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British Capitalism at the Crossroads, 1919-1932: A Study in Politics, Economics, and International Relations by Robert W.D. Boyce 9780521124973
RRP: $81.88$65.64Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Britain in the International Economy, 1870-1939 by S.N. Broadberry 9780521122603
RRP: $76.03$63.73During the 1950s and 1960s, research on the prewar British economy was influenced strongly by ideas from Keynesian macroeconomics. It is important to reexamine this period of history, asking to what extent the Keynesian vision offers useful insights into... -
The Making of Keynes' General Theory by Richard F. Kahn 9780521189750
RRP: $77.98$64.86This 1984 book describes the development of thought, both of Keynes and others, culminating in the publication in 1936 of Keynes' General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. As one of Keynes' close collaborators - from December 1929, when the... -
Markets, Money and Capital: Hicksian Economics for the Twenty First Century by Roberto Scazzieri 9780521188791
RRP: $95.53$80.87Sir John Hicks (1904-89) was a leading economic theorist of the twentieth century, and along with Kenneth Arrow was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1972. His work addressed central topics in economic theory, such as value, money, capital and growth. An... -
Keynes's Philosophical Development by John B. Davis 9780521065511
RRP: $74.08$61.05In this compelling book, John B. Davis examines the change and development in Keynes's philosophical thinking, from his earliest work through to The General Theory, arguing that Keynes came to believe himself mistaken about a number of his early... -
International Organizations and the Analysis of Economic Policy, 1919-1950 by Anthony M. Endres 9780521022415
RRP: $83.83$70.57This 2002 book expands our understanding of the distinctive policy analysis produced between 1919 and 1950 by economists and other social scientists for four major international organizations: the League of Nations, the International Labor Organization,... -
The History of the Social Sciences since 1945 by Professor Roger E. Backhouse 9780521889063
RRP: $126.75$113.41This compact volume covers the main developments in the social sciences since the Second World War. Chapters on economics, human geography, political science, psychology, social anthropology, and sociology will interest anyone wanting short, accessible... -
International Monetary Economics, 1870-1960: Between the Classical and the New Classical by M.June Flanders 9780521031851
RRP: $87.73$78.18This is a history of international monetary thought from the end of the nineteenth to the middle of the twentieth century. It provides a comprehensive survey of the literature produced on international macroeconomics for that period. It will be of... -
Essays in the Economic and Social History of Tudor and Stuart England by F.J. Fisher 9780521025522
RRP: $74.08$61.05This celebrated collection of essays was first published in 1961 to mark the 80th birthday of the great historian and social reformer R. H. Tawney. The list of contributors contains several of the most English distinguished historians of the post-war... -
Probability, Econometrics and Truth: The Methodology of Econometrics by Hugo A. Keuzenkamp 9780521029735
RRP: $77.98$64.86When John Maynard Keynes likened Jan Tinbergen's early work in econometrics to black magic and alchemy, he was expressing a widely held view of a new discipline. However, even after half a century of practical work and theorizing by some of the most... -
Equilibrium Business Cycle Theory in Historical Perspective by Kim Kyun 9780521024921
RRP: $60.43$49.63This 1988 book presents a historical investigation of the theoretical development of contemporary Equilibrium Business Cycle Theory (EBCT). The author examines the central features of the EBCT by tracing both the history of business cycle theory and the... -
Identity, Capabilities, and Changing Economics: Reflexive, Adaptive, Socially Embedded Individuals by John B. Davis 9781009438254
RRP: $50.68$42.88Mainstream economics assumes economic agents act and make decisions to maximize their utility. This model of economic behavior, based on rational choice theory, has come under increasing attack in economics because it does not accurately reflect the way... -
Identity, Capabilities, and Changing Economics: Reflexive, Adaptive, Socially Embedded Individuals by John B. Davis 9781009438230
RRP: $156.00$141.51Mainstream economics assumes economic agents act and make decisions to maximize their utility. This model of economic behavior, based on rational choice theory, has come under increasing attack in economics because it does not accurately reflect the way... -
Power and Inequality: A Reformist Perspective by Alessandro Roncaglia 9781009370523
