Economic Theory & Philosophy

Scholars from around the world with a wide range of theoretical perspectives probe into typical Shacklean themes of time and money, uncertainty and expectation and into the roots of Shackle's philosophical and methodological stance...

This book provides the first comprehensive and critical examination of Mäki’s realist philosophy of economics...

This book provides the first comprehensive and critical examination of Mäki’s realist philosophy of economics...

This textbook sketches the history of experimental economics before moving on to describe how to set up an economics experiment and to survey selected applications and the latest methods...

Books in the increasingly popular economics-made-fun genre present the field of economics as a method of thinking that can successfully explain everyday and "freaky" phenomena. However, economics seems to fail in addressing and explaining the most pressing economic matters. This book explores the co..

This is the first book to examine individual rights from an economic perspective, collecting together leading articles in this emerging area of interest and showing the vibrant and expanding scholarship that relates them...

Traces the relationship between ideas and methodological perspectives in economics to the fields of philosophy and the physical sciences. It is aimed at students of economics who want to learn about the philosophical underpinnings and scientific foundations of contemporary economic theory...

Traces the relationship between ideas and methodological perspectives in economics to the fields of philosophy and the physical sciences. It is aimed at students of economics who want to learn about the philosophical underpinnings and scientific foundations of contemporary economic theory...

Nazi Germany and Japan occupied huge areas at least for some period during World War II, and those territories became integral parts of their war economies. This book provides an interesting insight into and focuses on the policies of World War II aggressors in occupied countries. The book also give..

Nazi Germany and Japan occupied huge areas at least for some period during World War II, and those territories became integral parts of their war economies. This book provides an interesting insight into and focuses on the policies of World War II aggressors in occupied countries. The book also give..

Recent work in behavioural economics has questioned traditional measures for welfare. This book asks whether a different measure for individual welfare can, and should, be found. This book explores whether a hedonistic view of welfare represents a viable alternative, and what its normative implicati..

Highlights the major empirical questions and issues facing Post Keynesian economics. Featuring contributions by Post Keynesian economists, this text focuses on public policy and real-life analysis of the economic theory. It is of interest to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, professio..