Books in the Routledge Foundations of the Market Economy series

This volume documents the revival of free banking in recent years, combining chapters on the theory of laissez-faire banking, the historical experience of it and the solutions it might offer to current banking crises.

Argues that whilst the tradition of Hayek and Mises encourages a humanistic liberalism, the Chicago School proposes a technical humanism. This volume is a useful read for those in the fields of economic theory and political economy.

Maclachlan aims to rehabilitate the largely discredited liquidity preference theory of interest, providing a restatement of the theory. She draws on the methodology of the Austrian School as well as real world institutions.

Intended for undergraduates and academics in the field of economics, this book analyzes different theoretical approaches to the role of prices in situations of imperfect information.

This book argues that international aid programmes are unsuccessful for indigenous African institutions because it is based on mainstream economic theory which is fundamentally acultural which does not understand their cultural context.

Enquires the relationship that exists between firms and markets, with examinations of both the existence and inner organisation of the firm. This work encompasses a wealth of existing literature and leads it in a new direction. It is intended for economic scholars particularly within the fields of Austrian economies and the theory of the firm.