RRP: $156.00$140.73Power is a broad and complex concept that cuts across all fields in humanities and social sciences. Written by a leading historian of economic thought, Power and Inequality presents a wide-ranging and multi-disciplinary analysis of power as an economic... -
Parental Investments and Children's Human Capital in Low-to-Middle-Income Countries by Jere R. Behrman 9781009336161
RRP: $33.15$28.70This Element reviews what we know about parental investments and children's human capital in low-to-middle-income countries (LMICs). First, it presents definitions and a simple analytical framework; then discusses determinants of children's human capital... -
The 1918-20 Influenza Pandemic: A Retrospective in the Time of COVID-19 by Prema-chandra Athukorala 9781009336086
RRP: $33.15$28.70The pandemic of 1918-20-commonly known as the Spanish flu-infected over a quarter of the world's population and killed over fifty million people. It is by far the greatest humanitarian disaster caused by an infectious disease in modern history... -
The Rise and Fall of the Italian Economy by Carlo Bastasin 9781009235341
RRP: $136.50$123.45Carlo Bastasin and Gianni Toniolo provide a much-needed, up-to-date economic history of Italy from unification in 1861 to the present day. They show how, thirty years after unification, Italy began a long phase of convergence with more advanced economies... -
The Closed World of East German Economists: Hopes and Defeats of a Generation by Till Düppe 9781009233095
RRP: $185.25$167.41History is replete with examples of scientists and social scientists working under the yoke of oppressive regimes. In The Closed World of East German Economists, Till Düppe tells the story of a generation of economists whose entire careers coincided with... -
Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom: Lessons from 100,000 Years of Human History by Johan Fourie 9781009228466
RRP: $107.23$96.25Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom is an entertaining and engaging guide to global economic history told for the first time from an African perspective. In thirty-five short chapters Johan Fourie tells the story of 100,000 years of human history spanning... -
Central Banking in the Twentieth Century by John Singleton 9780521899093
RRP: $208.65$176.03Central banks are powerful but poorly understood organisations. In 1900 the Bank of Japan was the only central bank to exist outside Europe but over the past century central banking has proliferated. John Singleton here explains how central banks and the... -
Nugget Coombs: A Reforming Life by Tim Rowse 9780521817837
RRP: $185.25$158.30H. C. Coombs was one of the most influential Australians of the twentieth century. Born in 1906, he is best known as the governor of the Reserve Bank, but the breadth of his activities and his commitment to public life until his death is unsurpassed. Tim... -
Nugget Coombs: A Reforming Life by Tim Rowse 9780521677837
RRP: $107.25$91.83H. C. Coombs was one of the most influential Australians of the twentieth century. Born in 1906, he is best known as the governor of the Reserve Bank, but the breadth of his activities and his commitment to public life until his death is unsurpassed. Tim... -
Reflection without Rules: Economic Methodology and Contemporary Science Theory by D. Wade Hands 9780521497152
RRP: $152.10$138.06Reflection without Rules offers a comprehensive, pointed exploration of the methodological tradition in economics and the breakdown of the received view within the philosophy of science. Professor Hands investigates economists' use of naturalistic and... -
The Hungarian Model: Markets and Planning in a Socialist Economy by Xavier Richet 9780521343145
RRP: $204.75$181.02This book provides an exceptionally thorough treatment of the Hungarian economy and its experience of economic reform. Within a wider discussion of the appliance and success of Soviet-type economies (STEs), the author investigates the decentralizing... -
Equilibrium Business Cycle Theory in Historical Perspective by Kim Kyun 9780521350785
RRP: $105.30$94.58This 1988 book presents a historical investigation of the theoretical development of contemporary Equilibrium Business Cycle Theory (EBCT). The author examines the central features of the EBCT by tracing both the history of business cycle theory and the... -
Justice, Political Liberalism, and Utilitarianism: Themes from Harsanyi and Rawls by Marc Fleurbaey 9780521184298
RRP: $87.73$75.15The utilitarian economist and Nobel Laureate John Harsanyi and the liberal egalitarian philosopher John Rawls were two of the most eminent scholars writing on problems of social justice in the last century. This volume pays tribute to Harsanyi and Rawls... -
The Consequences of Economic Rhetoric by Arjo Klamer 9780521026444
RRP: $77.98$64.86The field of economics proves to be a matter of metaphor and storytelling - its mathematics is metaphoric and its policy-making is narrative. Economists have begun to realize this and to rethink how they speak. This volume is the result of a conference... -
