This encyclopaedic work celebrates the scores of leading pioneers who created the modern economic field of industrial organization, at the heart of which lie competition and monopoly, the two great forces that drive modern markets. Their pioneering work has shaped the field's growing research as...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): 1. Dotan Leshem (2014), 'The Ancient Art of Economics', European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 21 (2), 201-29 -- 2. Constant J. Mews and Ibrahim Abraham (2007), 'Usury and Just Compensation: Religious and Financial Ethics in Historical...

Contents: Part I: The crisis and the mainstream theory -- 1. A brief description of the crisis -- 2. The mainstream economists and the crisis -- 3. The limits of the mainstream theory -- Part II: An alternative theoretical approach -- 4. Keynes and the monetary theory of production -- 5. Finance...

pt. 1. The general theory and fundamental uncertainty -- pt. 2. The general theory and the history of macroeconomics -- pt. 3. The general theory and Friedman, Kaldor, Marx and Sraffa -- pt. 4. The general theory and new interpretations.

This comprehensive second edition of The Elgar Companion to Social Economics presents an overview of a dynamic and growing field in economics that emphasizes the key role that values play in the economy and in economic life. Social economics treats the economy and economics as being embedded in...

This is a unique account of the role played by 58 figures and diagrams commonly used in economic theory. These cover a large part of mainstream economic analysis, both microeconomics and macroeconomics and also general equilibrium theory

This thought-provoking book discusses the concept of progress in economics and investigates whether any advance has been made in its different spheres of research. The authors look back at the history, successes and failures of their respective fields and thoroughly examine the notion of...

This volume presents a collection of essays honoring Professor Thomas E. Weisskopf, one of the most prominent contributors to the field of radical economics. Beginning his academic career at Harvard before moving to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Professor Weisskopf has spent the past...

This unique monograph comprises a collection of interviews conducted face-to-face with leading economists at universities throughout the United States. Presented with the singular opportunity to reflect on and share their wisdom and experience, the 21 interviewees discuss how they interpret,...

Since its emergence in the 1970s, transaction cost economics (TCE) has become a leading approach in the research on contracts, firm organization and strategy, antitrust, marketing, inter-firm collaboration and entrepreneurship. With contributions by leading scholars in economics, law and...