Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

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1. A History of Entrepreneurship

   By Robert F Hébert, Albert N. Link

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   This book establishes a chronological trace of the entrepreneur as treated in economic literature in order to give a more wholesome perspective to contemporary writings and teachings on entrepreneurship. It focuses on the nature and role of the entrepreneur, and of entrepreneurship, as revealed in...

   Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
2. French Liberalism in the 19th Century

   An Anthology

   Edited by Robert Leroux, David Hart

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   Political and economic liberalism has generally been considered to be of marginal import in France, but at an intellectual level, it is a different story. An exploration of the history of French economic thought shows how a rich intellectual tradition developed during the nineteenth century, which...

   Published April 25th 2012 by Routledge
3. Economic Justice and Liberty

   The Social Philosophy in John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism

   By Huei-chun Su

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   This new book reopens the debate on theories of justice between utilitarian theorists and scholars from other camps. John Rawls’ 1971 publication of A Theory of Justice put forward a devastating challenge to the long-established dominance of utilitarianism within political and moral philosophy, and...

   Published March 31st 2012 by Routledge
4. Macroeconomics and the History of Economic Thought

   Festschrift in Honour of Harald Hagemann

   Edited by H.M. Krämer, Heinz Kurz, H.-M. Trautwein

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   The essays in this Festschrift have been chosen to honour Harald Hagemann and his scientific work. They reflect his main contributions to economic research and his major fields of interest. The essays in the first part deal with various aspects within the history of economic thought. The...

   Published March 22nd 2012 by Routledge
5. The Years of High Econometrics

   A Short History of the Generation that Reinvented Economics

   By Francisco Louçã

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   A fascinating and comprehensive history, this book explores the most important transformation in twentieth century economics: the creation of econometrics. Containing fresh archival material that has not been published before and taking Ragnar Frisch as the narrator, Francisco Louca discusses both...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
6. The Division of Labor in Economics

   A History

   By Guang-Zhen Sun

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   This book provides, for the first time, a systematic and comprehensive narrative of the history of one central idea in economics, namely the division of labour, over the past two and a half millennia, with special focus on that having occurred in the most recent two and a half centuries. Quite...

   Published February 16th 2012 by Routledge
7. A History of Homo Economicus

   The Nature of the Moral in Economic Theory

   By William Dixon, David Wilson

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   A key issue in economic discourse today is the relation (or lack of it) between economic behaviour and morality. Few (presumably) would want to deny that human beings are in some sense moral or ethical creatures, but the devil is in the detail. Should we think of economic behaviour as an...

   Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge
8. Innovation, Knowledge and Growth

   Adam Smith, Schumpeter and the Moderns

   By Heinz D. Kurz

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   This book deals with the prime movers of socio-economic development, innovations and technical change, their origins, forms and effects. It contains a set of closely related chapters, some of which have been previously published as papers in scholarly journals...

   Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge
9. On the Origins of Classical Economics

   Distribution and Value from William Petty to Adam Smith

   By Tony Aspromourgos

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   Examines the origin and early development of the classical theory of distribution up to 1767, stressing the concept of economic `surplus' as a key determinant of economic phenomena....

   Published November 3rd 2011 by Routledge
10. Classical Political Economy and Modern Theory

    Essays in Honour of Heinz Kurz

    Edited by Neri Salvadori, Christian Gehrke, Ian Steedman, Richard Sturn

    Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

    Heinz Kurz is recognised internationally as a leading economic theorist and a foremost historian of economic thought. This book pays tribute to his outstanding contributions by bringing together a unique collection of new essays by distinguished economists from around the world. Classical...

    Published October 25th 2011 by Routledge