Economic Theory & Philosophy Books

New and Published Books

1. Routledge Handbook of World-Systems Analysis

   Edited by Salvatore Babones, Christopher Chase-Dunn

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   World-systems analysis has developed rapidly over the past thirty years. Today's students and junior scholars come to world-systems analysis as a well-established approach spanning all of the social sciences. The best world-systems scholarship, however, is spread across multiple methodologies and...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
2. Social Networks, Innovation and the Knowledge Economy

   Edited by Isabel Salavisa, Margarida Fontes

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   In this book, the authors illustrate how social networks can play a very significant role in the technological catch up process in moderate innovative countries. Using an innovative approach to the study of entrepreneurship in knowledge-intensive sectors, the book analyses the role of...

   Published May 21st 2012 by Routledge
3. The Impact of Economic Democracy (Routledge Revivals)

   Profit-sharing and employee-shareholding schemes

   By Michael Poole, Glenville Jenkins

   First published in 1990, this work examines the link between the economic performance of companies and profit sharing. The relationship is a complex one: industrial relations may be improved by schemes, but good employers are likely to introduce profit sharing in any case; and though attitudes...

   Published May 8th 2012 by Routledge
4. A Neo-Classical Theory of Economic Growth (Routledge Revivals)

   By James E. Meade

   Series: Collected Works of James Meade

   First published in 1960, this seminal work illuminates the interrelations of the various approaches to the theory of economic growth. Professor Meade seeks to understand the factors which determine the speed of economic growth and outlines the ways in which classical economic analysis may be...

   Published April 26th 2012 by Routledge
5. Efficiency, Equality and the Ownership of Property (Routledge Revivals)

   By James E. Meade

   Series: Collected Works of James Meade

   First published in 1964, this is a study of the extreme inequalities in the ownership of property, in economies across the globe. Professor Meade examines in depth the economic, demographic and social factors which lead to such inequalities. He considers a wide range of remedial policies –...

   Published April 26th 2012 by Routledge
6. Planning and the Price Mechanism (Routledge Revivals)

   The Liberal-Socialist Solution

   By James E. Meade

   Series: Collected Works of James Meade

   First published in 1948, this book outlines a solution to contemporary economic problems in the post-war years. This solution aims to make the best use of our price mechanism, free initiative and competition, but also involves the socialization of certain monopolistic concerns and the state control...

   Published April 26th 2012 by Routledge
7. The Intelligent Radical's Guide to Economic Policy (Routledge Revivals)

   The Mixed Economy

   By James E. Meade

   Series: Collected Works of James Meade

   First published in 1975, this guide to economic policy outlines an economic philosophy for reform for the ‘intelligent radical’ who seeks to address the issues of liberty and equality within society. Among other issues, the book looks at policies to control inflation, to maintain full employment,...

   Published April 26th 2012 by Routledge
8. The Economic Basis of a Durable Peace (Routledge Revivals)

   By James E. Meade

   Series: Collected Works of James Meade

   First published in 1940, this book suggested the basic principles upon which a new international economic order should be built at the end of the Second World War. Particular attention is paid to the possibility of constructing such an international order on the basis of divergent national economic...

   Published April 26th 2012 by Routledge
9. A Geometry of International Trade (Routledge Revivals)

   By James E. Meade

   Series: Collected Works of James Meade

   First published in 1952, this work is a systematic exposition of Professor Meade’s geometric method, bringing together into a single coherent account the modern geometrical analysis of the theory of international trade. The work makes a number of original contributions, notably in the geometrical...

   Published April 26th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Stationary Economy (Routledge Revivals)

    Principles of Political Economy Volume I

    By James E. Meade

    Series: Collected Works of James Meade

    First published in 1965, this is a reissue of the first volume in Professor Meade’s highly influential Principles of Political Economy, which aimed to provide an overview of economic analysis in light of contemporary developments in the subject. This volume is based on models of economic systems in...

    Published April 26th 2012 by Routledge