Series

  • Periodic Crises of Overproduction (1913)

    Albert Aftalion
    Edited by Ivano Cardinale, D’Maris Coffman, Roberto Scazzieri

    Albert 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

    Albert 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.

    £200.00 / $200.00
  • General and Periodic Crises of Overproduction

    Jean Lescure
    Edited by D'Maris Coffman, Ali Kabiri, Nicholas Di Liberto

    Jean 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

    Hardback

    9781839988301

    October 2022

    Active

    Jean 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.

    £200.00 / $200.00
  • Fronsperger and Laffemas

    16th-century Precursors of Modern Economic Ideas

    Edited by Erik S. Reinert, Philipp Robinson Rössner
    Leonhard Fronsperger, Barthélemy de Laffemas

    This 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

    Hardback

    9781839987083

    June 2022

    Active

    This 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. 

    £110.00 / $110.00
  • 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

    Hardback

    9781783089581

    June 2019

    Active

    ‘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’.

    £125.00 / $125.00
  • 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

    Hardback

    9781783088201

    June 2018

    Active

    ‘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.

    £115.00 / $115.00
  • ‘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

    Hardback

    9781783086290

    December 2016

    Active

    ‘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.

    £115.00 / $115.00
  • On Commerce and Usury (1524)

    Martin Luther
    introduction and notes by Philipp Robinson Rössner

    This 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

    Hardback

    9781783083855

    September 2015

    Active

    This 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’).

    £115.00 / $115.00
  • The Politics of Enlightenment

    Constitutionalism, Republicanism, and the Rights of Man in Gaetano Filangieri

    Vincenzo Ferrone
    translated by Sophus A. Reinert

    Written by one of Italy’s leading historians, this book analyses the Neapolitan nobleman Gaetano Filangieri and his seven-volume ‘Science of Legislation’ in their historical context, expounding on his legacy for the histories of constitutional republicanism, liberalism, and political economy.

    Anthem Press

    Hardback

    9780857289704

    September 2012

    Active

    Written by one of Italy’s leading historians, this book analyses the Neapolitan nobleman Gaetano Filangieri and his seven-volume ‘Science of Legislation’ in their historical context, expounding on his legacy for the histories of constitutional republicanism, liberalism, and political economy.

    £115.00 / $115.00
  • A ‘Short Treatise’ on the Wealth and Poverty of Nations (1613)

    Antonio Serra
    Edited by Sophus A. Reinert

    ‘A ‘Short Treatise’ on the Wealth and Poverty of Nations’ presents, for the first time, an English translation of Antonio Serra’s ‘Breve Trattato’ (1613), one of the most famous tracts in the history of political economy.

    Anthem Press

    Hardback

    9780857289735

    July 2011

    Active

    ‘A ‘Short Treatise’ on the Wealth and Poverty of Nations’ presents, for the first time, an English translation of Antonio Serra’s ‘Breve Trattato’ (1613), one of the most famous tracts in the history of political economy.

    £115.00 / $115.00