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George Scrope (1797–1876), Thomas Attwood (1783–1856), Edwin Chadwick (1800–1890) and John Cairnes (1823–1875)
Edited by Mark Blaug
George Scrope was a prolific anti-Ricardian Tory economist, Member of Parliament and Fellow of the Royal Society. However, this was a highly eccentric toryism. Scrope opposed the Malthusian theory of population, favoured free trade and... -
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James Mill (1773–1836), John Rae (1796–1872), Edward West (1782–1828),Thomas Joplin (1790–1847)
Edited by Mark Blaug
Mill, Rae, West and Joplin were, until recently, relegated to the footnotes of the history of economic thought. In particular, Rae’s New Principles on the Subject of Political Economy was not reprinted until the 1960s and John Mill has... -
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James Wilson (1805–1860), Issac Butt (1813–1879), T.E. Cliffe Leslie (1827–1882)
Edited by Mark Blaug
James Wilson was one of the first financial journalists in Britain who made a genuine contribution to economic doctrine by his staunch defence of free trade and the principles of the banking school. Above all, he was the founder of ‘The... -
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Karl Marx (1818–1883)
Edited by Mark Blaug
Whether or not we reject the Marxist schema there is little doubt that Marx was a great economist. The three volumes of Capital, contain some pieces of remarkable economic analysis from which modern economists can still learn. However ... -
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International Investment
Edited by Peter J. Buckley
This important title presents the key articles which illuminate the history and development of international investment during the past 100 years. It examines theoretical approaches to both direct and portfolio foreign investment. The ... -
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The Economics of Innovation
Edited by Christopher Freeman
Technical innovations and organizational innovations are of major importance for the competitive performance of firms and of nations and for the long term growth of the world economy. This area of economics has been subjected to an expl... -
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Radical Political Economy
Edited by Samuel Bowles, Richard Edwards
These two volumes collect some of the principal articles that have contributed to the renewal and development of radical political economy during the past generation. Radical Political Economy draws upon Marxian, institutional and Keyne... -
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Monetarism
Edited by Alec Chrystal
Monetarism has had a major impact on the thinking of political leaders and the conduct of economic policy during the last decade. These two volumes trace the origin and development of monetarism from the work of David Hume and Irving Fi... -
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Behavioural Economics
Edited by Peter E. Earl
Behavioural Economics is a relatively new school of economic thought and can encompass a number of strands such as ‘new institutional/transaction cost economics’, economic psychology and psychological economics, consumer behaviour and de... -
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Marxian Economics
Edited by J. E. King
These three volumes offer an overview of Marxian political economy, with contributions by critics, supporters and those of a more neutral disposition. The first volume illustrates the breadth of Marx’s concern with history, politics and... -
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Austrian Economics
Edited by Stephen Littlechild
This major authoritative three volume work gathers together for the first time the seminal articles and papers – many of which are widely dispersed in rare publications – which provide the foundation and development of the Austrian Schoo... -
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Experimental Economics
Edited by Vernon L. Smith
Experimental Economics includes the study of individual decision making in which an isolated individual chooses many alternatives that have a monetary (or commodity) value defined quantitatively by the experiment. Experimental methods ha...