Theory Of Economics category: 2484 books
Ethics and Economics
New perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Since the days of Adam Smith, ethics and economics have been closely intertwined, and were nominally separated only with the advent of neoclassical economics in the beginning of the last century. This book features eleven essays by leading scholars in economics and philosophy who argue for a renewal...
The History of Economic Ideas
Economic Thought in Contemporary Context
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
The global financial crisis has drawn attention to the importance of understanding historical ideas and learning lessons from the past. However, it can sometimes be difficult to trace the connections between old ideas and modern day issues. This textbook traces the evolution of economic ideas from...
by A. Marshall
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
Alfred Marshall, Principles of Economics (1890) – Founder of Modern (Neo-classical) Economics. His book Principles of Economics was the dominant textbook in economics for a long time and it is considered to be his seminal work.
Essays
On Entrepreneurs, Innovations, Business Cycles and the Evolution of Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Ordinarily, the word essays is invoked at great risk by authors and publishers alike. But in the case of this special collection by Joseph A. Schumpeter, the great Austrian economist who finally settled at Harvard, the scholarly world knows this particular volume as his Essays. For a less pious younger...
by William James
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2014
The book has an active table of contents for readers to access each chapter of the following titles:
1. The Principles of Psychology: Volume One – William James
2. The Principles of Psychology: Volume Two – William James
The Principles of Psychology by William James, one...
by William James
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2014
The book has an active table of contents for readers to access each chapter.
The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James, one of the greatest American psychologists, was widely acclaimed and it was widely used by students of psychology. William James influences on Psychology theory...
by William James
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
The book has an active table of contents for readers to access each chapter of the following titles:
1. The Varieties of Religious Experience – William James
2. Pragmatism – William James
The book by William James, one of the greatest American psychologists, was widely...
by Irving Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
This book has an active table of contents for readers to easy access to each chapter.
Irving Fisher was the greatest economist the United States has ever produced. He made important contributions to utility theory, general equilibrium, theory of capital, the quantity theory of money and interest...
by Guo Ying Luo
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2011
One of the core building blocks of traditional economic theory is the concept of equilibrium, a state of the world in which economic forces are balanced and in the absence of external influences the values of economic variables remain static. Many traditional equilibrium models, or equilibria, are...
The Demand for Health
A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
A seminal work in health economics first published in 1972, Michael Grossman's The Demand for Health introduced a new theoretical model for determining the health status of the population. His work uniquely synthesized economic and public health knowledge and has catalyzed a vastly influential body...
Pillars of Prosperity
The Political Economics of Development Clusters
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2011
"Little else is required to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice; all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things." So wrote Adam Smith a quarter of a millennium ago. Using the tools...
A Primer in Social Choice Theory
Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2009
Processes of collective decision making are seen throughout modern society. How does a government decide on an investment strategy within the health care and educational sectors? Should a government or a community introduce measures to combat climate change and CO2 emissions, even if others choose...
by Hak Choi
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2018
Any government must rely on taxation to finance its expenses or its squandering. Being the biggest monopoly, a government has total discretion on how to collect tax, without any need for justification. However, as government’s think tank, economists should offer some advice so as to make the collection...
Caring Economics
Conversations on Altruism and Compassion, Between Scientists, Economists, and the Dalai Lama
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
A COLLECTION OF INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED SCIENTISTS AND ECONOMISTS IN DIALOGUE WITH HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA, ADDRESSING THE NEED FOR A MORE ALTRUISTIC ECONOMY
Can the hyperambitious, bottom-line-driven practices of the global economy incorporate compassion into the pursuit of wealth? Or...