The history of a research field called political economy dates back to the eighteenth century, giving rise to a variety of disciplinary approaches, and experienced a renaissance as a multidisciplinary field after the Second World War, combining economic, political science, and sociological...

The history of a research field called political economy dates back to the eighteenth century, giving rise to a variety of disciplinary approaches, and experienced a renaissance as a multidisciplinary field after the Second World War, combining economic, political science, and sociological...

Fun and Useful -- Welcome! -- Dead Men’s Wrong Ideas? -- Pioneers and Contenders -- Wealth and Power: Mercantilism -- The Physiocrats and Law of Nature -- Classical School -- Adam Smith and the Invisible Hand of the Market Mechanism -- Thomas Malthus and Effectual Demand -- David Ricardo and...

During the first half of the XX century, both in Europe and North America, a profound dissatisfaction with the numerous different social insurance, unemployment, health and old age insurance systems began to make itself felt. The essay deals with the attitudes of the Western world, and in...