Crítica de la economía política del signo

La verdad desde hace tanto tiempo reconocida en el sector de la producción económica de que en ninguna parte aparece ya el valor de uso, debe ser hoy reconocida, según el autor, en la esfera del "consumo" y del sistema cultural en general -o sea ...

Contra Keynes and Cambridge

essays, correspondence

Contra Keynes and Cambridge is composed of three parts: Part I consists of two essays, the first being a recollection by Hayek of his time at the London School of Economics in the 1930s, followed by his contribution to an early debate about the paradox ...

Political economy, concisely

essays on policy that does not work and markets that do

Written for the general reader and specialist alike, the essays collected here articulate a convincing classical liberal view of the world, with a no-nonsense approach to modern economic theory. Many of the articles are collected here for the first time in book form. Jasay's ...

El capitalismo y la riqueza de las naciones

las vicisitudes de la teoría económica moderna

Si Carl Menger (1840-1921) volviera a la escena no se extrañaría del estado de confusión al que han llegado los economistas de nuestro tiempo en las cuestiones relativas al dinero, a la banca y a los mercados financieros. El Capitalismo y la Riqueza de las ...

El Capital

Libro I. Capítulo VI (inédito): Resultados del proceso inmediato de producción

Este trabajo, de cuya fecha exacta de redacción no tenemos datos ciertos, originariamente formaba parte del conjunto de los materiales preparatorios de El Capital, pero en oportunidad de su redaccioón definitiva fue excluido. Sin embargo, una simple lectura de los "Resultados..." muestra que su ausencia ...

Europa

una aventura inacabada

Pensar como un economista

homenaje al profesor Andrés Fernández Díaz

Milton Friedman

Nobel monetary economist. A review of his theories and policies

Ed. K. Puttaswamaiah.

Franco modigliani

peerless twentieth-century macroeconomist

Ed. K. Puttaswamaiah ; Foreword by Paul A. Samuelson

Greed, lust and gender

a history of economic ideas

When does the pursuit of self-interest go too far, lapsing into morally unacceptable behaviour? Until the unprecedented events of the recent global financial crisis economists often seemed unconcerned with this question, even suggesting that "greed is good." A closer look, however, suggests that greed and ...

The idea of justice

Is justice an ideal, forever beyond our grasp, or something that may actually guide our practical decisions and enhance our lives? In this wide-ranging book, Amartya Sen presents an alternative approach to mainstream theories of justice which, despite their many specific achievements have taken us ...

Camino de servidumbre: textos y documentos: edición definitiva

(Obras completas ; volumen II)

Obra clásica de filosofía política, de historia intelectual y cultural y de economía, Camino de servidumbre inspiró y enfureció a políticos, académicos y en general a los lectores durante medio siglo. Publicada originariamente en 1944, fue considerada una obra herética por su apasionada denuncia de ...

El manantial

Epílogo de Leonard Peikoff. El Manantial es una de esas raras muestras de la buena novela liberal. Es una historia en la que el protagonista, Howard Roark, un arquitecto brillante, está dispuesto a arriesgarlo todo por defender su libertad individual. De alguna manera, se trata ...

Milton Friedman

a biography

This is the first biography of one of the 20th-century's greatest economists. Friedman is an icon for libertarians, conservative economists, and free-market advocates. Over the past decade, Ebenstein has interviewed and corresponded with Friedman countless times. Ebenstein has written two books on the less ...

Kalecki's principle of increasing risk and keynesian economics

Kalecki was one of an important generation of Cambridge economists. Here, Tracy Mott's impressive book examines the relationship of Kalecki's economics to different economic areas and its relationship to major alternative schools, such as Keynes and Marx. Mott looks at Kalecki's 'principle ...

Che Guevara

the economics of Revolution

Foreword by Professor Lord Meghnad Desai. This book presents a unique exploration of the impact of Che Guevara as economist and politician, providing a comprehensive exploration of a little-discussed, but central, aspect of Guevara's life and career. It provides a comprehensive overview of a ...

Understanding Keynes' General Theory

This book is a comprehensive guide for those seeking to fully understand the General Theory, and especially those approaching Keynes' seminal work for the first time. It provides a wide-ranging overview of the work, covering both the familiar and lesser-known elements, and sets it amongst ...

Hayek on Hayek

an autobiographical dialogue

This book gives readers insight into F A Hayek's life and ideas. The detailed chronology depicts Hayek's early life and education, his intellectual progress, and the academic and public reception of his ideas through a series of oral history interviews. Hayek's own ...

¿Por qué no hay socialismo en Estados Unidos?

Epílogo de Jerome Karabel. Hace ya un tiempo un número de The Economist se preguntaba por qué los norteamericanos no han conseguido nunca aficionarse al fútbol europeo. En la misma página, se preguntaba además algo bastante menos trascendente: ¿por qué el socialismo no ha conseguido ...

Keynes and macroeconomics after 70 years

critical assessments of the general theory

In this new collection, esteemed Post-Keynesian scholars reassess the relevance of Keynes' "The General Theory" to a broad array of topic areas, ranging from the environment, investment finance, exchange rates, and socialism, as well as inquiries into general Post-Keynesian theory.