Economic Theory & Philosophy

Philosophical Problems of Behavioral Economics argues that behavioural economics is best understood as an attempt to deidealize economic theory guided by psychological research. Behavioural economics deconstructs the model of decision-making by adding different elements. This volume develops a new a..

The essays in this volume, drawing heavily on the tradition of pragmatism, suggest that the economic crises of our time (the 2008 collapse of real estate and finance markets) might not be merely technical in nature - that is, the result of faulty applications of economic tools by politicians and pol..

Previously published as special issues of The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought and The Review of Political Economy, this volume contains the papers devoted to the life and work of Piero Sraffa._x000D_..

The period between 1767 and 1873 shaped public finance in Britain as we know it today, with the major economists of the time providing influential contributions. This book analyses the impact of Steuart, Smith, Malthus, Ricard, Mill and others...

This reissued work, originally published in 1985, is a uniquely broad and original survey of theories and beliefs about the growth, behaviour, performance and reform of the governments of modern Western democracies. After analysing the external pressures which have shaped modern governments, the aut..

This new book, under the impressive editorship of Thomas Boylan and Paschal O'Gorman, explores a number of major themes central to the work of Karl Popper...

This new book, under the impressive editorship of Thomas Boylan and Paschal O'Gorman, explores a number of major themes central to the work of Karl Popper...

First published in 1980, Pornography, Psychedelics And Technology: Essays on the Limits to Freedom focuses on the crucial connections between technological growth and the more salient features of social malaise in the latter part of the twentieth century...

First published in 1980, Pornography, Psychedelics and Technology: Essays on the Limits to Freedom focuses on the crucial connections between technological growth and the more salient features of social malaise in the latter part of the twentieth century...

This is a collection of original essays by leading critical economists and policy analysts addressing the importance of social structures and institutions to the functioning of real-world economies and the formulation of economic policy...

Prices and Knowledge analyses different theoretical approaches to the role of prices in situations of imperfect information...

This book draws together some of the most important contributions from Lawrence H. Officer, a leading economic historian and expert in international finance, and includes a number of hard to find papers from a wide range of sources...