

Kalman Filtering with Real-Time Applications presents a thorough discussion of the mathematical theory and computational schemes of Kalman filtering.

The University of Oxford has been and continues to be one of the most important global centres for economics.

This book explores some of the most important themes in neo-Ricardian economics.

This book covers the whole system of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, dealing with Deng Xiaoping's theory, the socialist market economy, a moderately well-off (Xiaokang) society, China's practice and theory of socialist democracy, human rights, and Xi Jinping's Marxism.

"e;My aim is to get you to read a book by Karl Marx called Capital, Volume 1, and to read it on Marx's own terms.

This book explores the background of the eurozone crisis, outlining a number of potential solutions.

This edited volume discusses the life and scholarship of Friedrich Engels.

This book offers a rigorous, detailed, and balanced analysis of the various contributions to the Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) debate, incorporating both the arguments of proponents and those who point to its limitations and obstacles.

Das Buch vermittelt einen leicht verständlichen Überblick über die wichtigsten dogmenhistorischen Positionen des ökonomischen Denkens ("Aspekt der Ökonomie" in der Antike und im Mittelalter; Merkantilismus, Physiokratismus, Klassischer Liberalismus, Sozialismus, Historismus, Grenznutzenlehre, Neoklassik, Keynesianismus, Monetarismus, Evolutorische Wirtschaftstheorie und Neoliberalismus).

This book, the third in the series of Samuel Hollander's essays, covers twelve key studies on the economic theory and method of John Stuart Mill.

Governance challenges and solutions for the provision of global public goods in such areas as the environment, food security, and development.

Ever since the quest for independence between 1810 and 1819, economic thought in Colombia has been shaped by policy debates and characterized by a pragmatic and eclectic approach.