Social sciences and economics have undergone enormous progress. While certain topics have been fully researched, others have remained largely under-researched or ignored. It is this discrepancy which prompted the research paradigm of 'Crossing Bridges'. For this volume, ten authors have joined...

Preliminaries -- Table of Contents; Introduction -- Theorie der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung -- The Theory of Economic Development -- The Institutional Analysis of Entrepreneurship -- The Influence of Schumpeter's German Writings on the Mainstream Economic Literature in English -- Schumpeter and...

In dem so geschichtsträchtigen Jahr 1848 erschienen John Stuart Mills "Principles of Political Economy - with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy". Die 150. Wiederkehr dieses Ereignisses von nachhaltigem Einfluß auf das ökonomische, ja auf das gesellschaftspolitische Denken in...

Hayek's theory of cultural evolution has always generated controversy. Interest in Hayek's theory, and others' analysis and criticism of it, has been rising of late. This volume urges a reconsideration of Hayeks' theory of evolution and aims to explore the relevance of Hayek's theory for its own...

Evolutionary Economic Thought explores the theoretical roots of the evolutionary approach, and in so doing, demonstrates how it fits squarely into the theoretical mainstream. Focusing on the institutions of evolutionary change and the processes - such as competition - that generate change, this...

Introduction -- The Tradition of Economic Thought in the Mediterranean World from the Ancient Classical Times Through the Hellenistic Times until the Byzantine Times and Arab-Islamic World -- Mercantilism -- The Cameralists: Fertile Sources for a New Science of Public Finance -- The Physiocrats,...

Theorie der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung -- The Theory of Economic Development -- The Institutional Analysis of Entrepreneurship: Historist Aspects of Schumpeter’s Development Theory -- The Influence of Schumpeter’s German Writings on the Mainstream Economic Literature in English --...

Joan Robinson is widely considered to be amongst the greatest economists of the 20th Century. This book provides a comprehensive study of her life and work, examining her role in the making of The General Theory, her critical interest in Marxian economics, her contributions to Labour Party...