International technology transfer has been an essential element of the ‘catching up’ process in developing countries over the last 30 years. This book reappraises its role in economic development in light of the globalization of the wor...
This two volume set is a comprehensive collection of historical and contemporary articles which highlight the theoretical foundations and the methods and models of long wave analysis. After examining the beginnings of long wave theory, ...
This unique book deals with the most serious macroeconomic failure experienced in the US in the post-war period and the great inflation of the late 1960s and 1970s. It is the first detailed analysis, using Federal Reserve documents, of ...
With selected readings ranging from the mercantilists of the 16th and 17th centuries to contemporary 20th-century authors, Free Trade versus Protectionism addresses one of the oldest controversies in economic science – the fundamental op...
This book outlines the development of the theory of exchange, paying particular attention to formal models produced during the last half of the 19th century. This is achieved in two ways, by providing an introductory survey of the devel...
This new and expanded edition of a classic work draws our attention to the often neglected role women have played in the development of economics. The work and intellectual history of eight prominent women economists of the eighteenth t...
This collection is a tribute to a most faithful, true Keynesian, who read, thought, dreamt and promoted Keynes: Lorie Tarshis (1911–1993). This volume is focused on the important role of Lorie Tarshis’s brand of Keynesianism on the effe...
Robert Eisner has made a seminal contribution to the development of macroeconomic analysis in the latter half of the twentieth century. This carefully edited selection of his essays trace the development of economic thought in the wake ...
This carefully edited selection of Robert Eisner’s essays ties together his authoritative contributions to economic analysis and macroeconomic policy issues, particularly business, investment and tax policy. He offers a trenchant analys...
This book brings together John Creedy’s most important essays on the history of economic analysis. The book contributes to our understanding of the development of economics by looking at the subject and some of its major players includin...
1999 is the 100th year anniversary of the publication of Veblen’s The Theory of the Leisure Class. This volume commemorates and celebrates Veblen’s seminal contribution to the analysis of consumerist capitalism and assesses the book’s r...
