A Treatise on Abundance (1638) and early modern views on poverty and famine

‘A “Treatise on Abundance” (1638) and Early Modern Views of Poverty and Famine’ is an edited English translation of Carlo Tapia’s ‘Trattato dell’abondanza’. Tapia (1565–1643) lived and worked in Naples, at the time the largest city in Italy and in the Spanish ...

Classical economics today

essays in honor of Alessandro Roncaglia

Classical Economics Today: Essays in Honor of Alessandro Roncaglia is a collection of essays that pays tribute to Alessandro Roncaglia whose research is based on Schumpeter's dictum that good economics must encompass history, economic theory and statistics, and therefore does not generally take the ...

Knowledge governance

reasserting the public interest

This book argues that the current international intellectual property rights regime, led by the World Trade Organization (WTO), has evolved over the past three decades toward overemphasizing private interests and seriously hampering public interests in access to knowledge and innovation diffusion. While it is obvious ...

Thorstein Veblen

economics for an age of crises

‘An important book for all social scientists. The contributors both situate Veblen historically and bring his work alive for discussion of contemporary issues – and his work is very helpful indeed.’ —Craig Calhoun, Director, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ‘[T]he book’s ...

Thorstein Veblen

economics for an Age of Crises

After his death Thorstein Veblen was hailed as ‘America’s Darwin and Marx’ and is normally portrayed as the perennial iconoclast. He severely criticised traditional economics and attempted to create an alternative approach based on a much more complex view of human beings. He is ...

The politics of Enlightenment

constitutionalism, republicanism, and the Rights of Man in Gaetano Filangieri

Written by one of Italy’s leading historians, this book analyses the context and legacy of Gaetano Filangieri’s seven-volume ‘Science of Legislation’. This study engages with the unique history of Enlightenment Naples, the intellectual traditions upon which Filangieri drew, and the powerful repercussions of ...

Schumpeter's evolutionary economics

a theoretical, historical and statistical analysis of the engine of capitalism

A much-needed modern interpretation of Joseph Schumpeter's views on innovation, entrepreneurship and creative destruction, which provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of this great thinker's major works.

Techno-economic paradigms

essays in honour of Carlota Perez

Eds. Wolfgang Drechsler, Rainer Kattel, Erik S. Reinert. Techno-Economic Paradigms"" "presents a series of essays discussing one of the most interesting and talked-about socio-economic theories of our times, techno-economic paradigm shifts.

Ragnar Nurkse

trade and development

Eds. Rainer Kattel, Jan A. Kregel, Erik S. Reinert. CONTENTS: 1 Causes and Effects of Capital Movements (1934) 2 The Schematic Representation of the Structure of Production (1935) 3 Conditions of International Monetary Equilibrium (1945) 4 Domestic and International Equilibrium (1947) 5 International Monetary Policy ...

Ragnar Nurkse (1907-2007)

classical development economics and its relevance for today

Eds. Rainer Kattel, Jan A. Kregel, Erik S. Reinert. CONTENTS: 1 The Relevance of Ragnar Nurkse and Classical Development Economics by Rainer Kattel and Jan A. Kregel and Erik S. Reinert 2 Life and Time of Ragnar Nurkse by Kalev Kukk and Kalle Kukk 3 ...