Economic theory and philosophy

El primer objetivo de este libro es trazar la trayectoria que ha seguido la tradición neoclásica para construir sus teorías económicas.

This book offers the first systematic exposition and critique of the major approaches to periodizing capitalism, bringing to bear both deep rooted theoretical questions and meticulous empirical analysis to grapple with the seismic economic changes capitalism has experienced over the past 150 years.

This book analyzes the revenues from the creation of currency by a central government.

Economists have not always been on friendly terms with scientists from other fields.

A lot of recent attention has been given to one of the central paradoxes of trust: namely how people can restrict self-interest in order to trust.

This is part of a two-volume work intended to map the theoretical heartland of the institutionalist perspective on political economy.

This study offers a fresh approach to reception historical studies of New Testament texts, guided by a methodology introduced by ancient historians who study Graeco-Roman educational texts.

Der symbolistische Dichter Stefan George sammelte nach der Jahrhundertwende einen Kreis von Dichtern und Intellektuellen um sich, mit denen er arbeitete und lebte, und die er in ihrer wissenschaftlichen Tätigkeit unterstützte.

Modern neoclassical economics is a theory of general equilibrium.

This book discusses both linear economic theory and its application to China's recent economy from, 1987-2000, with an emphasis on fixed capital.

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.

The theory of costs is a cornerstone of economic thinking, and figures crucially in the study of human action and society.

This book is a comprehensive survey of methodological individualism in social, political and economic thought from the Enlightenment to the 20th century.

Input-output modeling has, through the years, provided a consistent and unifying focus for IIASA's economic research.

This book investigates applications of probability theory to random events from an economic standpoint and considers how economics can deal with uncertainty in today's world.

This book is about forming effective critiques of neoclassical economics.

This book examines the economic, social and political thought of two highly influential cross-disciplinary contributors to the debate in the United Kingdom about welfare economics, social welfare, nationalisation and public policy.

While geopolitics has captured global attention, geoeconomics is the often hidden force that governs countries' relationships.

An overview of socialist planning that explains the underlying theory and its limitations, also placing developments in their historical perspective.

The inspiring story of a young ornithologist who reintroduced puffins where none had been seen for a century   Project Puffin is the inspiring story of how a beloved seabird was restored to long-abandoned nesting colonies off the Maine coast.

First published in 1962, The Theory of Economic Integration provides an excellent exposition of a complex and far-reaching topic.

Economics can be pretty boring.

This book examines new classical macroeconomics from a comparative and critical point of view that confronts the original texts and later comments as a first dimension of comparison.

Historians have often speculated on the alternative paths the United Stages might have taken during the Great Depression: What if Franklin D.

The pursuit of profit by business motivates the capitalist economic system.

Henry George (1839-1897) rose to fame as a social reformer and economist amid the industrial and intellectual turbulence of the late nineteenth century.

In this book applications of cooperative game theory that arise from combinatorial optimization problems are described.

This new volume explores two alternative economic theories - the classical theory and the marginalist or neoclassical theory- through a discussion between two eminent economists, Pierangelo Garegnani and Paul Samuelson.

This book shows how money and banks emerge to efficiently address problems of trust between economic agents.

This book treats extensive form game theory in full generality.

This book brings together leading scholars of the history of economic thought to demonstrate the vitality and richness of a discipline that welcomes both practitioners of intellectual, contextual history, as well as specialists in the historical explanation of the analytical and theoretical dimension of economic science.

This book examines the theory and practice of performance budgeting, which aims make government more effective by linking the funding of government agencies to the results they deliver.

Robert Dochow mathematically derives a simplified classification structure of selected types of the portfolio selection problem.

Over the last few decades behavioral economics has revolutionized the discipline.

This book advances the debate on socio-economic development and multinational corporations (MNCs).

Quantum-like structure is present practically everywhere.

With the failure of economics to predict the recent economic crisis, the image of economics as a rigorous mathematical science has been subjected to increasing interrogation.

In addition to making a number of minor corrections and updat- ing the references, we have expanded the section on "e;real-time system identification"e; in Chapter 10 of the first edition into two sections and combined it with Chapter 8.

Traditionally economic anthropology has been studied by sociologists, anthropologists, and philosophers seeking to highlight the social foundations of economic action.

This work brings together for the first time the ideas, philosophies and interpretations of North America's leading African American economists, demonstrating that racial inequality has had an immense impact on African Americans' daily lives.

The fertility of Adam Smith's work stems from a paradoxical structure where the pursuit of economic self-interest and wealth accumulation serve wider social objectives.

This book proposes a new capital asset pricing model dubbed the ZCAPM that outperforms other popular models in empirical tests using US stock returns.

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.