Economic Theory & Philosophy

In recent years, the financial sector has come to dominate the economy which puts substantial pressure on all the agencies involved, not least the banks, to make the profits which will drive economic growth. As a result of this pressure, moral conduct in the financial sector has been put under sever..

In this volume leading post Keynesian economists challenge New Keynesianism both on the grounds that it is not Keynesian, and does not provide an adequate account of our current economic problems...

Luigi Einaudi (1874-1961) was a leading liberal economist, economic historian and political figure. This book provides the English-speaking world with a first critical edition of Einaudi’s – hitherto unpublished – rewriting of one of his most unique and thoughtful essays._x000D_ _x000D_ The relevanc..

This volume collects published papers and essays from widely scattered and inaccessible sources, some of which appeared for the first time when this book was originally published. In the first part of the book the subjects range from the theory of wages and recent trends in economic theory to econom..

This volume collects published papers and essays from widely scattered and inaccessible sources, some of which appeared for the first time when this book was originally published. In the first part of the book the subjects range from the theory of wages and recent trends in economic theory to econom..

Argues that a close reading of key texts in the two major schools of criticism of Keynes reveal that they disagree through misunderstandings, and differences of emphasis, rather than through fundamental differences of opinion...

Following an introduction to the key ideas of Coats, this work focuses on two themes: the difference between British and American economics, both in content and in the practice of the profession; and the interrelationships between economic ideas, events (or conditions) and policy issues...

This book identifies the basic premises underlying the philosophies of the Progressive Eraspecifically as they relate to the Progressives’ desire for directed social change...

Although Otto Neurath left his mark across an array of fields in the first half of the twentieth century, he was trained as an economist and wrote extensively about economics. He questioned the philosophical foundations of economic concepts, the fuzziness of economic terminology, the unwarranted red..

This book presents the first full length explanation in English of Heinsohn and Steiger’s groundbreaking theory of money and interest, which emphasises the role played by private property rights...

This book presents the first full length explanation in English of Heinsohn and Steiger’s groundbreaking theory of money and interest, which emphasises the role played by private property rights...

This collection recognizes Suppes’s contributions to economics and economic methodology with a symposium of papers that examine, build on, and/or assess Suppes’s research in these areas. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Economic Methodology...