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 Economy of Food and Finance
1st Edition
By Ted P. Schmidt
June 16, 2017
The financialization, globalization and industrialization of our food systems make it increasingly difficult to access quality fresh food. In fact, the industrialized global food system is creating products that are less food-like, engendering growing questions about the health and safety of our ...
The End of Economics
1st Edition
By Michael Perelman
April 13, 2017
Most economic theory assumes a pure capitalism of perfect competition. Even when it is recognized that this does not exist, many politicians and captains of industry pay a great deal of lip service to the idea of the market. This book goes beyond the rhetoric to explore how, even in the United ...
The Systemic Nature of the Economic Crisis: The perspectives of heterodox economics and psychoanalysis
1st Edition
By Arturo Hermann
January 27, 2017
The most prominent aspect of the current financial crisis is its systemic character which manifests itself in high levels of inequality, rampant unemployment, economic and social insecurity and environmental decay. This book explores the potential of a pluralistic and interdisciplinary approach for...
Economic Policy and the Financial Crisis
1st Edition
Edited
By Łukasz Mamica, Pasquale Tridico
January 04, 2017
The consequences of the global economic crisis which started in the United States in 2007-08 are still being felt in most of the advanced economies, and the mainstream tools of recovery are not having the required results. It seems that many of the after-effects of the crisis, including the ...
Organizations, Individualism and Economic Theory
1st Edition
By Maria Brouwer
December 08, 2016
Most economic theory is based on the assumption that economies grow in a linear fashion. Recessions, depressions and (financial) crises are explained by policy mistakes. However, economic development has historically been uneven, and this state of affairs continues today. This book argues that ...
Ownership Economics: On the Foundations of Interest, Money, Markets, Business Cycles and Economic Development
1st Edition
By Gunnar Heinsohn, Frank Decker, Otto Steiger
December 08, 2016
This book presents the first full-length explanation in English of Heinsohn and Steiger's groundbreaking theory of money and interest, which emphasizes the role played by private property rights. Ownership economics gives an alternative explanation of money and interest, proposing that operations ...
Profitability and the Great Recession: The Role of Accumulation Trends in the Financial Crisis
1st Edition
By Ascension Mejorado, Manuel Roman
December 08, 2016
From the mid-1980s, investors in the US increasingly directed capital towards the financial sector at the expense of non-financial sectors, lured by the perception of higher profits. This flow of capital inflated asset prices, creating the stock market and housing bubbles which burst when the ...
Support-Bargaining, Economics and Society: A Social Species
1st Edition
By Patrick Spread
December 08, 2016
Support-Bargaining, Economics and Society links support-bargaining to Darwin's theory of natural selection and traces the implications of support-bargaining and money-bargaining across society. It provides a wholly different account of the functioning of human societies from anything that has gone ...
The Political Economy of Gunnar Myrdal: Transcending Dilemmas Post-2008
1st Edition
By Örjan Appelqvist
December 08, 2016
The intellectual trajectory of Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish Nobel Laureate economist, sociologist, and politician, brings us through many of the major issues in the world economy and politics of the 20th century. This new volume explores Myrdal's work on three major themes: breaking away from ...
Social Costs Today: Institutional Analyses of the Present Crises
1st Edition
Edited
By Wolfram Elsner, Pietro Frigato, Paolo Ramazzotti
December 05, 2016
This book deals with the current crises from a somewhat different the usual perspectives. It claims that causes and policy implications of these crises cannot be properly assessed by focusing on allocative efficiency or income growth alone; it requires a more general approach, based on social ...
Globalization and the Critique of Political Economy: New Insights from Marxʼs Writings
1st Edition
By Lucia Pradella
November 24, 2016
The nature of the contemporary global political economy and the significance of the current crisis are a matter of wide-ranging intellectual and political debate, which has contributed to a revival of interest in Marx’s critique of political economy. This book interrogates such a critique within ...
Economic Growth and the High Wage Economy: Choices, Constraints and Opportunities in the Market Economy
1st Edition
By Morris Altman
November 10, 2016
This book provides a theoretical framework to better understand how firms, economies and labor markets have evolved. This is done in a reader-friendly fashion, without complex mathematical arguments and proofs. Economic Growth and the High Wage Economy shows how high wage economies help make firms ...