History of Economic Thought

The theory of the firm did not exist, in any serious manner, until around 1970. Only then did the current theory of the firm literature begin to emerge, based largely upon the work of Ronald Coase and to a lesser degree Frank Knight. This accessible book provides a valuable overview of the ‘prehisto..

This book contains a set of notes prepared by Ragnar Frisch for a lecture series that he delivered at Yale University in 1930., complete with an introdutory essay from Olav Bjerkholt and Duo Qin placing the notes in their historical context...

This book contains a set of notes prepared by Ragnar Frisch for a lecture series that he delivered at Yale University in 1930., complete with an introdutory essay from Olav Bjerkholt and Duo Qin placing the notes in their historical context...

This book is a comprehensive study of American economics as it has evolved over time, with several singularly unique features including: a thorough examination of the economics of American aboriginals prior to 1492; a detailed discussion of American economics as it has developed during the last fift..

This book explains how Australian and New Zealand economists exerted influence on economic thought and contributed to the economic life of their respective countries in the twentieth century. Besides surveying theorists and innovators, this book also considers some of the key expositors and builders..

Situated in the turbulent heart of Europe, the Czech Republic has suffered from significant discontinuity in its historical development, but its economic thinking has not until now been subject to a full analysis. This book offers a history of Czech economic thought from the late Middle Ages to the ..

A History of Economic Science in Japan..

This collection, in honour of Takashi Negishi, analyzes his contributions to the history of economic theory. Economists paying tribute within this volume include Neri Salvadori, Laurence Moss and Joaquim Silvestre...

In this book, a chronological history of entrepreneurship is presented and analysed by examining the treatment of the subject throughout the history of economic thought, illustrating the tension that often exists between theory and practice...

In this book, a chronological history of entrepreneurship is presented and analysed by examining the treatment of the subject throughout the history of economic thought, illustrating the tension that often exists between theory and practice...

With new analyses of the work of Hobbes and Smith, Dixon and Wilson offer a fresh approach to the debate surrounding economics and morality with a novel discussion of the self in economic theory...

In this book the contributors redress this glaring omission in the history of political economy, for the first time providing an overview of developments in Irish political economy from the seventeenth to the twentieth century...