Economics category: 26433 books

Originally published in 1955, Eugene Rotwein's collection of David Hume's economic writings has become the criterion by which to measure studies of Hume's thinking on economics. Rotwein, in his extended introduction, masterfully examines the connection between Hume's various writings—economic, political,...

The Foundations of Positive and Normative Economics: A Handbook is the first book in a new series by Andrew Caplin and Andrew Schotter. There is currently no guide available on the rapidly changing methodological frontiers of the field of economics. Economists have been introducing new theories and...

Experimental economics is a rapidly growing field of inquiry, and there currently exist several textbooks and surveys describing the results of laboratory experiments in economics. This primer, however, is the first hands-on guide to the physical aspects of actually conducting experiments in economics....

The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each chapter as the follows: 1. INTRODUCTION 2. UTILITY 3. PRODUCTION OF WEALTH 4. DIVISION OF LABOUR, 5. CAPITAL 6. DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH 7. WAGES 8. TRADES-UNIONS 9. CO-OPERATION, ETC....

Important parts of development practice, especially in key institutions such as the World Bank, are dominated by economists. In contrast, Development Studies is largely based upon multidisciplinary work in which anthropologists, human geographers, sociologists, and others play important roles. Hence,...

A great supplemental text for the teaching of economics, this book offers a clear perspective and a passion for a deeper understanding of the subject. Economics is not merely a game to be played by clever professionals, but a discipline that touches upon the most pressing practical issues at any historical...

This book brings together key players in the current debate on positive and normative science and philosophy and value judgements in economics. Both editors have engaged in these debates throughout their careers from its early foundations; Putnam as a doctorial student of Hans Reichenbach at UCLA...

In his Ethics, Aristotle argued that human beings try to further a variety of values by balancing them, stating that people try to find a middle road between excess and deficiency. The author develops and applies this idea to the values of economics, arguing that in the economy; freedom, justice and...

Does economics actually help us to understand and solve real world problems? Examining and analysing the role of economics and economic theory in the social and political life of the early twentieth century, many of the arguments contained in this book are as relevant and controversial today as when...

The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each chapter as the follows: 1. Chapter I: Barter 2. Chapter II: Exchange 3. Chapter III: The Functions of Money 4. Chapter IV: Early History of Money 5. Chapter V: Qualities of the Material of Money 6. Chapter VI: The Metals...

The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each chapter as the follows: 1. Chapter I: Introduction 2. Chapter II: Theory of Pleasure and Pain 3. Chapter III: Theory of Utility 4 Chapter IV: Theory of Exchange 5. Chapter V: Theory of Labour...

The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each chapter of the following titles: 1. The Coal Question 2. Methods of Social Reform and Other Papers 3. Money and the Mechanism of Exchange The collection includes three of the most important books about...

This book was written in honour of Professor Kalyan K. Sanyal, who was an excellent educator and renowned scholar in the field of international economics. One of his research papers co-authored with Ronald Jones, entitled “The Theory of Trade in Middle Products” and published in American Economic...

This book presents the first full-length explanation in English of Heinsohn and Steiger's groundbreaking theory of money and interest, which emphasizes the role played by private property rights. Ownership economics gives an alternative explanation of money and interest, proposing that operations...