Economic Theory & Philosophy

This book provides a clear survey of concepts of probability with relation to economic theory with a view to standardizing terminology and integrating probability into any discussion of the foundations of economic theory...

Production, Distribution and Trade brings together leading voices in classical and post-Keynesian economics to discuss key issues such as growth, globalization and financial markets in the history of economic thought...

Production, Distribution and Trade brings together leading voices in classical and post-Keynesian economics to discuss key issues such as growth, globalization and financial markets in the history of economic thought...

The main objective of this book is to discuss qualitative methods and their use in economics and social science research. Chapters identify several of the research approaches commonly used in social studies, from the importance of the role of science through to the techniques of data collection. Usi..

This text is a brief introduction to various quantitative methods used in economic decision making, including input-output, inventory control and Markhov chains. It provides basic models that can be utilized to solve real-world problems...

This book analyses the role of rationality in economics focusing on which conditions the rationality assumption makes valuable explanations possible and what kinds of explanation are then involved...

This book analyses the role of rationality in economics focusing on which conditions the rationality assumption makes valuable explanations possible and what kinds of explanation are then involved...

When President Reagan and Prime Minister Thatcher adopted the neoliberal doctrine as the paradigm of economics, there was no evidence that the move would have been successful, but thirty years on, the recurrent crises that culminated in 2008 suggest a serious mis-match between expectations and outco..

When President Reagan and Prime Minister Thatcher adopted the neoliberal doctrine as the paradigm of economics, there was no evidence that the move would have been successful, but thirty years on, the recurrent crises that culminated in 2008 suggest a serious mis-match between expectations and outco..

In this discipline-defining volume, some of the leading international scholars in the history of economic thought re-examine the concepts of 'classical economics' and the 'canon', showing the roots and evolution of this contemporary subject...

The form of ‘reflexivity’ – defined by the dictionary as that which is ‘directed back upon itself’ – that is most relevant to economic methodology is that where observation of the economy leads to ideas that change behavior, which in turn changes (is directed back upon) the economy itself. This book..

There is a growing acknowledgement of the role played by finance theory and experts in the 2008 global banking crash, and their on-going contributions to risks in the financial system. Some argue that finance theory is deeply ideological, and the academy has been captured and corrupted by financial ..