Economic History

Knowledge, Social Institutions and the Division of Labour

Edited by Pier Luigi Porta, Roberto Scazzieri, Andrew Skinner

This fascinating book is divided into three parts beginning with the issue of the development of science as an aspect of the division of labour, starting from methodological problems on the communication of scientific knowledge. The vol...

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Financial Fragility and Investment in the Capitalist Economy

Edited by Riccardo Bellofiore, Piero Ferri

Hyman Minsky is renowned for his theoretical and empirical investigation of the capitalist economy. In this book, a distinguished group of contributors provides an authoritative account of his contribution to the analysis of capitalism ...

Hardback (January 2001)

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Financial Keynesianism and Market Instability

Edited by Riccardo Bellofiore, Piero Ferri

During his lifetime Hyman Minsky made a seminal contribution to the development of financial Keynesianism. In this book, leading academics celebrate his work and explore his economic legacy. Special attention is paid to his work on cont...

Hardback (January 2001)

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Marx, Veblen, and Contemporary Institutional Political Economy

Phillip A. O’Hara

This book uses an institutional–evolutionary approach to analyse economic problems associated with developments in capitalism during the second half of the twentieth century. It argues that economics should centre on institutions – the d...

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Understanding Dennis Robertson

Gordon Fletcher

In this fascinating study Gordon Fletcher explores the relationship between the life and work of one of Britain’s most distinguished economists, Sir Dennis Holme Robertson (1890–1963). Drawing on a wealth of previously unpublished mater...

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Ethics and Uncertainty

William Greer

Ethics and Uncertainty explores how two economists, who both placed ‘uncertainty’ at the heart of their economic theories, come to drastically different and opposing policy recommendations. The volume illustrates that the important less...

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Hardback (September 2000)

The First World War and the International Economy

Edited by Chris Wrigley

This book provides a fresh assessment of the impact of the First World War on the international economy. Leading academics offer new perspectives on the effects of the War on the long-term growth rates of the belligerent countries and ex...

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Economic Thought from Smith to Keynes

Takashi Negishi

These essays reconsider economic thought in the light of modern theory, from Smith to Marx, and from Marshall to Keynes. Takashi Negishi discusses contributions made both in classical school and marginal revolution literature which are ...

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The Early History of Financial Economics, 1478–1776

Geoffrey Poitras

By the time The Wealth of Nations had appeared, financial economics featured a well developed body of scientific knowledge, covering subjects such as fixed income evaluation, life insurance and derivative securities. From beginnings whi...

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The Kennedy–Johnson Tax Cut

Martin F.J. Prachowny

The 1964 Kennedy–Johnson tax cut is often cited as the single most successful application of Keynesian stabilization policy. The author challenges this orthodox historical view by exposing the haphazard planning, simplistic economic the...

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Exemplary Economists, I

Edited by Roger E. Backhouse, Roger Middleton

These volumes gather together a selection of autobiographical essays written by significant economists whose work is generally recognized to be at the forefront of the discipline as we enter the twenty-first century. The essays are large...

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