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Examines the study of the division of labour over the past two and a half millennia, from the writings of Plato, Smith and Marx, to Hayek and Stigler.

This title explores the perceived paradigmatic conflict within British classical economics between the so called 'Ricardo School' and the contemporary French Economics of Jean-Baptiste Say.

A collection of contributions to the debate on Keynes' monumental legacy.

The book attempts to investigate the position of subjectivism in the economic theories in the past, and its relationship or rather confrontation with objective point of view in economics.

Addressing all aspects of Steuart's contribution to economics this book reveals the particular importance of his work on monetary issues and highlights ways in which he prepared the ground for a new conception of economic relations.

This book argues for the originality of Carl Menger's contribution to the development of the Austrian School of economics, against the dominant orthodoxy in the history of economic thought.

Keynes, Sraffa, and the Criticism of Neoclassical Theory comprises twenty-three essays, covering themes in Keynesian economic theory, in the development of the modern classical approach to economic theory, linear production models, and the critique of neoclassical theory.

Classical Political Economy and Modern Theory comprises twenty essays, grouped thematically into five sections. Part 1 examines political economy and its critique, Part 2 looks at entrepreneurship, evolution and income distribution, Part 3 discusses Cambridge, Keynes and macroeconomics, Part 4 explores crisis and cycles, whilst Part 5 is dedicated to personal reminiscences.

This volume offers an exciting new reading of John Ruskin's economic and social criticism, based on recent research into rhetoric in economics.

This timely work elucidates Jevons' pivotal position in the history of economic thought.

Scholars from around the world with a wide range of theoretical perspectives probe into typical Shacklean themes of time and money, uncertainty and expectation and into the roots of Shackle's philosophical and methodological stance.

A description of the changing role of economics and the development of academic economics from the 1920s to the late 1960s. An insight into the role of university disciplines in the education system is provided by interviews with leading economists. Part of the ROUTLEDGE STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF ECONOMICS series.

Guild socialism has been regarded as a cul-de-sac in social and economic thought. However, this work demonstrates its continued relevance. Focusing on the Douglas Social Credit movement, it examines the key ideas, gives an overview of the main theories, and discusses their subsequent history.

Explores the role of economic theory in normalizing the family in the first half of the nineteenth century. Drawing on sources such as novels, books on etiquette and statistical sources, and works of economics, this book examines the impacts of these different forms on debate.

The essays in this collection argue that the 'classical' approach to economic problems holds the key to an explanation of important present day economic phenomena.

This collection summarizes the work of key historians of economics and attempts to quantify their impact. The collection is authored by an impressive list of contributors, many of whom are themselves well-known in this field.

This book represents the first critical attempt to incorporate the question of the canon in the history of economics into contemporary scholarly debate. It discusses how the canon is formed, perpetuated, interpreted and re-interpreted.

This book allows full appreciation of the work of Allyn Young, a central figure in the development of American economic thought. It reprints his most significant contributions and lost works.

This study moves away from the usual depiction of Say as a one dimensional popularizer of Smith and proponent of libertarian ideology. Here he is placed in context, at the confluence of several major currents in social philosophy.