Book Series
Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
New & Published Titles:
Keynes and the British Humanist Tradition
The Moral Purpose of the Market
Well-connected in academia, business and government, John Maynard Keynes was one of the most influential economic theorists of the twentieth century. It appears that his…
read moreFebruary 2010 | Hardback: 978-0-415-29986-2 (Routledge)
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Economic Theory and Economic Thought
Essays in honour of Ian Steedman
Ian Steedman is recognised internationally as one of the leading economic theorists of his time and has made major contributions to the development of economic…
read more2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-46511-3 (Routledge)
Keynes's Vision
Why the Great Depression did not Return
John Maynard Keynes was the most influential economist of the 20th Century, whose doctrines had a huge impact on American prosperity in the years following…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-78000-1 (Routledge)
Criticisms of Classical Political Economy
Menger, Austrian Economics and the German Historical School
The role of the German Historical School and of Carl Menger (founder of the Austrian School) is appraised in this new book. This important period…
read more2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-42344-1 (Routledge)
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Political Economy, Public Policy and Monetary Economics
Ludwig von Mises and the Austrian Tradition
Austrian economist, Ludwig von Mises, was one of the most original and controversial economists of the 20th century, both as a defender of free-market liberalism…
read more2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77951-7 (Routledge)
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David Hume's Political Economy
Hume’s Political Discourses (1752) won immediate acclaim and positioned him as an authoritative figure on the subject of political economy. This volume of thirteen new…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49413-7 (Routledge)
At the Origins of Mathematical Economics
The Economics of A.N. Isnard (1748-1803)
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…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54763-5 (Routledge)
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Ethical Codes and Income Distribution
A Study of John Bates Clark and Thorstein Veblen
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…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49411-3 (Routledge)
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Kalecki's Principle of Increasing Risk and Keynesian Economics
Kalecki was one of an important generation of Cambridge economists. Here, Tracy Mott's impressive book examines the relationship of Kalecki's economics to different economic areas…
read more2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-08039-2 (Routledge)
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Keynes on Monetary Policy, Finance and Uncertainty
Liquidity Preference Theory and the Global Financial Crisis
This book provides a reassessment of Keynes’ theory of liquidity preference. It argues that the failure of the Keynesian revolution to be made in either…
read more2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-35262-8 (Routledge)
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Series Details:
Economics continues to draw inspiration from the ideas of past economists. This series provides an arena for current debate in the study of the history of Economics. Adhering to no single methodology, it includes volumes which explore the ideas of individual economists, major schools of thought, and the evolution of key ideas and theories within economic analysis.
Forthcoming Titles:
Studies in Social Economics
By Léon Walras
To be published March 24th 2010
Political Economy and Industrialism: Banks in Saint-Simonian Economic Thought
By Gilles Jacoud
To be published March 24th 2010
Production, Distribution and Trade: Alternate Perspectives: Essays in honour of Sergio Parinello
Edited by Adriano Birolo, Duncan Foley, Heinz D. Kurz, Bertram Schefold, Ian Steedman
To be published June 21st 2010
The Making of the Classical Theory of Economic Growth
By Anthony Brewer
To be published June 23rd 2010
The Essential Writings of Thorstein Veblen
Edited by Charles Camic, Geoffrey M. Hodgson
To be published July 13th 2010
Adam Smith and the Economy of the Passions
By Jan Horst Keppler
To be published July 19th 2010
The Origins of David Hume's Economics
By William Henderson
To be published July 23rd 2010
A Dynamic Approach to Economic Theory: The Yale Lectures of Ragnar Frisch
By Ragnar Frisch
To be published July 30th 2010
The Analysis of Linear Economic Systems: Father Maurice Potron’s Pioneering Works
Edited by Christian Bidard, Guido Erreygers
To be published August 3rd 2010
Utility Theory: German Contributions
By John Chipman
To be published October 1st 2010
Henry A. Abbati: Keynes' Forgotten Precursor: Selected Writings
Edited by Serena Di Gaspare
To be published October 30th 2010
The Economic Reader: Textbooks, Manuals and the Dissemination of the Economic Sciences during the 19th and Early 20th Centuries.
Edited by Massimo M. Augello, Marco E. L Guidi
To be published October 30th 2010
The Division of Labour in Economics: A History
By Guang-Zhen Sun
To be published October 30th 2010
Hayek, Mill and the Liberal Tradition
Edited by Andrew Farrant
To be published October 31st 2010
Innovation, Knowledge and Growth: Adam Smith, Schumpeter and the Moderns
By Heinz D. Kurz
To be published October 31st 2010
Population, Development and Welfare in the History of Economic Thought
By Claudia Sunna
To be published November 1st 2010
Marshall, Marshallians and Industrial Economics
Edited by Tiziano Raffaelli, Tamotsu Nishizawa, Simon Cook
To be published December 1st 2010
E.E. Slutsky as Economist and Mathematician: Crossing the Limits of Knowledge
By Vincent Barnett
To be published December 15th 2010
Generations of Economists
By David Collard
To be published December 31st 2010
Austrian and German Economic Thought: From Subjectivism to Social Evolution
By Kiichiro Yagi
To be published December 31st 2010
