Jugend- und Reifejahre -- Auf der Flucht -- Auswanderung in die Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika -- Ein Anwalt ohne Sold, bemüht fürs Vaterland -- Nationalökonom und Visionär -- Das tragische Ende.

Hintergrund und Annäherung an frühe geldtheoretische Überlegungen in Frankfurt -- Stand der geldtheoretischen Diskussion zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts -- Teil I: Bernhard Laum – „Heiliges Geld“ -- Bernhard Laum – Vita und Werdegang -- Bernhard Laums Theorie der Geldentstehung -- Teil...

Friedrich List und die europäische Integration -- China und List -- Friedrich List und die Mitglieder der „Demagogengesellschaft“ von 1825 auf dem Hohenasperg -- Die sieben Todsünden der Ökonomie aus der Sicht von Friedrich List -- Technologischer Fortschritt und Science Fiction bei...

This book is a major contribution to the study of political economy. With chapters ranging from the origins of political economy to its most exciting research fields, this handbook provides a reassessment of political economy as it stands today, whilst boldly gesturing to where it might head in...

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...

Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) was a leading figure in the British classical school of economics, best-known for extending the insights of Adam Smith at a time of revolutionary improvements in agriculture and industry. This book explores the way in which he accounted for the tendency to...

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This is the seventh book in a series of discussions about the great minds in the history and theory of finance. While the series addresses the contributions of scholars in our understanding of financial decisions and markets, this seventh book describes how econometrics developed and how its...

Cambridge University has and continues to be one of the most important centres for economics. With nine chapters on themes in Cambridge economics and over 40 chapters on the lives and work of Cambridge economists, this volume shows how economics became established at the university, how it...