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Periodic Crises of Overproduction (1913)
Albert Aftalion
Edited by Ivano Cardinale, D’Maris Coffman, Roberto ScazzieriAlbert Aftalion’s Periodic Crises of Overproduction is an enlightening complement to Keynes’ General Theory, as it develops key macroeconomic concepts such as the accelerator principle from a detailed investigation of the interdependencies and temporal asymmetries of an industrial economy. It is an essential foundation for the economics of the medium term.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839983641
January 2025
Forthcoming
£200.00 / $200.00Albert Aftalion’s Periodic Crises of Overproduction is an enlightening complement to Keynes’ General Theory, as it develops key macroeconomic concepts such as the accelerator principle from a detailed investigation of the interdependencies and temporal asymmetries of an industrial economy. It is an essential foundation for the economics of the medium term.
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Financial Macroeconomics
Edited by Jan A. Kregel, Felipe Rezende
This book aims to show how technical aspects of financial were initially part of the early investigations of macroeconomics and how they may be used to provide a realistic analysis of the behavior of modern financial economies.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839990335
May 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00This book aims to show how technical aspects of financial were initially part of the early investigations of macroeconomics and how they may be used to provide a realistic analysis of the behavior of modern financial economies.
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The Other Canon of Economics, Volume 1
Essays in the Theory and History of Uneven Economic Development
Erik Reinert
Edited by Rainer KattelOther Canon Economics: Essays in the Theory and History of Uneven Economic Development brings together key essays on development economics from one of the most prolific and important development economists and historians of economic policy today.
Anthem Press
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9781839982972
February 2024
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£110.00 / $110.00Other Canon Economics: Essays in the Theory and History of Uneven Economic Development brings together key essays on development economics from one of the most prolific and important development economists and historians of economic policy today.
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The Other Canon of Economics, Volume 2
Essays in the Theory and History of Uneven Economic Development
Erik Reinert
Edited by Rainer KattelOther Canon Economics: Essays in the Theory and History of Uneven Economic Development brings together key essays on development economics from one of the most prolific and important development economists and historians of economic policy today.
Anthem Press
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9781839990038
February 2024
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£110.00 / $110.00Other Canon Economics: Essays in the Theory and History of Uneven Economic Development brings together key essays on development economics from one of the most prolific and important development economists and historians of economic policy today.
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General and Periodic Crises of Overproduction
Jean Lescure
Edited by D'Maris Coffman, Ali Kabiri, Nicholas Di LibertoJean Lescure’s General and Periodic Crises of Overproduction is a pioneering study of the causes and consequences of industrial crises in capitalist economies in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was updated periodically through five editions and now appears in English for the first time.
Anthem Press
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9781839988301
October 2022
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£200.00 / $200.00Jean Lescure’s General and Periodic Crises of Overproduction is a pioneering study of the causes and consequences of industrial crises in capitalist economies in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was updated periodically through five editions and now appears in English for the first time.
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Fronsperger and Laffemas
16th-century Precursors of Modern Economic Ideas
Edited by Erik S. Reinert, Philipp Robinson Rössner
Leonhard Fronsperger, Barthélemy de LaffemasThis volume introduces two very early, unique, and hitherto largely unknown contributions to the making of modern economic knowledge: Fronsperger's on the role of self-interest in economic development (later called the ‘Mandeville Paradox’) and Laffemas’ on the importance of an active industrial policy. Both for the first time in English.
Anthem Press
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9781839987083
June 2022
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£110.00 / $110.00This volume introduces two very early, unique, and hitherto largely unknown contributions to the making of modern economic knowledge: Fronsperger’s on the role of self-interest in economic development (later called the ‘Mandeville Paradox’) and Laffemas’ on the importance of an active industrial policy. Both for the first time in English.
