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Reflections on the Great Depression
Randall E. Parker
This book explores the most prominent economic explanations of the Great Depression and how it affected the lives, experiences, and subsequent thinking of economists who lived through that era. Presented in interview format, this collect...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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Conventions and Structures in Economic Organization
Edited by Olivier Favereau, Emmanuel Lazega
This book contributes to the current rapprochement between economics and sociology. It examines the fact that individuals use rules and interdependencies to forward their own interests, while living in social environments where everyone ... -
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The Revival of Laissez-Faire in American Macroeconomic Theory
Sherryl Davis Kasper
This book provides the definitive account of this watershed and traces the evolution of laissez-faire using the cases of its proponents, Frank Knight, Henry Simons, Friedrich von Hayek, Milton Friedman, James Buchanan and Robert Lucas. ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Economic Growth and Development in Singapore
Gavin Peebles, Peter Wilson
In this book Gavin Peebles and Peter Wilson offer an historical overview of the rapid growth and development of the Singapore economy, detailing the institutions and policies which have made this growth possible. They examine the current...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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Carl Menger and the Evolution of Payments Systems
Edited by Michael Latzer, Stefan W. Schmitz
This book is unique in providing the first full English translation of Menger’s seminal article Geld – one of the most influential papers on the origin of money. The editors aim to facilitate a broader and more detailed discussion of Men...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Is There Progress in Economics?
Edited by Stephan Boehm, Christian Gehrke, Heinz D. Kurz, Richard Sturn
This thought-provoking book discusses the concept of progress in economics and investigates whether any advance has been made in its different spheres of research. The authors look back at the history, successes and failures of their res...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Vilfredo Pareto and the Birth of Modern Microeconomics
Luigino Bruni
There has been a recent resurgence of interest in the work of Vilfredo Pareto, one of the founders of modern economics. This book reconstructs the genesis and significance of Pareto’s theory of choice which is Pareto’s greatest contribut... -
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The Institutional Economy
David Reisman
This thorough and comprehensive book examines the role that institutions play in economic life. The discussion begins with common values, shared traditions and individual habits which have their roots in the past. It goes on to consider ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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International Trade and Economic Growth in Open Economies
John Berdell
In this enlightening book, John Berdell addresses the widely-held belief that classical economics distanced itself from policy issues and public debates regarding the effects of international trade on economic growth in advanced economie...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Economic Thought and the Making of European Monetary Union
Ivo Maes
This valuable book examines the interaction between economic ideas and the policy-making process in Europe, centred around the creation of European Monetary Union. The essays cover three broad areas: early debates on European monetary in...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Asian Economies in the Twentieth Century
Edited by Angus Maddison, D. S. Prasada, William Shepherd
The rapidly increasing importance of China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan both in Asia and in the world economy, represents a trend that is set to continue into the 21st century. -
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The Life and Times of J. Neville Keynes
Phyllis Deane
This fascinating biography of an economist who was also a logician and administrator, is based mainly upon his virtually continuous diary. The diary provides an intimate commentary on the academic developments and conflicts in which he w...eBook:Find out more$40.00