Business & economics / Economic History

The Great Delusion

by Steven Stoll

Endless economic growth rests on a belief in the limitless abundance of the natural world. But when did people begin to believe that societies should—even that they must—expand in wealth indefinitely? In...

The German Economy

by E. Owen-Smith

Germany is clearly the dominant economic force in Europe. It occupies the pivotal position of being at the centre of both the EC and of attempts to rebuild the economies of East Central Europe. The German Economy...

Knut Wicksell on Poverty

by Mats Lundahl

Knut Wicksell is arguably the greatest Swedish social scientist of all time, and poverty was a theme that occupied him all his life. Indeed, it was probably Wicksell's interest in poverty that was the critical...

The Rhetoric of the Right: Language Change and the Spread of the Market

by David George

This study seeks to demonstrate the subtle ways in which changes in the language associated with economic issues are reflective of a gradual but quantifiable conservative ideological shift.

In this rigorous...

Journey into Accounting Thought

by Louis Goldberg & Stewart Leech

This book explores the role of accountants in business and society. The final work of Louis Goldberg, Professor Emeritus at the University of Melbourne, it aims to raise awareness of the existence and importance...

Consumption Takes Time: Implications for Economic Theory

by Ian Steedman

Standard economic theory of consumer behaviour considers consumers' preferences, their incomes and commodity prices to be the determinants of consumption. However, consumption takes time and no consumer has...

Economic History of Lower Yangzi Delta in Late Imperial China

by Billy K. L. So

Historically, the Lower Yangzi Delta (or Jiangnan), has played a key role in China's economic development. Indeed, as the prime example of a traditional Chinese market economy, the region serves as the core...

Land, Proto-Industry and Population in Catalonia, c. 1680-1829: An Alternative Transition to Capitalism?

by Julie Marfany

This monograph makes a fresh contribution to a longstanding but far from exhausted debate concerning the transition to capitalism in Europe. The work investigates key aspects of this transformation: the changes...

Reflections on the Classical Canon in Economics: Essays in Honour of Samuel Hollander

by Evelyn L. Forget & Sandra Peart

In this discipline-defining volume, some of the leading international scholars in the history of economic thought re-examine the concepts of 'classical economics' and the 'canon', illuminating the roots and...

Financial Liberalization and the Economic Crisis in Asia

by Chung H. Lee

What brought about a financial crisis in the "miracle" economies of Asia? What went wrong with financial reform in Asia? What can the developing countries of the world learn from the reform experiences in Asia?...

Boom and Bust Banking: The Causes and Cures of the Great Recession

by David M Beckworth

Exploring the forceful renewal of the boom-and-bust cycle after several decades of economic stability, this book is a research-based review of the factors that caused the 2008 recession. It offers cutting-edge...

Ideas and Economic Crises in Britain from Attlee to Blair (1945-2005)

by Matthias M Matthijs

During the period from 1945 to 2005, Britain underwent two deep-seated institutional transformations when political elites successfully challenged the prevailing wisdom on how to govern the economy. Attlee and...

The Theory of Value and Distribution in Economics: Discussions between Pierangelo Garegnani and Paul Samuelson

by Pierangelo Garegnani, Paul Samuelson & Heinz D. Kurz

This new volume explores two alternative economic theories - the classical theory and the marginalist or neoclassical theory- through a discussion between two eminent economists, Pierangelo Garegnani and Paul...

Ethical Lessons of the Financial Crisis

by Eileen P. Flynn

In the aftermath of the economic crisis of 2008 it is important to ask what ethics has to say to the many stakeholders in the U.S. economy. The crisis in the financial industry, precipitated by the bursting...

Soldiers of Reason: The RAND Corporation and the Rise of the American Empire

by Alex Abella

Born in the wake of World War II, RAND quickly became the creator of America’s anti-Soviet nuclear strategy. A magnet for the best and the brightest, its ranks included Cold War luminaries such as Albert Wohlstetter,...

A Treatise on Political Economy

by Antoine Louis Claude Destutt de Tracy

A Treatise on Political Economy by Antonie Louis Claude Destutt de Tracy (1754-1836) is a foundational text of nineteenth-century, free-market economic thought and remains one of the classics of nineteenth-century...

On The Wealth of Nations: Books That Changed the World

by P. J. O'Rourke

In On The Wealth of Nations, America’s most provocative satirist, P. J. O’Rourke, reads Adam Smith’s revolutionary The Wealth of Nations so you don’t have to. Recognized almost instantly on its publication...

The Rise and Fall of Management: A Brief History of Practice, Theory and Context

by Gordon Pearson

Pearson reviews how management became a practice and body of understanding, the development of its crucial role in economic progress, and then how its corruption came about as a result of malign theory, leading...

Finance at the Threshold: Rethinking the Real and Financial Economies

by Christopher Houghton Budd

Why did the banks stop lending to one another, and why at this moment in history? Is the problem merely a matter of over-loose credit due to the relaxation of traditional prudence, or did global finance find...

The London and New York Stock Exchanges 1850-1914 (Routledge Revivals)

by Ranald Michie

First published in 1987, this is a reissue of the first book to offer a detailed comparison of two of the foremost stock exchanges in world before 1914. It is not only an exercise in comparative economic...