The future of liberalism

A compelling and deeply felt exploration and defense of liberalism: what it actually is, why it is relevant today, and how it can help our society chart a forward course. The Future of Liberalism represents the culmination of four decades of thinking and writing about ...

Democracy's debt

the historical tensions between political and economic liberty

It is an undeniable fact that economic circumstances can directly impact political affairs, that wealth is easily translated into political influence, and that political movements and constitutional arrangements can directly influence economic environments. There is no consensus, however, on how to best manage the tensions ...

Keynes, Lucas

d'une macroéconomie à l'autre

Aux antipodes l'un de l'autre, J. M. Keynes et R. Lucas sont les deux figures tutélaires de la macroéconomie du vingtième siècle. Alors que la Théorie générale de Keynes a marqué la naissance de cette discipline dans les années 1930, Lucas a été ...

Una historia de la economía poskeynesiana desde 1936

Esta es la historia de una escuela disidente del pensamietno macroeconómico, el enfoque keynesiano, desde su nacimietno a mediados de los años treinta, hasta finales del siglo XX.

Theories of development

contentions, arguments, alternatives

Widely adopted, this unique text critically evaluates the leading theories of international economic development, from classical economic and sociological models to Marxist, poststructuralist, and feminist perspectives. No other book provides such comprehensive coverage or links the theories as incisively to contemporary world events and policy ...

Keynes and his battles

This fascinating book is the first to bring together and examine all aspects of the life and work of one of the most influential thinkers of the last century, John Maynard Keynes, whose theses are still hotly debated. It combines, in an accessible, unique and ...

Tocqueville's political economy

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) has long been recognized as a major political and social thinker as well as historian, but his writings also contain a wealth of little-known insights into economic life and its connection to the rest of society. In "Tocqueville's Political Economy ...

Obras escogidas

Edición y estudio preliminar de Francisco Cabrillo. Algunos de estos escritos sorprenderán al lector por su actualidad. Así, por ejemplo, su crítica "antikeynesiana" a la idea de que para una economía pllede resultar positiva la realización de un gasto para incrementar la demanda, al margen ...

The Oxford handbook of philosophy of economics

Eds. Harold Kincaid, Don Ross. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics is a cutting-edge reference work to philosophical issues in the practice of economics. It is motivated by the view that there is more to economics than general equilibrium theory, and that the philosophy ...

Teoría de la competencia en los neoclásicos y en Marx

Este pequeño libro hace una doble e importante aportación al análisis teórico de la competencia capitalista, cada una de las cuales tiene a su vez gran repercusión práctica y política. En primer lugar, presenta una alternativa a la teoría neoclásica, caracterizada por los modelos de ...

The Elgar companion to Alfred Marshall

In light of the recent and ongoing surge of interest in Alfred Marshall's work, this new and original reference volume fills a gap in the literature through a detailed examination of his thought and of his contributions to economics and social science. The Companion ...

Altermarxismo

otro marxismo para otro mundo

Frente a los discursos de consenso y de resignación hemos querido escribir un libro de combate. No una utopía. Sino una contribución a la inmensa lucha que se esboza en este principio de siglo#. Así definen Bidet y Duménil lo que han pretendido con la ...

Capitalism, socialism, and democracy

In this classic and prescient book, Joseph A. Schumpeter introduced the world to the concept of "creative destruction," which forever altered how global economics is approached and perceived. "Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy" is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand where the world economy ...

Dictionnaire des grands économistes

2500 ans d'histoire de la pensée économique

Ce dictionnaire constitue un ouvrage de référence pour tous ceux qui s'intéressent à l'économie. Outil de savoir, de culture générale et de réflexion indispensable, il offre une vision synthétique et globale de l'état des savoirs de l'économie par ses grands auteurs ...

The value of money

Why is money more valuable than the paper on which it is printed? Monetarists link the value of money to its supply and demand, believing the latter depends on the total value of the commodities it circulates. According to Prabhat Patnaik, this logic is flawed ...

John Maynard Keynes

Martin Chick's book is a major economic and historical study of the development of electricity and energy policy in Britain, France and the United States since 1945. Using newly available archival material the author draws important comparisons between these countries and includes all of ...

The impartial spectator

Adam Smith's moral philosophy

D. D. Raphael provides a critical account of the moral philosophy of Adam Smith, presented in his first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Whilst it does not have the same prominence in its field as his work on economics, The Wealth of Nations, Smith ...

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.

Luces en el laberinto

autobiografía intelectual. Alternativas a la crisis (relflexiones con Óscar Carpintero y Jorge Riechmann)

Este libro tiene el doble valor de ofrecernos reflexiones del autor sobre sus propias vivencias intelectuales unidas a su trayectoria investigadora y sobre la naturaleza de la crisis actual, sus perspectivas y alternativas. La primera parte del libro recoge su autobiografía intelectual en la que ...

How do you know?

the economics of ordinary knowledge

How do ordinary people come to know or believe what they do? We need an account of this process to help explain why people act as they do. You might think I am acting irrationally - against my interest or my purpose - until you realize that ...