This major reference work has been thoroughly revised, updated and extended for the third edition. It is the only biographical dictionary of major economists to appear in any language. As an extensive and authoritative guide to economists both past and present who have made a substantial...

Happiness in Economics presents a selection of the most important economics articles on individuals’ subjective well-being. The volume demonstrates that economics is relevant for people’s happiness.

In 1876, Carl Menger, then a young professor at the University of Vienna, was asked to teach the principles of political economy to Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, the 17 year old only son of Emperor Francis Joseph, who was to die tragically before he could inherit the throne.

This comprehensive book charts the development of economic thought in Japan and reveals how leading Japanese economists tried to understand and cope with significant economic and social problems in the process of modernization. It sheds new light on the nature and degree of intellectual...

With selected readings ranging from the mercantilists of the 16th and 17th centuries to contemporary 20th-century authors, Free Trade versus Protectionism addresses one of the oldest controversies in economic science – the fundamental opposition of these two doctrines. It is the first book...

This major directory provides for the first time up-to-date information on the work of economists in the United Kingdom. It will be an indispensable guide for economists and an invaluable reference source for the business community, officials in government and higher education.

Hayek’s vision of the political and economic future has to a remarkable extent come to pass, and his writings can now be seen to contain much that is orthodox and widely accepted. The tight weaving of insights from diverse academic disciplines into a coherent social theory make his work of...

Thomas Aquinas is generally acknowledged to be the greatest theologian of the Middle Ages and his masterpiece, ‘Summa Theologica’, provides a complete and authoritative statement of medieval economic thought that has remained the official Catholic view right up to the present time....