History of Economic Thought

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

In this book, originally published in 1936, the author charts the sequence of events which converted him from an advocate of the restoration of the gold standard to a convinced opponent. His indictment of the gold standard is comprehensive and he attributes it as the chief cause of the economic diff..

This book proposes a comparative study of the history of manuals of political economy in the most representative countries for the development of economics in the 19th and early 20th centuries demonstrating and the 'professionalisation' of economics...

Drawing on years of research, Gerald Steele delves into the diverse ideas of Henry Simons, a neglected economist whose work in the 1930s on monetary and financial instability is extremely relevant to today’s debates about commercial bank credit, the interdependence of fiscal and monetary policy, and..

William Petty (1623-87), long recognised as a founding father of English political economy, was actively involved in the military-colonial administration of Ireland following its invasion by Oliver Cromwell, and to the end of his days continued to devise schemes for securing England’s continued domi..

The Economy as a System of Power..

Part of a series of detailed reference manuals on American economic history, this volume traces the development of agriculture, transportation, labour movements and the factory system, foreign and domestic commerce, technology and the ramifications of slavery...

First Published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This book consists of contributions by distinguished economists from Europe, the US and Japan, covering a range of topics chosen according to Bertram Schefold's main fields of research, from Wicksell to Sraffa to Marx...

A testament to the variety of ways in which 'experimentation' has been important in the creation of economic knowledge, this wide-ranging collection of essays will interest those seeking to expand their understanding of the discipline...