This book examines the three historical master tales and questions their validity and relevance in today's moment of global disorientation which lacks a convincing and dominant economic narrative. Investigating the ideological dimension and exploring the continued impact of Marx, Keynes and...

Contents: Part I: Capitalism and financial crisis -- 1. Marx and the monetary business cycle -- 2. Marx and the emergence of debt markets -- 3. Rosa luxemburg and the marxists on finance -- Part II: Critical theories of finance in the twentieth century: Unstable money and finance -- 4. Ralph...

Spencer Pack compares and contrasts Aristotle's, Smith's and Marx's theoretical systems on six fundamental issues: exchange value, money, capital, character, government, and change. This book also provides insights on issues concerning the continuing development of world money, saving,...

Introduction -- Marxism, Darwinism, institutionalism -- Darwin and Marx at the crossroads -- Social Darwinism in anglophone academic journals -- Institutionalism versus Marxism : a debate with Alex Callinicos -- Three essays on critical realism -- The uncritical political affinities of critical...

This book uses an institutional-evolutionary approach to analyse economic problems associated with developments in capitalism during the second half of the twentieth century. It argues that economics should centre on institutions - the durable fabric of the economy over time. Drawing on the...

The Elgar Companion to Economics and Philosophy aims to demonstrate exactly how these two important areas have always been linked, and to illustrate the key areas of overlap. The contributors are well-known and distinguished authors from a variety of disciplines, who have been invited both to...

Contents: 1. Introduction - 'changing philosophies' -- 2. The theory philosophy: 'changing theories' -- 3. The rational philosophy: 'changing plans' -- 4. The biological philosophy: 'changing organisms' -- 5. The models philosophy: 'changing consultants' -- 6. The institutional philosophy:...

Introduction / Kleio Akrivou -- Part I the common good in history: virtue epistemology as knowledge foundation for the relationships between institutions, society and person(s) -- 1. The merchant and the common good: social paradigms and the state's influence in western history / Agustín...

The classical ideal of the leader -- Plato -- Thomas Aquinas -- Conclusion : fictions and implicit theories -- The classical ideal in republics -- Aristotle -- Niccolo Machiavelli -- James Harrington -- The implicit theories of the classical republicans -- Toward a new implicit theory and a new...