Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
About the Book Series
In recent years, there has been widespread criticism of mainstream economics. This has taken many forms, from methodological critiques of its excessive formalism, to concern about its failure to connect with many of the most pressing social issues. This series provides a forum for research which is developing alternative forms of economic analysis. Reclaiming the traditional 'political economy' title, it refrains from emphasising any single school of thought, but instead attempts to foster greater diversity within economics.
The Political Economies of High-Speed Rail: A Global View
1st Edition
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By Simon Haikola, Natalia Buier
September 17, 2026
High-speed rail (HSR) is the object of conflicting assessments. It is simultaneously viewed as modern, backwards, progressive, conservative, green, unsustainable, disruptive and path-dependent. This volume takes as its starting point the heterogeneous appraisal of contemporary high speed rail ...
Growth Models and Structural Change: Regional Varieties and Socioeconomic Impacts
1st Edition
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By Daniel Herrero, Miguel Á. Casaú
September 10, 2026
Connecting comparative political economy with structural economics, this book explores the relationship between national growth models and economic structures and considers the impacts of both growth models and structural change on various arenas, including gender and environmental issues. The ...
Alternative Currencies: A Critical Approach
1st Edition
By Louis Larue
August 27, 2026
A wide variety of new forms of money have been developed in recent decades as a challenge or complement to the official, dominant currencies. LETS, local currencies, carbon currencies, and Bitcoins are all examples of this new trend. These currencies are at the heart of a larger movement that ...
The BRICs and the Global Agrifood System: Varieties of Capitalism and Food Regime Transformation
1st Edition
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By Fabiano Escher
August 20, 2026
The BRICS grouping – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – jointly founded the New Development Bank and the Contingent Reserve Arrangement as part of their efforts to constitute a trade, monetary, and geopolitical bloc. Yet the inability to deal collectively with external pressures, ...
Derivatives and the Transformation of Capitalism
1st Edition
By Marcelo Milan
July 22, 2026
This book discusses the astonishing rise of so-called derivatives, economic instruments related to different types of risks, and the changes this has imposed to the functioning of advanced capitalist economies. The market for derivatives has grown exponentially since the 1980s, dwarfing today's ...
A Financial Theory of the Business Cycle: Net Present Value and Fractional Reserve Banking
1st Edition
By Edward W. Fuller, Warren Young
July 20, 2026
A Financial Theory of the Business Cycle presents a new approach to business cycle theory based on the net present value. The book develops a novel diagrammatic approach to illustrate how fractional reserve banking systematically distorts net-present-value calculations. In addition to providing ...
Capital, Entrepreneurship and Management: A New Austrian Theory of Organizations
1st Edition
By Thierry Aimar
July 20, 2026
Economic and organizational literature has long separated the figure of the capitalist and the manager, but it often continues to assimilate that of the capitalist and the entrepreneur around the notion of risk-bearing. Yet confusion between the two prevents any understanding of the essence of ...
Economic Populism and Institutional Reform
1st Edition
By Emre Ünal
July 20, 2026
In response to the global crises in recent decades, many countries – both developed and developing economies – have resorted to populist forms of economic policy instead of undertaking meaningful institutional change. This book explores two forms of economic populism in particular (wage ...
Government and Economic Growth in the 21st Century: A Classical Liberal Response
1st Edition
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By Juan E. Castañeda
July 20, 2026
This book offers an alternative view of the economy – and indeed, society – that does not rely on an ever-expanding government to address the problems which individuals typically face during their lives. The book is a Classical Liberal response to the way leading economies have been (mis)managed in...
Heterodox Economics of Military Spending
1st Edition
By Adem Yavuz Elveren
July 20, 2026
Covering Institutionalist, Post-Keynesian, Marxist, and Feminist perspectives, Heterodox Economics of Military Spending provides a comprehensive analysis of the effect of military expenditures on the economy. The impact of military spending on economic growth has always been a crucial issue for ...
How Economists Think: A Kantian Interpretation of Mainstream Economics
1st Edition
By Steven Buccola
July 20, 2026
Many philosophers today take the empiricist or rationalist stance that mainstream economics is self-centered and naïve. For their part too, most economists don’t know much formal philosophy. The purpose of the present book is to help bridge this great divide between philosopher and economist....
Innovation in Capitalist Economies: Crises, Challenges and Opportunities
1st Edition
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By Faruk Ülgen, Lyubov Klapkiv
July 20, 2026
Innovation is critical to increasing global prosperity and also essential to surviving and overcoming the ongoing challenges of pandemics, wars, climate change, and systemic financial turmoil. At the same time, major corporations seek to transform new knowledge and scientific progress into ...