Economic Theory & Philosophy

Originating from the International Network for Economic Method conference, hosted by the Erasmus Institute for Economics and Philosophy in 2013, this book chooses key themes that reflect on fascinating new developments in the philosophy of economics. Contributions discuss new avenues and debates in ..

The first textbook to chart the development of the field of evolutionary economics, this book provides an integrated generic framework to define the rules of an economic system; how they are coordinated and the causes and consequences of their change._x000D_  ..

This book clarifies the approach of the German Historical School by the reconstruction of their achievements in terms of rational and historical context...

First Published in 2014. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

A book which covers the key period in the history of actuarial science from the mid-17th century to the early 19th century. There are reprints of the most important treatises, pamphlets, tables and writings which trace the development of the actuarial industry...

This first volume (of three) examines the methodological origins of game theory up to the Second World War. It adds to the understanding of game theory's contentious roots and offers insights into modern applications of the theory...

The Philosophy of Economics primarily considers the economic agent as a moral subject. Economics, however, has long overlooked the agent’s moral—that is to say, reasonable—dimension, to focus instead on the strictly rational. This volume seeks to address this neglected topic through exploring the In..

Addressing the controversial concept of the invisible hand, this book questions, examines and explicates the strengths and weaknesses of the concept by analyzing its paradigmatic examples such as Carl Menger’s Origin of Money and Thomas Schelling’s famous checkerboard model of residential segregatio..

First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company...

This book identifies and explains the major economic contributions of John Kenneth Galbraith, and places his work in the context of Post Keynesian and Institutionalist Economics. This book was published as a special issue of the Review of Political Economy...

Samuel Hollander is widely recognized as one of the most important and controversial historians of economic thought. This second volume collects together essays extending beyond classical economics...

Samuel Hollander is widely recognized as one of the most important and controversial historians of economic thought. This second volume collects together essays extending beyond classical economics...