"In 2005 Luigi Pasinetti was asked by his friend and colleague Pier Paolo Varri1 how he would like his 75th birthday to be celebrated. Pasinetti immediately replied: "let us discuss my new book!". The book was of course Keynes and the Cambridge Keynesians, which was almost finished at that time....

Recent economic and financial crises have exposed mainstream economics to severe criticism, bringing present research and teaching styles into question. Building on a solid and vivid tradition of economic thought, this book challenges conventional thinking in the field of economics. The authors...

Introduction: John Tomer and the Importance of Pluralism and Humanism in Economic Modelling -- 1 Tomer's Humanistic Hand -- 2 Behavioral economics as the combination of economics with all behavioral and social sciences -- 3 John Tomer’s Human Firm: Where is it Today? -- 4 The Human and Humane...