Economics

Covering the time span from the Shang to the Qing Periods (1520BC - 1911AD), this book examines important factors in the decline of the Chinese economy from medieval sophistication to modern underdevelopment...

This book, first published in 1923, examines the states of Britain’s rail network at the cusp of great change. The Railways Act of 1921 placed public service on behalf of the community as the raison d’etre of a railway company’s existence – rather than the private gain of shareholders...

This book is about forming effective critiques of neoclassical economics. It begins with what Alfred Marshall called the `Principles of Economics' and concludes that there is still much that can be done to make neoclassical economics more realistic..

First published in 1896, this seminal work considers the Question of the Unemployed at the height of imperialist capitalism. Hobson proposes a controversial theory of social progress, which argues that unemployment is a natural and necessary result of the mal-distribution of consumption power...

This reissue (1928) was written at a time when the tendency in industry was towards the formation of large combines. It analyses relations between monopolistic combines and the State, and was the first to examine the German experience of organised monopoly, and the means used to prevent it from beco..

Discussing development from the colonial era to the present in Latin America, Asia and Africa, this insightful text uses classical development ideas and current theory to provide students with a balanced picture unavailable from other textbooks...

The Pure Theory of International Trade..

The Pure Theory of International Trade..

The Rate of Exchange and the Terms of Trade..

The Rate of Exchange and the Terms of Trade..

There has been little discussion in macroeconomic literature about the propriety or usefulness of representative agent models. This volume aims to evaluate the use of these models as a means of studying aggregate behaviour...

Presenting original research by prominent scholars, this book provides the first comprehensive survey of the rise and progress of political economy as an integral part of the Scottish Enlightenment...