Economics at the cutting edge

Edited by Steven Pressman

This book describes the important contributions of several contemporary economic figures including recent Nobel Laureates. Describing their work and putting it into an historical perspective,...

October 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77501-4 (Routledge)

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By Jesús Huerta De Soto

This book gathers a collection of English language essays by Jesús Huerta de Soto over the past ten years, examining the dynamic processes of social...

September 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-42769-2 (Routledge)

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By David Spencer

Against the background of increasing interest in the changing nature and quality of work, The Political Economy of Work offers a new and unique assessment...

September 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-45793-4 (Routledge)

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Adam Smith and the framing of political economy

By Tony Aspromourgos

This study clarifies the character of 'political economy' as a distinct and separable intellectual discipline in the generic sense, in the texts of Adam Smith....

September 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-46385-0 (Routledge)

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By Calvin Hayes

This is the first book to compare Karl Popper and Friedrich Hayek systematically, and critically assess their contribution to the political philosophy of the Open...

September 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77289-1 (Routledge)

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By Bernard Chavance

This introduction to institutional economics, follows the history of the field since the early 20th century until the present day. It concentrates on influential authors...

September 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-44911-3 (Routledge)

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A Short History of Economic Thought 2nd Edition

By Bo Sandelin, Hans-Michael Trautwein, Richard Wundrak

This book provides an elementary introduction to the history of economic thought and has been considerably overhauled and updated since the appearance of the first...

July 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43886-5 (Routledge)

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Foundations of the critique of political economy 150 years later

Edited by Marcello Musto

Written between 1857 and 1858, the Grundrisse is the first draft of Marx’s critique of political economy and, thus, also the initial preparatory work on...

July 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-43749-3 (Routledge)

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In praise of heterogeneity

By Luigino Bruni

The main emphasis of this new book from Luigino Bruni is a praise of heterogeneity, arguing that society works when different people are able to...

May 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-42858-3 (Routledge)

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Time Travelling through Paradigms

By Karin Schonpflug

Are there feminist, economic utopian visions amongst feminist economists? What are these visions? Is there a common vision for feminist economics or should there be?...

March 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41784-6 (Routledge)

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