What is Money?

Edited by John Smithin

This volume provocatively rethinks the economics, politics and sociology of money and examines the classic question of what is money. Starting from the two dominant...

Published August 1st 2006 by Routledge.

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Time and Money

The Macroeconomics of Capital Structure

By Roger W. Garrison

Time and Money argues persuasively that the troubles which characterise modern capital-intensive economies, particularly the episodes of boom and bust, may best be analysed with...

Published August 1st 2006 by Routledge.

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An Economic History of Sweden

By Lars Magnusson

This book represents the first recent attempt to provide a comprehensive treatment of Sweden's economic development since the middle of the 18th century. It...

Published August 1st 2006 by Routledge.

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A History of Monetary Unions

By John F. Chown

In this comprehensive historical overview, the author writes about monetary unions with an admirable completeness and covers such themes as:
*The Gold Standard
*Monetary Unions in Countries...

Published August 1st 2006 by Routledge.

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Social Capital and Economic Development

By Patrick François

This immensely readable book by Patrick François provides an original insight into the increasingly fashionable topic that is social capital. In a unique, original study,...

Published August 1st 2006 by Routledge.

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The Tradition of Free Trade

By Lars Magnusson

In the nineteenth century Adam Smith and others gradually invented a 'tradition' of free trade. This was a towering achievement and has proved to be...

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Calculation and Coordination

Essays on Socialism and Transitional Political Economy

By Peter J. Boettke

This collection of essays from one of the major Austrian economists working in the world today brings together in one place some of his key...

Published August 1st 2006 by Routledge.

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Classical Economics and Modern Theory

Studies in Long-Period Analysis

By Heinz D. Kurz, Neri Salvadori

In this thought-provoking book, well known economists Kurz and Salvadori cover original findings and new vistas on old problems. They cover:

• alternative interpretations of classical economists
• new growth...

Published August 1st 2006 by Routledge.

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Classical Macroeconomics

Some Modern Variations and Distortions

By James C.W. Ahiakpor

John Maynard Keynes failed to correctly interpret classic economic concepts, and dismissed the classical explanations and conclusions as being irrelevant to the world in which...

Published August 1st 2006 by Routledge.

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Consumption Takes Time

Implications for Economic Theory

By Ian Steedman

Standard economic theory of consumer behaviour considers consumers' preferences, their incomes and commodity prices to be the determinants of consumption. However, consumption takes time and...

Published August 1st 2006 by Routledge.

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