Probably no region's economists have had greater public visibility or greater impact on regional and national public policy than Latin America's and no region has been more directly affected by the spread of US economics. Economists in the Americas joins a small but important comparative...

Themes and problems -- Disguising reality : critique of ideological thinking in political economy -- Rethinking liberal values : power and (political) economics -- Equality and the proper liberal -- A liberal critique of "liberal" freedom -- Galbraith and the economic debate over democracy -- A...

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...