Books in the Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy series

This work explores major methodological issues in the area of radical subjectivism and includes contributions from Jorg Bibow, Peter Boettke, Maurizio Caserta, Steven Horwitz, Brian J. Loasby, Steven Parsons, Steve Sullivan and Carlo Zappia.

Using information from sixteen countries including the UK, US, Germany and France, this book charts the fortunes of the labour movement. It examines the debates over strategy and suggests ways of reigniting its fortunes.

Answering a range of questions and written by a rising star in feminist economics, this book provides explanations of the different kinds of feminism, the evolution of feminist thought and, the history and sources of utopias as a theoretical and/or literary tool.

Brings together scholars from various disciplines, along with nonacademics to address the question of economic representation from a variety of perspectives, ranging from the question of globalization to cultural economies.

Asks how a more liberating economics could be constructed and taught. This book suggests that if economists are serious about emancipation and empowerment, they will have to radically change their conception about what it means for a citizen to act rationally in a complex society.

General Equilibrium Theory, which became the dominating paradigm after the Second World War, is founded on the postulated existence, uniqueness, and stability of equilibrium in economic processes. This book highlights the notions of equilibrium in economics and provides an understanding of the links between economic theory and economic reality.

The early 21st Century saw a boom in Brazil's economy. Commodities had a large part to play, including bananas, sugar and soybeans, but also processed food, gasoline and medium sized airplanes. This book argues it is the adoption of leftist economic policies and changes made by Lula's government which are key to explaining recent Brazilian growth.

Through an exploration of the dual nature of crises, this book elaborates a nuanced analysis of the pedagogy of crises. In contrast to the conventional focus on the lessons drawn by executive bodies or disaster management agencies, volume considers how other social forces construe crises and attempt to learn lessons from them.

Economists occupy leading positions in many different sectors. Power and Influence of Economists explores the interconnected relationship between power, knowledge and influence which has led economics to be both a source and beneficiary of widespread power and influence.

This book tackles the issue of involuntary employment, examining the issue in the light of Keynesian and Post-Keynesian theory.

The multiplier is a central concept in Keynesian and post-Keynesian economics. This book explores both the pros and cons of the multiplier from a strictly post-Keynesian - and Kaleckian - approach. It analyses the historical foundations of the Keynesian Multiplier and it's treatment throughout the history of economic thought.

Social choice and decision-making are key topics in economic theory. Exploring the relations between choice and individuality, Robert Urquhart suggests that mundane choices are as fraught with difficulties as the grander, life-rending ones.

Compares Karl Popper and Friedrich Hayek systematically and critically assessing their contribution to the political philosophy of the Open Society.

Gives an introduction to institutional economics, following the history of different trends in this field since the early 20th century onwards. This work relates the history of economic theories that make up the enlarged family of institutional economics. It also introduces novel concepts of contemporary research.

Demonstrates that economic analysis can deepen our understanding of the historical experience of American Jewry. The author applies the methodology of modern labor economics to examine how America's unique economic environment in the twentieth century provided a context for the ancient Jewish religion to adapt to different circumstances.

With contributions from a galaxy of economists - including David Colander, Robin Hahnel, Yanis Varioufakis and Fred Lee - this book is an important read and an attempt to break down the varied barriers that have been erected to economic pluralism.

Austrian economics is often criticized as being hostile to empirical research and seen purely as an ideology. On the contrary, this book shows that Austrian economics provides an interesting approach to most conceivable subjects in economics.

Applies public choice theory and a complex systems view of government institutions to analyze policy implementation as an economic process. This title addresses the common and vexing question of why managing federal agencies for results is so difficult by challenging traditional assumptions of institutional design and policy analysis.

In the light of questions about the state and responsibility in the wake of the financial crisis, the debate on value-neutrality and objectivity has again come to the fore. This volume brings together economists, sociologists and philosophers, to explore the key issues involved in this debate.

Ingrid Rima, one of the first women to teach economics in America, has been a major figure in the development of Post-Keynesian economics over the past forty years. Rima has made numerous contributions to the fields of labour economics, history of economic thought, and Post Keynesian economic theory. This volume looks at these contributions.

This book aims to make the nature of input-output analysis in economics clearly accessible and, contrary to the opinion of many commentators, shows that this type of analysis can be compatible with the doctrines of neoclassical economics.

This collection honours the work of the eminent economist Josef Steindl. This collection charts the thinking of one of the leading economic theorist of the twentieth century.