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Technological Retrogression
A Schumpeterian Interpretation of Modernization in Reverse
Sylvi B. Endresen
foreword by Erik ReinertThe aim of this book is to broaden our understanding of technological change by adopting the concept of technological retrogression. With reference to concrete cases of technological retrogression a new conceptual framework is developed. The book’s exposition aims at contrasting retrogressive economic dynamics of technological change to progressive dynamics as developed by Schumpeter.
Anthem Press
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9781785277139
June 2021
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£125.00 / $125.00The aim of this book is to broaden our understanding of technological change by adopting the concept of technological retrogression. With reference to concrete cases of technological retrogression a new conceptual framework is developed. The book’s exposition aims at contrasting retrogressive economic dynamics of technological change to progressive dynamics as developed by Schumpeter.
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A Treatise on Abundance (1638) and Early Modern Views on Poverty and Famine
Carlo Tapia
Edited by Tommaso Astarita, Gaetano Sabatini‘A “Treatise on Abundance” (1638) and Early Modern Views of Poverty and Famine’ is an edited English translation of Carlo Tapia’s ‘Trattato dell’abondanza’.
Anthem Press
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9781783089581
June 2019
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£125.00 / $125.00‘A “Treatise on Abundance” (1638) and Early Modern Views of Poverty and Famine’ is an edited English translation of Carlo Tapia’s ‘Trattato dell’abondanza’.
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The Visionary Realism of German Economics
From the Thirty Years' War to the Cold War
Erik S. Reinert
Edited by Rainer Kattel‘The Visionary Realism of German Economics’ forms a collection of Erik S. Reinert’s essays bringing the more realistic German economic tradition into focus as an alternative to Anglo-Saxon neoclassical mainstream economics.
Anthem Press
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9781783089031
February 2019
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£125.00 / $125.00‘The Visionary Realism of German Economics’ forms a collection of Erik S. Reinert’s essays bringing the more realistic German economic tradition into focus as an alternative to Anglo-Saxon neoclassical mainstream economics.
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The Economic Turn
Recasting Political Economy in Enlightenment Europe
Edited by Steven Kaplan, Sophus Reinert
‘The Economic Turn’ brings together many of the world’s leading historians of early political economy to recast the very origins of the discipline in light of the Europe-wide critical reaction to the school of Enlightenment economic thought known as Physiocracy.
Anthem Press
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9781783088553
January 2019
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£299.95 / $299.95‘The Economic Turn’ brings together many of the world’s leading historians of early political economy to recast the very origins of the discipline in light of the Europe-wide critical reaction to the school of Enlightenment economic thought known as Physiocracy.
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Austria Supreme (if it so Wishes) (1684): ‘A Strategy for European Economic Supremacy’
Edited by Philipp Roessner
translated by Keith Tribe
Philipp von Hörnigk‘Austria Supreme, if It So Wishes (1684)’ provides a scholarly introduction to the Austrian-German mercantilist classic ‘Oesterreich über Alles Wann es Nur Will’ (1684) by Philipp Wilhelm von Hörnigk.
Anthem Press
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9781783088201
June 2018
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Austria Supreme, if It So Wishes (1684)’ provides a scholarly introduction to the Austrian-German mercantilist classic ‘Oesterreich über Alles Wann es Nur Will’ (1684) by Philipp Wilhelm von Hörnigk.
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Classical Economics Today
Essays in Honor of Alessandro Roncaglia
Edited by Marcella Corsi, Jan Kregel, Carlo D'Ippoliti
“Classical Economics Today: Essays in Honor of Alessandro Roncaglia” comprises a collection of original essays by leading economists who adopt a Classical approach to political economy. The essays showcase the relevance and topicality of the Classical approach, as opposed to the sterility and real-world irrelevance of mainstream economics.
Anthem Press
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9781783087501
January 2018
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£115.00 / $115.00“Classical Economics Today: Essays in Honor of Alessandro Roncaglia” comprises a collection of original essays by leading economists who adopt a Classical approach to political economy. The essays showcase the relevance and topicality of the Classical approach, as opposed to the sterility and real-world irrelevance of mainstream economics.
