History of Economic Thought

This volume examines questions concerning the nature and behaviour of capitalism and the development of economic thought and the relation between economic thought and practice in the early twentieth century...

This volume examines questions concerning the nature and behaviour of capitalism and the development of economic thought and the relation between economic thought and practice in the early twentieth century...

The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the work of Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850), one of the towering intellectual figures of nineteenth century France. More than anyone else of his time, Bastiat personified the struggle of liberalism and science against socialism and utop..

The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the work of Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850), one of the towering intellectual figures of nineteenth century France. More than anyone else of his time, Bastiat personified the struggle of liberalism and science against socialism and utop..

This second edition clearly introduces the ideas and arguments that have guided Labour's economic thinking from 1884 until the present day and the influence these ideas have exerted over the formulation of the party's economic policy...

Oslington tells the story of natural theology shaping political economy in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, emphasising continuing significance of theological issues for the discipline of economics. Early political economists such as Adam Smith, T.R. Malthus, Richard Whately, and William Whew..

As a defender of free-market liberalism and a leading opponent of socialism, this volume places Ludwig von Mises' views on political economy, public policy and monetary economics in the historical context of his time...

As a defender of free-market liberalism and a leading opponent of socialism, this volume places Ludwig von Mises' views on political economy, public policy and monetary economics in the historical context of his time...

This new volume will examine the law and economics of predatory pricing, which is one of the most serious, and most debatable, antitrust violations. The analysis will cover both US and European antitrust law, assessing it through the viewpoint and method of the history of economic thought._x000D_..

This book, first published in 1987, is an attempt to explain Adam Smith’s theory of property. The author examines Smith’s theory in the context of The Wealth of Nations, and explores what Smith said, what he really meant, and what can be logically deduced from it. This title will be of interest to s..

A.C. Pigou spent his career in the shadow of Marshall and Keynes, but his influence remains significant. Following on from his pamphlet, The Riddle of the Tariff, this book, originally published in 1906, is a more technical treatment, coming out against the policy of Imperial preference. _x005F_x000..

This study examines the stages by which share trading in the United Kingdom came to be a statutorily regulated activity and by which the London Stock Exchange moved from being antagonistic towards public regulation in 1914 to lobbying in 1944 for the new scheme to be implemented...