Bücher der Reihe Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

Social choice and decision-making are key topics in economic theory. Exploring the relations between choice and individuality, Robert Urquhart suggests that mundane choices are as fraught with difficulties as the grander, life-rending ones.

The multiplier is a central concept in Keynesian and post-Keynesian economics. This book explores both the pros and cons of the multiplier from a strictly post-Keynesian - and Kaleckian - approach. It analyses the historical foundations of the Keynesian Multiplier and it's treatment throughout the history of economic thought.

This work explores major methodological issues in the area of radical subjectivism and includes contributions from Jorg Bibow, Peter Boettke, Maurizio Caserta, Steven Horwitz, Brian J. Loasby, Steven Parsons, Steve Sullivan and Carlo Zappia.

Economists occupy leading positions in many different sectors. Power and Influence of Economists explores the interconnected relationship between power, knowledge and influence which has led economics to be both a source and beneficiary of widespread power and influence.

Asks how a more liberating economics could be constructed and taught. This book suggests that if economists are serious about emancipation and empowerment, they will have to radically change their conception about what it means for a citizen to act rationally in a complex society.

Brings together scholars from various disciplines, along with nonacademics to address the question of economic representation from a variety of perspectives, ranging from the question of globalization to cultural economies.

Answering a range of questions and written by a rising star in feminist economics, this book provides explanations of the different kinds of feminism, the evolution of feminist thought and, the history and sources of utopias as a theoretical and/or literary tool.

Using information from sixteen countries including the UK, US, Germany and France, this book charts the fortunes of the labour movement. It examines the debates over strategy and suggests ways of reigniting its fortunes.

Argues that the interest from political science in the institutional aspects of policy-making indicates a concern for the role of habitual and socially supported logics of action that may be a more appropriate way of explaining SME policy.

Documents the major processes, performance, institutions, problems and policies associated with global political economy. This book present an analysis of the changing distribution and production of wealth throughout the world, the global technological revolution, and a special study of Asia and Eastern Europe in the world system.

This volume shows that macroeconomics is logically independent of microeconomics and that it is fundamental to economic analysis and lends further support to the claim for the macroeconomic foundations of macroeconomics.

This volume is published in honour of Victoria Chick. It represents both consolidation and the breaking of new ground in Keynsian monetary theory and macroeconomics by leading figures in these fields.

Where does the power of money come from? Why is trust so important in financial operations? How does the swapping of gifts differ from the exchange of commodities? Where does self-interest stop and communal solidarity start in capitalist economies? These issues and many more are discussed in a rigorous, yet readable, manner.

This text reflects interest in the relationship between the social and natural worlds. It looks at current thinking that is challenging the natural/social dichotomy thesis by showing how the application of ideas which derive from biology can be applied to, and offer insight into, the social realm.

This collection honours the work of the eminent economist Josef Steindl. This collection charts the thinking of one of the leading economic theorist of the twentieth century.

In 1878 Karl Marx developed the reproduction schema: his model of how total capital is produced and reproduced. This is thought to be the first two-sector economic model ever constructed. This book synthesizes various strands of economic thought to enable the reader to understand and clarify the structure of the reproduction schema.

In this volume leading post Keynesian economists challenge New Keynesianism both on the grounds that it is not Keynesian, and does not provide an adequate account of our current economic problems.

Written between 1857 and 1858, the "Grundrisse" is the first draft of Marx's critique of political economy and, thus, also the initial preparatory work on Capital. This book demonstrates the relevance of the "Grundrisse" to an understanding of Capital and of Marx's theoretical project as a whole.

This book explores the criteria we use for judging economic institutions and economic policy. Topics covered include: equality and justice, freedom and creative living, role of the state, capitalism and the good society.

This book tackles the issue of involuntary employment, examining the issue in the light of Keynesian and Post-Keynesian theory.

This work explores the origins and development of the labour theory of value, examining its emergence from the natural law philosopher of the 16th and 17th century to its domination of the classical school of economics.

This book is about the economy, rather than economics. It explores the structures, inner workings and problems of modern economies, showing how the organisations and networks that shape the structure of the economy are arranged to provide society with goods and services.

This unique collaboration between economists and linguists examines manifestations of the discourses of austerity as these have played out in media, policy and academic settings across Europe and the Americas.

Critics of globalization often portray neoliberalism as an extremist laissez-faire political-economic philosophy that rejects government any sort of government intervention in the domestic economy. This book emphasizes that there are in fact a variety of neoliberalisms that share a common emphasis on the role of the market.

Two of the important national experiences with policies of positive discrimination in favor of historically disadvantaged ethnic or caste minority groups are the cases of 'Affirmative Action' in the United States and 'Reservation Policies' in India. This book examines the consequences of affirmative action in both countries.

The Future of Capitalism After the Financial Crisis: The Varieties of Capitalism Debate in the Age of Austerity contains thirteen world leading political economists writing from within eight different countries who critically analyze the current crisis tendencies of capitalism both globally and in particular countries. Given the likelihood of an increasingly crisis prone future for capitalism, it is important not only to rethink capitalism in its current manifestations or varieties. It is also important to rethink research methods and conceptual frameworks in preparation for understanding an increasingly rocky future in which capitalism itself could go the way of the many species that in the past were endangered only to become extinct. More and more titles of books and articles are suggesting that capitalism or perhaps civilization itself is endangered if we do not make radical changes in the near future. This book breaks with academic path dependency and attempts to open new vistas of political economy and of multidisciplinary analysis that are crucially important if our thought processes are to be effective in a world in jeopardy. 　 The varieties of capitalism (VoC) debate itself came into being as the Soviet Union unraveled. It drew in scholarship from a cross-section of Marxian and heterodox political economy. The key argument of VoC was that if capitalism was the only global option then those on the Left must get involved in policy discussions on how capitalist economies can be fashioned to become competitive as well as progressive. However, the financial crisis has seen policy across the advanced economies veer toward competitiveness coupled with austerity. The lesson for the Left is that alternatives to capitalism must be sought in the here and now.

This book offers a strong contribution to the growing field of institutional economics, going beyond the question of why institutions matter and examining the ways in which different types of institutions are conducive to the enhancement of competitiveness and economic development.

This collection puts forward promising reinterpretations of the primary schools of heterodox political economy, stringent critiques of the conventional readings of the recession, new schemes of theoretical and empirical analysis of the crisis, and proposals for economic policies alternative to those hitherto adopted.