This groundbreaking series brings together a critical selection of key papers by the Nobel Memorial Laureates in Economics that have helped shape the development and present state of economics. The editors have organised this comprehensive series by theme and each volume focuses on those...

Adam Smith’s remarkable book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, now deservedly coming to greater prominence, combines classical philosophy, early modern psychology and incisive observations of everyday life into a complex theory of human behaviour. New Perspectives on Adam Smith’s “The...

This highly original contribution examines one of the most controversial concepts in the history of economics – the true meaning of the Law of Markets. This has been a contentious issue since the publication of Keynes’s General Theory, but has also divided economists since it first emerged...

The collection covers the foundations of business cycle theory from the mid-nineteenth century through to the work immediately affected by the publication of Keynes’s General Theory. With the revival of interest in real business cycles, especially in the last ten years, these volumes provide a...

This groundbreaking series brings together a critical selection of key papers by the Nobel Memorial Laureates in Economics that have helped shape the development and present state of economics. The editors have organised this comprehensive series by theme and each volume focuses on those...

This book restates the importance of the study of the history of ideas, in the context of the writings of economists. After an initial statement, a case study involving five methodological detours is considered. This is followed by an analysis of a flawed attempt to remedy the manifest...

This important three volume set is a collection of Edgeworth’s published writings in the areas of statistics and probability. There is a newly-emerging interest in probability theory as a basis for economic thought and this collection makes the writings of Edgeworth more accessible.

Italian Economists of the 20th Century provides a unique up–to–date assessment and appreciation of the work of 12 pioneering economists. The essays – written by a group of leading international scholars – are a fitting tribute to the important contribution that Italian economists have...

Henry George’s Progress and Poverty sold more than 3 million copies by the time of its 50th anniversary in 1929 – outselling all other works on economics – yet today economics students can complete their courses without ever having heard of the author's name. This collection redresses this...

In The Peasant in Economic Thought, a distinguished group of scholars examine the role of the peasant in agricultural economies from a variety of cultural and disciplinary perspectives. Beginning with a paper on the peasant proprietor in Classical Economics, the volume continues with work on...