This book discusses the work of German economists Gustav von Schmoller and Adolph Wagner, its influence on the tradition of German and Austrian economic and social thought, and its implications for the discipline today. Schmoller and Wagner integrated philosophical, historical, sociological and...

This volume traces the evolution of the field of law and economics from its European roots to its neoclassical “Chicagoan” period to its current identity as a more fluid, transatlantic discipline. Paying special attention to the work of German economist Juergen Backhaus, who was instrumental...

This book discusses the history and socioeconomic impact of Rerum novarum, the first Catholic social encyclical. Drawn from research presented at the 2016 Heilbronn Symposia on Economics and the Social Sciences, this book resumes the discussion on the origin, dissemination and impact of the...

Chapter 1: Introduction to the First Socialization Debate -- Chapter 2: The First Socialization Debate of 1918 -- Chapter 3: From Financial Capital to Organized Capitalism -- Chapter 4: Visions of Socialization and Political Reality -- Chapter 5: Different Views of Socialization Strategies in...

This reader in the history of economic thought challenges the assumption that today's prevailing economic theories are always the most appropriate ones. As Leland Yeager has pointed out, unlike the scientists of the natural sciences, economists provide their ideas largely to politicians and...

1.Introduction Jürgen G. Backhaus -- 2.Sold SoldiersJürgen G. Backhaus -- 3.The Brandenburg TriangleGerhard Scheuerer -- 4.Some Short Thoughts on “The Economics of Slavery”Thomas Straubhaar -- 5.Emancipation of the peasantry in Lower AustriaGünther Chaloupek -- 6.Liberation of the Serfs -...

This book was prompted by the current, lingering financial crisis, which has its basis in the disorderly financial practices of the United States. These practices have resulted in an accumulated debt which now requires the United States to run financial policies at artificially low interest...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Friedrich Engels at 200 Revisiting his maiden paper “Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy” (1844) -- Chapter 3: The Internal Contradiction of Land Rent and Young Engels’ Critical Theory of Private Ownership -- Chapter 4: Engels, Werner Sombart,...