Economic theory and philosophy

Economy and Theology: Cusanus's Theory of Value, a study from the field of the history of philosophy, responds to the present-day interest in what is referred to as economic theology.

This book contains another set of essays dealing with the fundamental economic problems of our time: inequality, environment degradation, and social disorder, which are analyzed in light of the unified theory of capitalism.

This book analyses the unprecedented economic and social challenges to human civilization from the perspective of Buddhist philosophy.

Active at the time when the social sciences were founded, Max Weber's social theory contributed significantly to a wide range of fields and disciplines.

Following books by Malcolm Gladwell and Dan Ariely, noted economics professor William L.

This book expands upon a range of economic insights within the overall context of critical theory, particularly with respect to the question of socioeconomic inequalities, and presents an explanation of how critical theory provides a number of interesting perspectives for economists.

The rapidly progressing digital revolution is now touching the foundations of the governance of societal structures.

An authoritative look at the microeconomics of entrepreneurshipEntrepreneurs are widely recognized for the vital contributions they make to economic growth and general welfare, yet until fairly recently entrepreneurship was not considered worthy of serious economic study.

This will be a two-part handbook on Dynamic Game Theory and part of the Springer Reference program.

This monograph provides a detailed analysis on fair queueing rules from a normative, a strategic, and a non-cooperative viewpoint.

A good basic understanding of general equilibrium theory is a fundamental and indispensable background for advanced work in virtually any sub-field of economics; and a thorough understanding of the methods of welfare economics, particularly in a general equilibrium context, is indispensable for investigators undertaking applied policy analysis.

Adam Smith's contribution to economics is well-recognised but in recent years scholars have been exploring anew the multidisciplinary nature of his works.

Despite decades of empirical happiness research, there is still little evidence for the positive effect of economic growth on life satisfaction.

The financialization of the economy has brought a number of interrelated problems which have contributed to growing income and wealth inequality.

This book reconsiders Keynes's The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money and establishes a new interpretation.

Markov processes play an important role in the study of probability theory.

The central theme of this book is competition treated as an evolutionary process in which the focus is upon economic change and not economic equilibrium.

This book investigates the classical model of cooperative games with transfer- able utility (TU-games) and models in which the players have the possibility to cooperate partially, namely fuzzy and multichoice games.

This book examines the impact of neoliberalism on peasant agriculture as a key livelihood strategy in Southern and Eastern Africa, against the background of the current development crisis and the crossroads that Southern and Eastern Africa faces.

A Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Bloomberg Businessweek Book of the YearWhy our banking system is broken-and what we must do to fix itNew bank failures have been a rude awakening for everyone who believed that the banking industry was reformed after the Global Financial Crisis-and that we'd never again have to choose between massive bailouts and financial havoc.

Political Economy Goes to the Movies provides an introduction to political economy using a wide range of popular films and documentaries as the objects of analysis.

After the most recent financial crisis it has become clear that there exists a crisis also in economics as a science.

The substantially revised and restructured 2nd edition of Ron Shone''s successful textbook Economic Dynamics.

This book delves into the doctrine of separate spheres within the history of economic thought.

Basic Income in Japan is the first collective volume in English entirely devoted to the discussion of Japan's potential for a basic income program in the context of the country's changing welfare state.

The Handbook of Experimental Economic Methodology, edited by Guillaume R.

Reporting on cutting-edge advances in economics, this book presents a selection of commentaries that reveal the weaknesses of several core economics concepts.

Making it HUGE in Video Games recounts the astonishing journey of an unassuming, middle-of-the-bell-curve young man, rising from mundane beginnings to scale the dizzying heights of artistic distinction and financial success in the worldwide video game industry.

This advanced textbook provides a straightforward but comprehensive introduction to applied general equilibrium modeling.

This book gives readers the theoretical and empirical methods to analyze applied economics.

Rebounding after disasters like tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods can be daunting.

It is often said that everyone understands precisely what is meant by the notion of probability-except those who have spent their lives studying the matter.

This book provides a concise yet rigorous introduction to probability theory.

Providing an account of the development of economic thought, this book explores the extent to which economic ideas are rooted in moral values.

Don Ross provides a concise and distinct introduction to the philosophy of economics for students in need of a short but engaging study of the main issues in the subject today.

There is convergent consensus among scientists that many social, economic and ?

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This book examines the origins of the IS-LM model, one of the most significant innovations in the history of economic thought.

This accessible book gives academics, graduate students, and researchers a comprehensive overview of the vast, varied, and often confusing landscape of interpretive policy analysis.

This study seeks to demonstrate the subtle ways in which changes in the language associated with economic issues are reflective of a gradual but quantifiable conservative ideological shift.

Basierend auf einem multi-theoretischen Ansatz untersucht Judith Terstriep die Wirkung regionaler Cluster auf die Innovativität von Unternehmen.

This proceedings book reflects the alternative way of development of the modern global economic system.

Since the publication of Keynes's General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money in 1936, macroeconomic theory has altered considerably.

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This exploration of the "e;economic underworld"e; and its treatment by orthodox economists has, at its core, a set of intellectual biographies of nine economic heretics ranging from Sir James Steuart in the 18th century to E.