Economic theory and philosophy

Climate scientists have determined that we must act now to prevent an irreversible and catastrophic climatic tipping point, beyond which neither our own nor many other species can be assumed likely to survive.

Joseph Halevi, G.

In The Super-Rich , Stephen Haseler describes the dangerous growing tensions caused throughout the West by the triumphant new global capitalism.

In this new collection of essays, F.

Das Ziel des Bandes besteht darin, einen Überblick über die Grundfragen, Kernthemen und Handlungsfelder der praktischen Wirtschaftsphilosophie zu geben.

Monte Carlo simulation has become an essential tool in the pricing of derivative securities and in risk management.

Drawing on a range of data from across disciplines, this book explores a series of fundamental questions surrounding the nature, working and effects of democracy, considering the reasons for the emergence and spread of democratic government, the conditions under which it endures or collapses - and the role of wealth in this process - and the peaceful nature of dealings between democracies.

Providing another key contribution to the immensely popular field of law and economics, this book, written by the doyen of the history of economic thought in the US, explores the dynamic relationship between economics, law and polity.

The Routledge Handbook to Global Political Economy provides a comprehensive guide to how Global Political Economy (GPE) is conceptualized and researched around the world.

A Wall Street Journal bestsellerFinancial expert, investment advisor and New York Times bestselling author James Rickards shows why and how global financial markets are being artificially inflated and what smart investors can do to protect their assets------------------------------------------------------------------------The evidence of the past ten years proves that the most devastating financial crisis yet is just around the corner.

The Association for Social Advancement (ASA) of Bangladesh recently topped Forbes magazine's first-ever list of the world's best microfinance banks.

In this visionary work, the author suggests an original novel concept: the general theory of a new industrial society of the second generation that evolves toward a new quality of public existence-"e;noonomy.

This book throws light onto the nature and causes of three different but strongly interconnected crises in contemporary societies worldwide: an economic crisis, an ecological crisis and a normative (moral and political) crisis.

Over the course of the last ten years the issue of debt has become a serious problem that threatens to destroy the global socio-economic system and ruin the everyday lives of millions of people.

Capitalism is based on a false logic in which all facts and ideas are reduced to a consideration of their 'feasibility' within the capitalist system.

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.

At a time when both scholars and the public demand explanations and answers to key economic problems that conventional approaches have failed to resolve, this groundbreaking handbook of original works by leading behavioral economists offers the first comprehensive articulation of behavioral economics theory.

First published in 1980, this book collects 17 lectures presented at the annual conference of the Association of University Teachers of Economics covering a wide range issues and debates.

Experiences of Emerging Economy Firms investigates the different elements of the experiences of emerging economy firms and sheds essential light on a large variety of aspects associated with their functioning in both home and host contexts.

This book provides a methodological perspective on understanding the essential roles of econometric models in the theory and practice.

Perrotta explores and charts the changing place of consumption as a source of investment in production and growth within economic writings from ancient history to the present.

This book examines major policy and planning issues in development studies from the regional science perspective.

A significant part of economics as we know it today is the outcome of battles that took place in the post-war years between Keynesians and monetarists.

This book studies the economic history of India and traces the Indian path of development from a Latin American framework and perspective.

Contrary to the claims made by neoliberal governments and mainstream academics, this book argues that the huge increase in trade in recent decades has not made the world a fairer place: instead, the age of globalization has become a time of mass migration caused by increasing global inequality.

This book, first published in 1991, explores the complexities of the relationship between acts of Congress and nine major US corporations regarding employer-sponsored retirement plans.

A critical evaluation of Pasinetti''s structural dynamics, with contributions from post-Keynesian and neo-classical economists.

This book presents a brief history of economic thought from the 17th century to the present day.

Orthodox economics operates within a hypothesized world of perfect competition in which perfect consumers and firms act to bring about supposedly optimal outcomes.

Independently commissioned by IAI, the three studies comprising this book examine inter-Arab industrial and economic cooperation.

This is an original and controversial reflection on the course of human history and a remarkable attempt to develop a scientific model of laws for the social sciences.

The language of public debt is an ideological language, not a scientific language that clarifies the practice of public finance.

This book discusses the importance of teaching fundamental economic concepts as part of the middle school social science curriculum in India.

A survey of the political economy of James Buchanan seeking to explain his theories in detail and evaluate them in depth, covering topics such as the constitution and its failure, democracy, operational rules for the constitution and economics.

This book seeks to clarify the positive and negative lessons in the experiences of late development under neoliberal globalization.

The book discusses the theories, theorists, and contexts from which behavioral economics arose and shows how this new field in economics subsequently developed.

This book sets out the foundations of post-Keynesian price theory.

This book asks, how would a stable, prosperous economy of the future look if one started with a blank sheet of paper?

It is becoming increasingly clear that a new economics is required for investigating modern dynamic economies and the coming social world.

Growth, Employment, Inequality, and the Environment deals with the fundamental economic problems of our time: employment, inequality, the environment, and quality of life.

A comprehensive introduction to the statistical and econometric methods for analyzing high-frequency financial dataHigh-frequency trading is an algorithm-based computerized trading practice that allows firms to trade stocks in milliseconds.

This open-minded, multidisciplinary approach challenges existing world views on the endogenous and exogenous forces that drive markets and economies.

Existing literature looks at national innovation systems from the perspective of either "e;inside the black box"e; or "e;outside the black box"e;.

The 38 selections in the volume include complete texts of all of Veblen's major articles and book reviews from 1882 to 1914, plus key chapters from his books The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), The Theory of Business Enterprise (1904) and The Instinct of Workmanship (1914).

This collection brings together leading economists from around the world to explore key issues in economic analysis and the history of economic thought.

This book explores implications of the modern view of central banks rising from the proposition that words have no meaning beyond their use in a particular context and setting.

The contributions to this edited collection, first published in 1983, are based on two underlying themes.

"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.

This volume is about economists, economics, and issues of concern to Indian society.