Evolution and Design of Institutions

By Christian Schubert, Georg Von Wangenheim

This book comprises nine papers approaching designed institutions and their interplay with spontaneous institutions from various angles.

While the evolution of spontaneous institutions is quite...

Published February 23rd 2006 by Routledge.

A Study of John Bates Clark and Thorstein Veblen

By Guglielmo Forges Davanzati

In contemporary non-mainstream economic debate, it is widely thought that the functioning of a market economy needs a set of rules (i.e. institutions) which bind...

Published January 26th 2006 by Routledge.

Folktales and Reality

By Sasan Fayazmanesh

Whether a theoretical system is realistic or not has been a concern in economics, particularly in monetary theory, over the past century. Following John R....

Published January 26th 2006 by Routledge.

Foundations of Paul Samuelson's Revealed Preference Theory, Revised Edition

A study by the method of rational reconstruction

By Stanley Wong

Originally published over two decades ago, this classic text within the philosophy of economics is a tour de force against revealed preference. It critically examines...

Published January 19th 2006 by Routledge.

The Economics of A.N. Isnard (1748-1803)

By Richard Van Den Berg

Achille Nicolas Isnard (1749-1803) an engineer with a keen interest in political economy, is best known for demonstrating the concept of market equilibrium using a...

Published December 22nd 2005 by Routledge.

By David P. Levine

In these two volumes, David P. Levine undertakes the systematic clarification and further development of the theoretical contributions of classical political economy. It focuses on...

Published December 22nd 2005 by Routledge.

Bilateral Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific

Origins, Evolution, and Implications

Edited by Vinod Aggarwal, Shujiro Urata

The Asia-Pacific region has witnessed a rapid rise in bilateral preferential trade agreements at the beginning of the twenty-first century. This trend could have potentially...

Published December 15th 2005 by Routledge.

McCloskey's Rhetoric

Discourse Ethics in Economics

By Benjamin Balak

The rhetoric of economics has long claimed scientific objectivity, however the late, great economist Joan Robinson argued that ‘the purpose of studying economics is not...

Published December 15th 2005 by Routledge.

A Neo-Modern Perspective Drawing on the Complexity Approach and Keynesian Economics

By Dario Togati

The past decade has seen many leading economies, especially the US, undergo profound structural transformations. Departing from the standard theories employed to explain this phenomenon,...

Published December 15th 2005 by Routledge.

The Invisible Hand and Spontaneous Order

By Craig Smith

When Adam Smith published his celebrated writings on economics and moral philosophy he famously referred to the operation of an 'invisible hand'. Adam Smith’s Political...

Published November 3rd 2005 by Routledge.