James Buchanan has been a key figure in the integration of the analysis of political decision-making into the corpus of economic theory, the source for what is now called ‘public choice economics’. This notable volume seeks to identify for future generations the landmark contributions to...

Money and Macroeconomics is a significant collection of David Laidler’s most important papers on the so-called ‘monetarist counter-revolution’. This volume contains both published and unpublished examples of his influential contribution, detailing empirical work on the demand for money,...

Progress in technology and moves towards a liberal economic policy have caused a number of economic activities to become highly mobile. This raises important questions regarding the future location of economic activity: where will firms locate or relocate and how will firms and industries fit...

Great Economists since Keynes is a unique book. It presents a stylish, short, authoritative statement of each economist’s main contribution to the subject. It will be essential reading for anyone wishing to learn more about the great economists

Industry, Space and Competition rediscovers the contributions of the past on industrial organization and spatial economics and analyses these within the context of current movements towards globalization, regionalization and localization.

International trade has been one of the most dynamic sub-fields of economics in recent years, with exciting new work on trade under imperfect competition as well as important extensions of existing models. This two volume set of readings synthesizes these contributions, including some rare...

Monetary Policy and Taiwan’s Economy questions whether the Asian crisis could have been avoided through the application of recommendations highlighted by the contributors. The conclusion reached is that in an abstract world, perhaps; but in the world in which we live; no. It is argued that the...

Milton Friedman is beyond question the most famous living economist of the 20th century. He is closely associated with the doctrine of ‘monetarism’ which has been adopted by many governments around the world.

This stimulating and authoritative book features original essays from leading scholars in the discipline – each of whom address the question: how should economists do economics? What emerges is a diverse, constructive commentary on how economics is done and how it should be done.