What do the economic theories of thought-leaders in economics, such as Smith, Keynes, Marx and Schumpeter, tell us about globalisation in the twenty-first century? Great economic theories have provided a narrative of how society should work in all its aspects, and can offer renewed usefulness...

Chapter 1: Introduction; Thomas Hoerber, Alain Anquetil -- Chapter 2: The Social Liberalism of John Stuart Mill; Alain Anquetil -- Chapter 3: Karl Marx’s Communism and Critique of Capital; Paul Prew -- Chapter 4: Edmund Burke’s Liberalism; Thomas Hoerber -- Chapter 5: The free Liberalism of...

This chapter on the political thought of Edmund Burke (1729-1797) will mainly focus on British politics and history in the context and in contrast to the French Revolution of 1789. Writing at the height of the Enlightenment period and alongside great thinkers, such as David Hume (1711-1776),...