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This authoritative and comprehensive reference work provides a thorough account of the classical approach to economics. It contains almost two hundred informative short entries in an easily accessible dictionary format on all the significant areas of this school of thought. The companion breaks...
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This fascinating biography of an economist who was also a logician and administrator, is based mainly upon his virtually continuous diary. The diary provides an intimate commentary on the academic developments and conflicts in which he was closely involved as well as on his life as...
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Ronald H. Coase, one of the most innovative and provocative economists of the twentieth century, has had a lasting … Companion, 31 leading economists, social scientists and legal scholars, including two Nobel Laureates, offer the first global …
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In this enlightening book, John Berdell addresses the widely-held belief that classical economics distanced itself from policy issues and public debates regarding the effects of international trade on economic growth in advanced economies. He argues, through a detailed consideration of the...
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This book reconsiders and analyses the different approaches historically proposed in the literature on growth and distribution. The contributors have achieved, through a comprehensive and cohesive analysis of the approaches of different schools of thought, a wide-ranging interpretation of a...
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The @Status of Women in Classical Economic Thought is the first volume to explore how the classical economists … which have since dominated how economists approach this topic. A sophisticated response was developed to the question: why …, Harriet Martineau, William Thompson and Anna Wheeler. Economists interested in the history of their discipline as well as …
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In this collection, esteemed post-Keynesian scholars reassess the relevance of Keynes's 'The General Theory' to a broad array of topic areas, ranging from the environment, investment finance, exchange rates, and socialism, as well as inquiries into general post-Keynesian theory
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As Europe moves toward an integrated academic system, European economics is changing. This book discusses that change, along with the changes that are happening simultaneously within the economic profession. The authors argue that modern economics can no longer usefully be described as...
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The economics major is a central part of a college education. But is that economics major doing what it is meant to do? And if not, how should it be changed? This book raises a set of provocative questions that encourage readers to look at the economics major in a different light than it is...
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