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Global Green Shift
When Ceres Meets Gaia
John A. Mathews
Global Green Shift - Author’s book webpage
Winner of 2018 Schumpeter Prize CompetitionThe greening of industry is described as a global process driven not so much by Western countries concerned with climate change as by China, India and other industrializing countries responding to economic imperatives as they scale up their industrial systems. This is described as economics meeting ecology, or Ceres meeting Gaia.
Anthem Press
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9781783086405
February 2017
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£115.00 / $115.00Global Green Shift – Author’s book webpage
Winner of 2018 Schumpeter Prize CompetitionThe greening of industry is described as a global process driven not so much by Western countries concerned with climate change as by China, India and other industrializing countries responding to economic imperatives as they scale up their industrial systems. This is described as economics meeting ecology, or Ceres meeting Gaia.
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Quantitative Studies of the Renaissance Florentine Economy and Society
Richard T. Lindholm
The book is a collection of nine quantitative studies about Renaissance Florentine economy and society. Topics include plague outbreaks, interest rates, wealth distribution, taxes and subsidies, art history, neighbourhood segregation, competitive markets and monopoly power, women’s work and business risk.
Anthem Press
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9781783086368
January 2017
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£115.00 / $115.00The book is a collection of nine quantitative studies about Renaissance Florentine economy and society. Topics include plague outbreaks, interest rates, wealth distribution, taxes and subsidies, art history, neighbourhood segregation, competitive markets and monopoly power, women’s work and business risk.
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‘Report on the Agrarian Law’ (1795) and Other Writings
Edited by Gabriel Paquette, Álvaro Caso Bello
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos'Report on the Agrarian Law' (1795) and Other Writings is the first modern English translation of perhaps the greatest work of the Spanish Enlightenment, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos’s Informe de la Ley Agraria (1795, Report on the Agrarian Law). Informe de la Ley Agraria is a major work of political economy as well as a beautifully crafted philosophical history of Spain’s political development until the eighteenth century.
Anthem Press
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9781783086290
December 2016
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Report on the Agrarian Law’ (1795) and Other Writings is the first modern English translation of perhaps the greatest work of the Spanish Enlightenment, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos’s Informe de la Ley Agraria (1795, Report on the Agrarian Law). Informe de la Ley Agraria is a major work of political economy as well as a beautifully crafted philosophical history of Spain’s political development until the eighteenth century.
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Bread, Politics and Political Economy in the Reign of Louis XV
Second Edition
Steven L. Kaplan
foreword by Sophus A. ReinertA new edition of Kaplan’s landmark study on eighteenth-century French political economy, reissued with a new Foreword by Sophus A. Reinert. Based on comprehensive archival, Kaplan’s classic work constitutes a major contribution to the study of the subsistence problem before the French Revolution and the political economy of deregulatory reform.
Anthem Press
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9780857285102
September 2015
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£145.00 / $145.00A new edition of Kaplan’s landmark study on eighteenth-century French political economy, reissued with a new Foreword by Sophus A. Reinert. Based on comprehensive archival, Kaplan’s classic work constitutes a major contribution to the study of the subsistence problem before the French Revolution and the political economy of deregulatory reform.
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On Commerce and Usury (1524)
Martin Luther
introduction and notes by Philipp Robinson RössnerThis volume presents Martin Luther’s contribution to the modern economic sciences, providing a detailed introduction and revised translation of his 1524 pamphlet, ‘On Commerce and Usury’ (‘Von Kauffshandlung vnd Wucher’).
Anthem Press
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9781783083855
September 2015
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume presents Martin Luther’s contribution to the modern economic sciences, providing a detailed introduction and revised translation of his 1524 pamphlet, ‘On Commerce and Usury’ (‘Von Kauffshandlung vnd Wucher’).
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The Stakes of Regulation
Perspectives on 'Bread, Politics and Political Economy' Forty Years Later
Steven L. Kaplan
This engaging work functions as extended critical essay in dialogue with the republication of ‘Bread, Politics and Political Economy’ (1976), focused on 18th-century France, dealing with the fraught question of regulation in its multiples guises: economic, social, political, cultural and psychological.
