History of Economic Thought
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![Landmark Papers in Economics, Politics and Law Selected By James M. Buchanan]()
Landmark Papers in Economics, Politics and Law Selected By James M. Buchanan
Edited by James M. Buchanan
James Buchanan has been a key figure in the integration of the analysis of political decision-making into the corpus of economic theory, the source for what is now called ‘public choice economics’. This notable volume seeks to identify f... -
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![Landmark Papers in Economic Fluctuations, Economic Policy and Related Subjects Selected By Lawrence R. Klein]()
Landmark Papers in Economic Fluctuations, Economic Policy and Related Subjects Selected By Lawrence R. Klein
Edited by Lawrence R. Klein
The computer revolution of the 1960s ushered in a golden period of econometric model building. Lawrence Klein was constantly in the forefront of this development. He was awarded the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for this and o... -
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![The Legacy of Léon Walras]()
The Legacy of Léon Walras
Edited by Donald A. Walker
This important two-volume collection of over sixty published articles presents a major study of Léon Walras’s intellectual legacy and reveals how Walras’s ideas contributed significantly to the formation of the mainstream of modern micro... -
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![Landmark Papers in Economic Growth Selected By Robert M. Solow]()
Landmark Papers in Economic Growth Selected By Robert M. Solow
Edited by Robert M. Solow
Robert Solow has made a seminal contribution in the field of aggregative economics. This authoritative volume will be an important starting point for any researcher or professional economist seeking to understand how this branch of econo... -
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![Growth Theory in Historical Perspective]()
Growth Theory in Historical Perspective
Theo C.M.J. van de Klundert, Sjak Smulders
Growth Theory in Historical Perspective is a collection of thirteen carefully selected essays by Theo van de Klundert which demonstrate the development of growth theory over the past forty years. The sequence of chapters reveals the shif... -
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![Knowledge, Social Institutions and the Division of Labour]()
Knowledge, Social Institutions and the Division of Labour
Edited by Pier Luigi Porta, Roberto Scazzieri, Andrew Skinner
This fascinating book is divided into three parts beginning with the issue of the development of science as an aspect of the division of labour, starting from methodological problems on the communication of scientific knowledge. The vol...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Marx, Veblen, and Contemporary Institutional Political Economy]()
Marx, Veblen, and Contemporary Institutional Political Economy
Phillip A. O’Hara
This book uses an institutional–evolutionary approach to analyse economic problems associated with developments in capitalism during the second half of the twentieth century. It argues that economics should centre on institutions – the d... -
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Understanding Dennis Robertson
Gordon Fletcher
In this fascinating study Gordon Fletcher explores the relationship between the life and work of one of Britain’s most distinguished economists, Sir Dennis Holme Robertson (1890–1963). Drawing on a wealth of previously unpublished mater... -
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Ethics and Uncertainty
William Greer
Ethics and Uncertainty explores how two economists, who both placed ‘uncertainty’ at the heart of their economic theories, come to drastically different and opposing policy recommendations. The volume illustrates that the important less...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Economic Thought from Smith to Keynes]()
Economic Thought from Smith to Keynes
Takashi Negishi
These essays reconsider economic thought in the light of modern theory, from Smith to Marx, and from Marshall to Keynes. Takashi Negishi discusses contributions made both in classical school and marginal revolution literature which are ... -
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![The Early History of Financial Economics, 1478–1776]()
The Early History of Financial Economics, 1478–1776
Geoffrey Poitras
By the time The Wealth of Nations had appeared, financial economics featured a well developed body of scientific knowledge, covering subjects such as fixed income evaluation, life insurance and derivative securities. From beginnings whi... -
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The Kennedy–Johnson Tax Cut
Martin F.J. Prachowny
The 1964 Kennedy–Johnson tax cut is often cited as the single most successful application of Keynesian stabilization policy. The author challenges this orthodox historical view by exposing the haphazard planning, simplistic economic the...
