1: Karl Marx on Capitalism -- 2: Hyman Minsky on Financial Crises -- 3: John Maynard Keynes on Debt and Demand -- 4: Frank Knight on Risk and Uncertainty -- 5: Barbara Bergmann on Gender Biases.-6: Thorstein veblen on Inequality -- 7: Amartya Sen on Financial Capabilities -- 8: Gunnar Myrdal on...

“I share with the author the conviction that Smith’s interest for and theories of rhetoric and language need to be re-assessed to better understand his political economy, and more generally his system of thought. This book has important insights to offer on Smith’s views on rhetoric and...

1. Epistemology and Methodology -- 2. Microeconomics -- 3. Labor Economics -- 4. Macroeconomics -- 5. International Economics -- 6. Political Philosophy -- 7. Law -- 8. Public Policy -- 9. Final Thoughts.

This book explores the life and work of Austrian-British economist, political economist, and social philosopher, Friedrich Hayek. Set within a context of the recent financial crisis, alongside the renewed interest in Hayek and the Hayek-Keynes debate, the book introduces the main themes of...

1. Introduction: Work Hard and Play by the Rules -- 2. From Socrates to Smith: The Moral and Cultural Foundations of Economics -- 3. Just the Facts, Mammon: Modern Aspirations to Moral and Cultural Neutrality -- 4. Keynes' Revolutionary Vision: Consumer Satisfaction as Moral Crusade -- 5....

Introductuion -- 1. Adam Smith on self-interest -- 2. Jeremy Bentham on self-interest -- 3. John Stuart Mill on self-interest and the assumption of economic theories -- 4. Leon Walras’ idea of human nature and theory of property: free exchange, communism, and association -- 5. Self-interest in...

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...

1. Introduction -- 2. Neoclassical Economics and Capitalism -- 3. Marxian Economics -- 4. John Maynard Keynes and Stabilization Measures -- 5. Neoclassical Economics, Marx and Keynes, and the Global Financial Crisis -- 6. Capitalism Versus Socialism: A Few Country Studies -- 7. Survival of the...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Adam Smith, Workers’ Rights and the Political Side of the Market -- Chapter 3. Monopoly versus Monopoly -- Chapter 4. Against the Current -- Chapter 5. Who's Afraid of Giants?.

1. The Protestant Father as Economist- Craig Freedman -- Part I: A Biographical Perspective -- 2. The Curmudgeon as Teacher: Afternoon Coffee with Mark Blaug- Craig Freedman -- 3. Fathers and Sons: A Conversation with Stephen Stigler- Craig Freedman -- 4. The Way Things Work: The Empirical Bent...