1. Evolutionary method in law and economics -- 2. Causes and consequences of the widening of the market: a case of cumulative economic evolution -- 3. The corporate form and the state -- 4. Interstate commerce and state regulation of business -- 5. Interstate commerce and federal regulation of...

Property rights formalize the relationship between individuals and goods. They form the cornerstone of the pricing, supply and efficient allocation of scarce resources between individuals. The Economic Foundations of Property Rights is an outstanding collection of some of the most important work...

This outstanding book focuses on how economics can contribute to the design, implementation and appraisal of legal systems that create the "right" incentives for environmental protection. The sixteen original and specially commissioned contributions -- written by some of the leading names in...

Capitalism has outperformed all other systems and maintained a positive growth rate since it began. Svetozar Pejovich makes the case within this book that a major reason for the success of capitalism lies in the efficiency-friendly incentives of its basic institutions, which continuously adjust...

'I only wish that Ian McDonald's Behavioural Macroeconomics had been available when I was preparing A Guide to Behavioral Economics; it certainly would have provided me with material to fill in a number of gaps and cite several additional important concerns!'--Hugh Schwartz, University of the...

1. The intellectual evolution of a non-economist : 1890-1900 -- 2. Pareto and Vailati : a forgotten exchange on choice and action -- 3. The methodological dispute between Pareto and Croce -- 4. Guidelines for Paretian methodology -- 5. More wars than peace : Pareto and English economists -- 6. A...

1. Introduction -- 2. Tools of the trade : rational choice -- 3. Religion -- 4. Greed, lust, sloth and waste -- 5. Envy and jealousy -- 6. Lies and deceit -- 7. Matters of life and death -- 8. Addiction -- 9. Adultery -- 10. Prostitution -- 11. Conclusion.

This book is an important addition to the emerging body of new work on capital. Its primary contribution is in analysing capital investment choice as a process. The understanding of this process requires some modification and significant extension to the standard neo-classical economic tools....