Anthem Press
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9781783084760
August 2015
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£130.00 / $130.00This engaging work functions as extended critical essay in dialogue with the republication of ‘Bread, Politics and Political Economy’ (1976), focused on 18th-century France, dealing with the fraught question of regulation in its multiples guises: economic, social, political, cultural and psychological.
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The New Olive Branch (1820) and Selected Essays
Mathew Carey
Edited by Lawrence A. PeskinOne of the most important and neglected works of early American economics, Mathew Carey’s “The New Olive Branch” offers insight into political economy as it happened in early America, and provides an excellent example of resistance to Adam Smith and classical economics.
Anthem Press
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9781783081554
October 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00One of the most important and neglected works of early American economics, Mathew Carey’s “The New Olive Branch” offers insight into political economy as it happened in early America, and provides an excellent example of resistance to Adam Smith and classical economics.
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Economic Development and Financial Instability
Selected Essays
Jan A. Kregel
Edited by Rainer Kattel
foreword by G. C. HarcourtJan A. Kregel is one of the most important post-Keynesian economists alive. These essays deal with topics ranging from financial crisis in developing countries to today’s financial regulations in the US. This key collection examines crises and their impact on growth from post-Keynesian and Minskyean perspectives.
Anthem Press
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9781783083824
October 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00Jan A. Kregel is one of the most important post-Keynesian economists alive. These essays deal with topics ranging from financial crisis in developing countries to today’s financial regulations in the US. This key collection examines crises and their impact on growth from post-Keynesian and Minskyean perspectives.
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Quakernomics
An Ethical Capitalism
Mike King
foreword by Sir Adrian CadburyCombining commercial success with philanthropy and social activism, ‘Quakernomics’ offers a compelling model for corporate social responsibility in the modern world.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9780857281128
April 2014
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£19.95 / $19.95Combining commercial success with philanthropy and social activism, ‘Quakernomics’ offers a compelling model for corporate social responsibility in the modern world.
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Economics of the 1%
John F. Weeks
How much do economists really know? In most cases, they claim to have profound knowledge but in fact understand little and obscure almost everything. This book exposes the myths of mainstream economics and explains why current policies fail to serve the interests of the vast majority of people in the United States, Europe and elsewhere. Instead, they serve the few, increasing inequality and poverty.
Anthem Press
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9780857281081
January 2014
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£19.95 / $19.95How much do economists really know? In most cases, they claim to have profound knowledge but in fact understand little and obscure almost everything. This book exposes the myths of mainstream economics and explains why current policies fail to serve the interests of the vast majority of people in the United States, Europe and elsewhere. Instead, they serve the few, increasing inequality and poverty.
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Torkel Aschehoug and Norwegian Historical Economic Thought
Reconsidering a Forgotten Norwegian Pioneer Economist
Mathilde C. Fasting
This book explores the economic thought of prominent Norwegian legal theorist and politician Torkel Halvorsen Aschehoug (1822–1909) during the last decades of the nineteenth century, focusing on his historical-empirical approach to economics.
Anthem Press
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9780857280756
October 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00This book explores the economic thought of prominent Norwegian legal theorist and politician Torkel Halvorsen Aschehoug (1822–1909) during the last decades of the nineteenth century, focusing on his historical-empirical approach to economics.
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Thorstein Veblen
Economics for an Age of Crises
Edited by Erik S. Reinert, Francesca L. Viano
The book presents state-of-the-art scholarship on Thorstein Veblen, one of the world's most influential social scientists. It explores hitherto neglected aspects of his life, works and historical relevance.
Anthem Press
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9781843318583
December 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00The book presents state-of-the-art scholarship on Thorstein Veblen, one of the world’s most influential social scientists. It explores hitherto neglected aspects of his life, works and historical relevance.