Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
About the Book Series
In recent years, there has been widespread criticism of mainstream economics. This has taken many forms, from methodological critiques of its excessive formalism, to concern about its failure to connect with many of the most pressing social issues. This series provides a forum for research which is developing alternative forms of economic analysis. Reclaiming the traditional 'political economy' title, it refrains from emphasising any single school of thought, but instead attempts to foster greater diversity within economics.
Bank Profitability and Interest Rates: An Endogenous Money Theory Perspective
1st Edition
By Riccardo Zolea
July 13, 2026
In recent years, many financial and monetary issues have been clarified and explained by the post-Keynesian theory, but some open questions remain on the functioning of the bank and the role of bank profitability in interest rate determination and distributive conflict. The book identifies a ...
Heterodox Economics and Social Policy: Reassessing Equality of Opportunity and Equality of Place
1st Edition
Edited
By Camilo Andrés Guevara Castañeda
June 29, 2026
This book critically examines the theoretical and practical foundations of contemporary social policy through the lens of heterodox economic thought. Despite decades of academic debate and institutional reform, contemporary social policy remains largely anchored in the liberal tradition of equality...
Sustainable Economic Development: Perspectives from Political Economy and Economics Pluralism
1st Edition
Edited
By Giorgos Meramveliotakis, Manolis Manioudis
June 22, 2026
Drawing on political economy and economic pluralism, this book explores issues in sustainable economic development from a macro perspective. In contrast to the vast majority of studies on contemporary development problems, which are focused on micro-level theory, method, and policy, this volume ...
Corruption and the Sustainable Development Goals
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Gillanders, Chandan Kumar Jha
June 19, 2026
With a chapter devoted to each of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this edited book explores the evidence that corruption is a strong impediment to achieving the SDGs and that strong anti-corruption policy is essential if any are to be achieved. For some of the goals, there...
Keynes and Macroeconomics: An Alternative Theory of Employment, Finance and Sustainability
1st Edition
By Arne Heise
June 19, 2026
In 1936 John Maynard Keynes published a book that he believed would revolutionise the way the world thinks about economic problems: The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money. Although the book became the foundation of a particular approach to economic theorising – later termed ...
Nativism and Capitalism: From Colonial Hauntings to Radical Indigenous Futures
1st Edition
By Peter Bloom
June 09, 2026
Nativism and Capitalism: From Colonial Hauntings to Radical Indigenous Futures offers a sweeping reappraisal of nativism as a central force within global capitalism rather than a simple reaction against it. Peter Bloom shows how the figure of the “native”, inherited from colonial rule, continues to...
Economic Growth and Long Cycles: A Classical Political Economy Approach
1st Edition
By Nikolaos Chatzarakis, Persefoni Tsaliki, Lefteris Tsoulfidis
May 22, 2026
Contemporary capitalism is characterized by periods of vigorous economic growth and periods of slow or even negative growth. This book draws on the classical political economy approach to consider both economic cycles and economic growth and draw conclusions about the inherent instability of the ...
Economics for Humanity: Integrating Well-being, Community, and Practical Philosophy
1st Edition
By Mitsuaki Okabe
May 22, 2026
Economics is often referred to as “the queen of social sciences.” This is because mainstream economics has been established as an elegant academic discipline by assuming mankind simply to be homo economicus— an image of human beings showing interest in only material fulfilment and acting solely in ...
Inequality and Stagnation: A Monetary Interpretation
1st Edition
By Santiago Capraro, Carlo Panico, Luis Torres-González
May 22, 2026
The book examines how the outgrowth of the financial industry has contributed to the recent tendencies towards inequality and stagnation. It proposes a monetary interpretation of these events using a Classical–Keynesian theoretical approach derived from the work of Keynes and Sraffa. The approach ...
Macroeconomics After the General Theory: Fundamental Uncertainty, Animal Spirits and Shifting Equilibrium in a Competitive Economy
1st Edition
By Angel Asensio
May 22, 2026
Both Keynes’s General Theory and orthodox economics seek to understand how competitive markets work, but they diverge sharply with respect to the nature and properties of the competitive equilibrium. The reason, as Keynes himself pointed out, is that the General Theory recognises that the future ...
Nation, Imperialism, and Capitalism: A Critique
1st Edition
By John Milios
May 22, 2026
Exploring the interdependence of capital accumulation with imperialist tendencies and nationalism, this book investigates the workings of contemporary capitalism. By systematically addressing nationalism and the imperialist tendencies inherent in capitalist social formations – to expand ...
Public Economics and Democracy: The Moral Foundations of Economic Governance
1st Edition
By Shahzavar Karimzadi
May 22, 2026
In mainstream public economics, it is tacitly implied that all facets of the public sector can be managed efficiently and fairly by any type of government. By contrast, this book argues that only a democratic government can meet the conditions of legitimacy and economic efficiency, which are ...