Economic Theory & Philosophy Books

New and Published Books

1. Adam Smith's Economics

   Its Place in the Development of Economic Thought

   By Maurice Brown

   The conventional received opinion of Adam Smith as an isolated figure, the founder of ‘modern’ economics, is thoroughly mistaken and misleading. This is the central premise of this book, first published in 1988, in which the author argues that by placing Smith’s work in its historical context,...

   Published January 29th 2012 by Routledge
2. Economics for Real

   Uskali Mäki and the Place of Truth in Economics

   Edited by Aki Lehtinen, Jaakko Kuorikoski, Petri Ylikoski

   Series: Routledge INEM Advances in Economic Methodology

   This book provides the first comprehensive and critical examination of Mäki’s realist philosophy of economics....

   Published January 23rd 2012 by Routledge
3. Order and Control in American Socio-Economic Thought

   Social Scientists and Progressive-Era Reform

   By Charles McCann

   Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

   The Progressive Era is generally regarded as a period of extraordinary social, political, and economic change, affecting virtually every aspect of American life. In the last decades of the nineteenth century, American social scientists, drawing on their experiences with the German social welfare...

   Published January 19th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Conditions of Industrial Peace (Routledge Revivals)

   By J. A. Hobson

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1927, Hobson’s treatise on industrial conflict analyses the nature and causes of industrial disputes with the aim of finding an equitable means of settling them. Assessing the notion of a fair wage within the context of the pool of wealth, Hobson sets about creating a peace...

   Published January 19th 2012 by Routledge
5. Cultural Studies and Finance Capitalism

   The Economic Crisis and After

   Edited by Mark Hayward

   While many discussions of the economic crisis of 2007-2008 have sought to explain the causes of the financial collapse, this volume looks to supplement these accounts by exploring possible alternatives for the post-crisis world in which we now live. However, rather than offering a strictly economic...

   Published January 16th 2012 by Routledge
6. Hahn and Economic Methodology

   By Thomas Boylan, Paschal O'Gorman

   Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

   Hahn on Methodology: The Quest for Understanding addresses two fundamental questions: (i) what is distinctive about economic theorising?; (ii) what is the cognitive value of the outcome of this activity of economic theorising, i.e. economic theory. We will argue that for Hahn, economic theorising...

   Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge
7. A History of Homo Economicus

   The Nature of the Moral in Economic Theory

   By William Dixon, David Wilson

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   A key issue in economic discourse today is the relation (or lack of it) between economic behaviour and morality. Few (presumably) would want to deny that human beings are in some sense moral or ethical creatures, but the devil is in the detail. Should we think of economic behaviour as an...

   Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge
8. Neuroeconomics: Hype or Hope?

   Edited by Caterina Marchionni, Jack Vromen

   Is neuroeconomics a flimsy fad likely to pass without leaving a discernible trace in economics? Or is it a promising new field with the potential to enrich and improve economic theory? Neuroeconomics brings together a unique mix of perspectives ranging from philosophy of science to neuroeconomics...

   Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge
9. The Applied Economics of Transport

   Edited by Mark Taylor

   This book provides an introduction and overview to nine applied financial studies on the theme of transport. The studies cover a wide range of topics, from value based trading of real assets in shipping, to the determinants of efficiency and productivity in European railways, to the market for used...

   Published December 18th 2011 by Routledge
10. Perspectives on Econometrics and Applied Economics

    A Tribute to Sir Clive Granger

    Edited by Mark Taylor

    This volume is dedicated to the memory and the achievements of Professor Sir Clive Granger, economics Nobel laureate and one of the great econometricians and applied economists of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. It comprises contributions from leading econometricians and applied...

    Published December 13th 2011 by Routledge