Economic Theory & Philosophy Books

New and Published Books

1. Technological Change and Network Effects in Growth Regimes

   Exploring the Microfoundations of Economic Growth

   By Torsten Heinrich

   Series: Routledge Advances in Heterodox Economics

   In this new volume it is argued that network effects are much more common than usually assumed, and that they have a profound impact on many aspects of economic systems, especially technological change and economic growth. The analysis and modelling of this interrelationship is the central focus of...

   Published February 3rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Writings on Distribution and Welfare (Routledge Revivals)

   By J. Hobson

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   The articles in this volume, originally published in a variety of journals between 1890 and 1937, deal with the themes of the distribution of income and welfare. Highlighting the contribution which Hobson made to welfare economics and the way in which he distanced himself from his more orthodox...

   Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
3. The Physiology of Industry (Routledge Revivals)

   By J. Hobson, A. Mummery

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   The Physiology of Industry is a remarkable work which set out to challenge contemporary theory surrounding the economics of labour, supply and demand. First published in 1889, Hobson’s first book outlines some of the key areas of his theory of underconsumption. The precise contribution of Mummery,...

   Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
4. Capital Inflation and the Multinationals (Routledge Revivals)

   By Charles Levinson

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   Inflation is the economic plague of the modern world, completely undermining conventional theory and policies for its containment, and setting governments, management and labour on a dangerous collision course. Its alarming spread is only paralleled by the expansion of multinational corporations,...

   Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
5. Alfred Marshall's Mission (Routledge Revivals)

   By David Reisman

   Alfred Marshall was anxious to do good. Intended by an Evangelical father for the vocation of clergyman, the author of the mould-shaping Principles of Economics remained to the end of his days a great preacher deeply committed to raising the tone of life. First published in 1990, Alfred Marshall’s...

   Published December 21st 2012 by Routledge
6. Microeconomic Theory second edition

   Concepts and Connections

   By Michael Wetzstein

   This book introduces the main concepts of microeconomics to upper division undergraduate students or first year graduate students who have undergone at least one elementary calculus course. The book fully integrates graphical and mathematical concepts and offers over 150 analytical examples...

   Published December 20th 2012 by Routledge
7. Urban and Regional Development Trajectories in Contemporary Capitalism

   By Flavia Martinelli, Frank Moulaert, Andreas Novy

   Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

   This book re-evaluates a rich scientific heritage of space- and history-sensitive development theories and produces an integrated methodology for the comparative analysis of urban and regional trajectories within a globalized world. The main argument put forward is that current mainstream analyses...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
8. Reconstructing Keynesian Macroeconomics Volume 2

   Integrated Approaches

   By Carl Chiarella, Peter Flaschel, Willi Semmler

   Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

   This book represents the second of three volumes offering a complete reinterpretation and restructuring of Keynesian macroeconomics and a detailed investigation of the disequilibrium adjustment processes characterizing the financial, the goods and the labour markets and their interaction. In this...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
9. Crises of Global Economies and the Future of Capitalism

   Reviving Marxian Crisis Theory

   Edited by Kiichiro Yagi, Nobuharu Yokokawa, Hagiwara Shinjiro, Gary Dymski

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   Recent events in the global financial markets and macro economies have served as a strong reminder for a need of a coherent theory of capitalist crisis and analysis. This book helps to fill the gap with well-grounded alternative articulations of the forces which move today's economic dynamics, how...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
10. Social Fairness and Economics

    Economic Essays in the Spirit of Duncan Foley

    Edited by Lance Taylor, Armon Rezai, Thomas Michl

    Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

    This volume brings together papers inspired by the work of Duncan Foley, an extraordinarily productive economist who has made seminal contributions to a wide variety of areas. Foley’s work cannot be easily classified, but one thread that runs through it is a critical examination (along both ethical...

    Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge