Economics

The Unemployed..

The US National Debt, 1787-1900 Vol 1..

The US National Debt, 1787-1900 Vol 2..

The US National Debt, 1787-1900 Vol 3..

The US National Debt, 1787-1900 Vol 4..

Hutchison has made a unique contribution to debates in the history of economic thought and methodology. This book reflects this contribution with a selection of some of his most significant and provocative essays...

This book, first published in 1987, looks at international economic sanctions in detail; and addresses a common set of comparative questions, dealing with the goals which can (and cannot) be achieved by the application of sanctions, the intended and unintended consequences and the factors which cont..

This book traces the historical evolution of the concept of economic rationality from Adam Smith to the present, revealing how this concept has in fact changed over time. In doing so, it presents a uniquely detailed study of the historical change of the many faces of the homo oeconomicus...

The Vested Interests..

Originally published in 1982, this book examines the problem and looks at the causes of the repeated crises which the country has undergone since the war. The basic cause is stated to be the failure to invest in the modernisation of the British capital equipment and the consequent loss of competitiv..

Originally published in 1982. This book examines the problem and looks at the causes of the repeated crises which the country has undergone since the war. The basic cause is stated to be the failure to invest in the modernisation of the British capital equipment and the consequent loss of competitiv..

200 years after it was written, Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations is still debated by governments internationally. Smith argued that ‘mercantilism’—the theory that the national economy exists solely to strengthen the government, thus the government should regulate the economy—was wrong...