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.
Disequilibrium Economics: Fluctuations in the U.S. Postwar Economy
1st Edition
By Gérard Duménil, Dominique Levy
September 30, 2026
The ambition of this book is nothing less than the development of an alternative macroeconomic theory. There are important groundings, notably in Marxian, Keynesian, Schumpeterian, and Minskian approaches, but it does not adhere strictly to any particular train of thought. The frontal treatment of ...
A Classical-Keynesian Approach to Macroeconomics: Growth, Production, and the Environment
1st Edition
Edited
By Eladio Febrero, Maria-Angeles Cadarso, Ferran Portella-Carbó
September 28, 2026
Presenting a robust alternative to mainstream economics, this book outlines a coherent Classical-Keynesian approach to economics – one grounded in the Classical theory of value, the Keynesian principle of effective demand, and the post-Keynesian perspective on money and finance. The chapters from ...
Marx, the State, and Primitive Accumulation: Rethinking Dispossession Under Capitalism
1st Edition
By Raju J Das
September 28, 2026
Critically engaging with contributions from both the Global North and the Global South, this book offers a systematic rethinking of Marx’s concept of primitive accumulation and its relevance to contemporary capitalism. The book argues that recent attempts to reinterpret dispossession often suffer ...
The Political Economies of High-Speed Rail: A Global View
1st Edition
Edited
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
Edited
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
Edited
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
Edited
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...