This book offers a pluralistic vision of the way economists have dealt with the question of power in society over the last two centuries. Economists’ ideas about power are examined from political, theoretical and policy-making points of view, with additional discussion of the active...

1. Introduction -- 2. The Importance of Hayek and Friedman to the Neo-liberal Concept of Freedom -- 3. The Neo-liberal Concept of Freedom -- 4. Spheres of Government -- 5. The Rise of Neo-liberalism and Tyranny of Corporations -- 6. The Rise of Mass Consumption -- 7.The Rise of Neoliberalism and...

Einleitung -- Prinzipien des Marktes -- Prinzipien der Wirtschaftsordnung -- Prinzipien staatlicher Intervention -- Prinzipien des Wohlstands -- Prinzipien ökonomischer Theorie und Forschung -- Perspektiven ökonomischer Praxis.

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...

Chapter 1. General Introduction: Why Should We Study the History of Economic Theory? -- Chapter 2. Introduction -- Chapter 3. Economics in Cambridge: Alfred Marshall, the Old Cambridge School, and Their Opponents in England -- Chapter 4. Economics in Lausanne: Vilfredo Pareto and the Lausanne...

The Classical or Surplus Approach -- Long-Period Prices -- Introduction to the Marginal Approach -- Consumers, and the Exchange Economy -- Firms, Partial Equilibria, and the General Equilibrium with Production -- Existence, Uniqueness and Stability of Non-capitalistic General Equilibria --...

1. Introduction -- 2. Social Inequality and the Plurality of Life-Styles -- 3. Inequality Processes and Vertical Social Stratification -- 4. Social Network Analysis and the Sociology of Economics -- 5. From Heterodoxy to Orthodoxy and Vice Versa -- 6. The Order of Social Sciences -- 7. Bounded...

Introduction (Matthew McManus) -- Part 1: Law and Rights in Contemporary Liberalism and Socialism -- Chapter 2. What Does It Mean To Say All Are Created Equal?: Liberalism And Socialism On Basic Rights (Matthew McManus) -- Chapter 3. The Identity Thesis, Basic Structure, and Constitutional...