Books by Alessandro Roncaglia

This book is a clear and concise introduction to the history of economic thought. An updated adaption of the author's award-winning book, The Wealth of Ideas, it is suited both to undergraduate and graduate students studying the history of economic thought, and to general readers interested in economics.

'Why the Economists Got It Wrong' illustrates the origins and development of the financial crisis, tracing its cultural origins in mainstream views which favoured financial liberalization policies. These views are contrasted with those of Keynes and Keynesian economists such as Minsky. Thus, among other things, Keyness ideas on uncertainty and Minskys ideas on financial fragility are taken up. The book points to an interpretation of economic events where uncertainty plays a central role, the dichotomy between real and monetary variables is rejected, and elements from the Classical approach are revived. This implies drastic changes in economic policy recipes, and particularly at economic policies aimed at building institutional and regulatory structures in order to counter financial fragility.

This book studies Sraffa's relations with Gramsci, Keynes and Wittgenstein, as well as providing an authoritative interpretation of his main work Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities.

In the mid-1980s the world's industrialised economies entered their second decade of stagnant growth and mass unemployment paralleled only by the Great Slump.

This collection of essays is a contribution to an understanding of the research themes to which Sylos Labini dedicated attention: the themes of an economic science interpreted as political economy in the Classical tradition, i.e.