Book Series

Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

New & Published Titles:

The Foundations of 'Laissez-Faire'

The Economics of Pierre de Boisguilbert

By Gilbert Faccarello

This is the first full length study of Boisguilbert's work to appear in English. It contains an extended discussion of the context in which…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-20799-7 (Routledge)

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Money and Growth

Selected Papers of Allyn Abbott Young

Edited by Perry G. Mehrling, Roger J. Sandilands

Allyn Young is one of the central figures in the development of American economic thought, and is one of the originators of modern endogenous growth…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-19155-5 (Routledge)

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Evolution of Austrian Economics

From Menger to Lachmann

By Sandye Gloria-Palermo

This book argues, against the dominant orthodoxy in the history of economic thought, for the originality of Carl Menger's contribution to the development of the…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-19500-3 (Routledge)

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The Founding of Institutional Economics

Edited by Warren Samuels

Institutional economics has been a major part of economic thought for the whole of the twentieth century, and today remains crucial to an understanding of…

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1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-18757-2 (Routledge)

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Keynes and the Neoclassical Synthesis

Einsteinian versus Newtonian Macroeconomics

By Dario Togati

This remarkable volume provides a critical assessment of Neoclassical Synthesis, long regarded as the standard interpretation of Keynes. Taking issue with this orthodoxy, the author…

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1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-18396-3 (Routledge)

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The Economics of John Rae

Edited by Omar Hamouda, C. Lee, Douglas Mair

John Rae made a wide-ranging contribution to economics, in particular through his work on Capital Theory and Technical Change. Although Rae was held in high…

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1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-15867-1 (Routledge)

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Historical Perspectives on Macroeconomics

Sixty Years After the 'General Theory'

Edited by Philippe Fontaine, Albert Jolink

Since the publication of Keynes's General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money in 1936, macroeconomic theory has altered considerably. Each author in this volume focuses…

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1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-16241-8 (Routledge)

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Studies in the History of French Political Economy

From Bodin to Walras

Edited by Gilbert Faccarello

Studies in the History of French Political Economy considers the evolution of economic thought in France, from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Gilbert Faccarello…

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1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-09939-4 (Routledge)

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Economic Careers

Economics and Economists in Britain 1930-1970

Edited by Keith Tribe

In this volume fourteen senior economists describe their early introduction to the study of economics and their contribution to the development of academic economics in…

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1997 | Hardback: 978-0-415-14708-8 (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:

Criticisms of Classical Political Economy: Menger, Austrian Economics and the German Historical School
By Gilles Campagnolo
To be published November 30th 2009

Political Economy, Public Policy and Monetary Economics: Ludwig von Mises and the Austrian Tradition
By Richard M. Ebeling
To be published December 18th 2009

Economic Theory and Economic Thought: Essays in Honour of Ian Steedman
Edited by John Vint, J. Stanley Metcalfe, Heinz D. Kurz, Neri Salvadori, Paul Samuelson
To be published December 18th 2009

Keynes and the British Humanist Tradition: The Moral Purpose of the Market
By David Andrews
To be published February 18th 2010

Studies in Social Economics
By Léon Walras
To be published March 25th 2010

Political Economy and Industrialism: Banks in Saint-Simonian Economic Thought
By Gilles Jacoud
To be published March 25th 2010

The Division of Labour in Economics: A History
By Guang-Zhen Sun
To be published April 1st 2010

Marshall, Marshallians and Industrial Economics
Edited by Tiziano Raffaelli, Tamotsu Nishizawa, Simon Cook
To be published April 30th 2010

The Making of the Classical Theory of Economic Growth
By Anthony Brewer
To be published April 30th 2010

Population, Development and Welfare in the History of Economic Thought
By Claudia Sunna
To be published April 30th 2010

Innovation, Knowledge and Growth: Adam Smith, Schumpeter and the Moderns
By Heinz D. Kurz
To be published May 1st 2010

Adam Smith and the Economy of the Passions
By Jan H. KepplerEdited by Robert Chase
To be published May 15th 2010

Austrian and German Economic Thought: From Subjectivism to Social Evolution
By Kiichiro Yagi
To be published May 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 June 1st 2010

The Essential Writings of Thorstein Veblen
Edited by Charles Camic, Geoffrey M. Hodgson
To be published June 1st 2010

Production, Distribution and Trade: Alternative Perspectives
Edited by Adriano Birolo, Duncan Foley, Heinz D. Kurz, Bertram Schefold, Ian Steedman
To be published June 15th 2010

Hayek, Mill and the Liberal Tradition
Edited by Andrew Farrant
To be published June 30th 2010

Real Business Cycle Models in Economics
By Warren Young
To be published June 30th 2010

The Origins of David Hume's Economics
By William Henderson
To be published July 1st 2010

A Dynamic Approach to Economic Theory: The Yale Lectures of Ragnar Frisch
By Ragnar Frisch
To be published July 15th 2010