Designs within Disorder: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Economists, and the Shaping of American Economic Policy, 1933-1945 by William J. Barber 9780521034319
RRP: $74.08$61.05More than any of his predecessors in the White House, Franklin D. Roosevelt drew heavily on the thinking of economists as he sought to combat the Great Depression, to mobilize the American economy for war, and to chart a new order for the post-war world... -
The Economic World View: Studies in the Ontology of Economics by Uskali Maki 9780521000208
RRP: $87.73$75.15The beliefs of economists are not solely determined by empirical evidence in direct relation to the theories and models they hold. Economists hold 'ontological presuppositions', fundamental ideas about the nature of being which direct their thinking... -
The Methodology of Experimental Economics by Francesco Guala 9780521853408
RRP: $105.30$85.78The experimental approach in economics is a driving force behind some of the most exciting developments in the field. The 'experimental revolution' was based on a series of bold philosophical premises which have remained until now mostly unexplored. This... -
The Age of Mass Migration: Causes and Economic Impact by Timothy J. Hatton 9780195116519
RRP: $258.38$231.86About 55 million Europeans migrated to the New World between 1850 and 1914, landing in North and South America and in Australia. This movement, which marked a profound and permanent shift in global population and economic activity, is described in vivid... -
Beyond Price: Value in Culture, Economics, and the Arts by Michael Hutter 9780521862233
RRP: $111.15$100.48Much recent discussion surrounding valuation of the arts and culture, particularly in the policy arena, has been dominated by a concern to identify an economic and financial basis for valuation of art works, arts, activities and more general ways in... -
A Future for Economics: More Encompassing, More Institutional, More Practical by Christopher Maule 9780776638942
RRP: $21.45$18.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780776638942Author Christopher MauleFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint University of Ottawa PressPublisher University of Ottawa Press -
Research in Economic History by Alexander J. Field 9780762313440
$195.45This volume includes seven papers in quantitative economic history. Four were accepted through our regular channels. These include Harald Edquist and Magnus Henrekson on "Technological Breakthroughs and Productivity Growth", Scott Redenius on... -
Pahlavi Iran and the Politics of Occidentalism: The Shah and the Rastakhiz Party by Zhand Shakibi 9780755645060
$63.73Zhand Shakibi presents a new interpretation of the political and social dynamics of the last decade of the Shah's rule that challenges the binary view of pro-West Shah and anti-West Ayatollah by drawing attention to the Pahlavi state's reaction to the... -
The Economy of the Word: Language, History, and Economics by Keith Tribe 9780190211615
RRP: $189.15$143.68It was only in the sixteenth century that texts began to refer to the significance of "economic activity"--of sustaining life. This was not because the ordinary business of life was thought unimportant, but because the principles governing... -
The Economic Legacy of the Reagan Years: Euphoria or Chaos? by Anandi P. Sahu 9780275935962
$109.90The eight years of the Reagan administration have left an indelible imprint on U.S. economic policy. Although the term Reaganomics is employed by both the general public and academic economists, there is still no consensus as to what the overall impact... -
A Nation Transformed by Information: How Information Has Shaped the United States from Colonial Times to the Present by Alfred D. Chandler 9780195128147
RRP: $99.45$70.40This book makes the startling case that North Americans were getting on the "information highway" as early as the 1700's, and have been using it as a critical building block of their social, economic, and political world ever since. By the time... -
The Life Cyclists: Fisher, Keynes, Modigliani and Friedman by C. Read 9780230274136
RRP: $175.48$175.25Read addresses the contributions of significant individuals to our understanding of financial decisions and markets. Great financial theorists created the basis for what we now know as personal finance and this volume describes four great minds in... -
Managing the British Economy in the 1960s: A Treasury Perspective by Sir Alec Cairncross 9780333650752
RRP: $175.48$175.25In Managing the British Economy in the 1960s Sir Alec Cairncross, who was Economic Adviser to HMG in 1961-64 and Head of the newly-created Government Economic Service in 1964-69, tells the inside story of the making of economic policy under four...