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131. The Foundations of 'Laissez-Faire'

     The Economics of Pierre de Boisguilbert

     By Gilbert Faccarello

     Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

     This is the first full length study of Boisguilbert's work to appear in English. It contains an extended discussion of the context in which Boisguilbert worked, as well as a detailed analysis of his life and work....

     Published April 28th 1999 by Routledge
132. Money and Growth

     Selected Papers of Allyn Abbott Young

     Edited by Perry G Mehrling, Roger J Sandilands

     Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

     Allyn Young is one of the central figures in the development of American economic thought, and is one of the originators of modern endogenous growth theory. This book allows full appreciation of the full extent of Young's work because many of his most significant contributions are buried in obscure...

     Published March 17th 1999 by Routledge
133. Evolution of Austrian Economics

     From Menger to Lachmann

     By Sandye Gloria-Palermo

     Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

     This book argues, against the dominant orthodoxy in the history of economic thought, for the originality of Carl Menger's contribution to the development of the Austrian school of economics. Situating the evolution of Menger's thought in the tradition of classical political economy, the author...

     Published January 27th 1999 by Routledge
134. The Founding of Institutional Economics

     Edited by Warren Samuels

     Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

     Institutional economics has been a major part of economic thought for the whole of the twentieth century, and today remains crucial to an understanding of the development of heterodox economics. The two principal publications that founded the school were Veblen's The Theory of the Leisure Class and...

     Published September 16th 1998 by Routledge
135. Keynes and the Neoclassical Synthesis

     Einsteinian versus Newtonian Macroeconomics

     By Dario Togati

     Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

     This remarkable volume provides a critical assessment of Neoclassical Synthesis, long regarded as the standard interpretation of Keynes. Taking issue with this orthodoxy, the author offers a unique interpretation of the foundation of modern macroeconomics, arguing that the subject derives from the...

     Published August 19th 1998 by Routledge
136. The Economics of John Rae

     Edited by Omar Hamouda, C. Lee, Douglas Mair

     Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

     John Rae made a wide-ranging contribution to economics, in particular through his work on Capital Theory and Technical Change. Although Rae was held in high esteem by some of the great names of the past who have openly acknowledged his originality and their indebtedness to him, he has not yet...

     Published July 1st 1998 by Routledge
137. Historical Perspectives on Macroeconomics

     Sixty Years After the 'General Theory'

     Edited by Philippe Fontaine, Albert Jolink

     Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

     Since the publication of Keynes's General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money in 1936, macroeconomic theory has altered considerably. Each author in this volume focuses on an issue which either preceded, accompanied or followed the 'Keynesian Revolution' and helped to shape economics in...

     Published April 29th 1998 by Routledge
138. Studies in the History of French Political Economy

     From Bodin to Walras

     Edited by Gilbert Faccarello

     Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

     Studies in the History of French Political Economy considers the evolution of economic thought in France, from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Gilbert Faccarello brings to the forefront those economists, themes and controversies which are important in the context of recent research, and...

     Published April 1st 1998 by Routledge
139. Economic Thought in Communist and Post-Communist Europe

     Edited by Hans-Jurgen Wagener

     Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

     Published February 11th 1998 by Routledge
140. History of Environmental Economic Thought

     By Erhun Kula

     Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

     This volume presents the ideas of major figures in economics throughout history on key environmental issues such as population growth, resource scarcity and environmental contamination. Throughout, the historical roots of current debates are explored with empirical case studies illustrating the...

     Published December 10th 1997 by Routledge