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.
International Taxation and Capitalism: A Heterodox Economics Perspective
1st Edition
By Andrés Blanco
July 20, 2026
The book introduces a novel approach to international taxation through the lens of heterodox economic and social theories, in particular Marxism. The book argues that the radical reorganization of the international tax system that has been underway for the last few decades – initiated by the OECD, ...
Political Economy in the Middle East and North Africa: Why Institutions, Rents, and Power Matter in Economic Reforms
1st Edition
By Rachid Mira
July 20, 2026
Many countries in the Middle East and North Africa continue to face major economic and political challenges, including volatile economic growth, low economic diversification, high unemployment levels, and, in some cases, pervasive authoritarian regimes. These economic and political challenges are ...
The Myth of the Global Market: A Marxist Critique of Neoliberalism
1st Edition
By Giulio Palermo
July 20, 2026
Capitalism is often held to be the best of all possible worlds, or even the only possible world, in which the market is underpinned by the highest principles of rationality, efficiency, and compatibility with democracy. These truths are backed up by economists, a group who present themselves as ...
The Political Economy and Ethics of Debt Financing: The Brutality of the Charging of Interest on Loans
1st Edition
By Patrick O'Sullivan, Paolo Ricci
July 20, 2026
This book takes a fresh look at an age-old controversy in ethics and political economy that stretches right back to Aristotle: the morality and the economics of debt financing, or the charging of interest on loans. It endeavours to show the immense relevance of those ancient debates in the ...
Reimagining the Welfare State
1st Edition
By Celia Lessa Kerstenetzky
July 17, 2026
New social risks, ranging from profound transformations in labor markets to rising inequality and the climate crisis, are reshaping contemporary societies and demanding innovative forms of social policy. This book argues that the critical expansion of public social services is central to addressing...
Bank Profitability and Interest Rates: An Endogenous Money Theory Perspective
1st Edition
By Riccardo Zolea
July 13, 2026
In recent years, many financial and monetary issues have been clarified and explained by the post-Keynesian theory, but some open questions remain on the functioning of the bank and the role of bank profitability in interest rate determination and distributive conflict. The book identifies a ...
Heterodox Economics and Social Policy: Reassessing Equality of Opportunity and Equality of Place
1st Edition
Edited
By Camilo Andrés Guevara Castañeda
June 29, 2026
This book critically examines the theoretical and practical foundations of contemporary social policy through the lens of heterodox economic thought. Despite decades of academic debate and institutional reform, contemporary social policy remains largely anchored in the liberal tradition of equality...
Sustainable Economic Development: Perspectives from Political Economy and Economics Pluralism
1st Edition
Edited
By Giorgos Meramveliotakis, Manolis Manioudis
June 22, 2026
Drawing on political economy and economic pluralism, this book explores issues in sustainable economic development from a macro perspective. In contrast to the vast majority of studies on contemporary development problems, which are focused on micro-level theory, method, and policy, this volume ...
Corruption and the Sustainable Development Goals
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Gillanders, Chandan Kumar Jha
June 19, 2026
With a chapter devoted to each of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this edited book explores the evidence that corruption is a strong impediment to achieving the SDGs and that strong anti-corruption policy is essential if any are to be achieved. For some of the goals, there...
Keynes and Macroeconomics: An Alternative Theory of Employment, Finance and Sustainability
1st Edition
By Arne Heise
June 19, 2026
In 1936 John Maynard Keynes published a book that he believed would revolutionise the way the world thinks about economic problems: The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money. Although the book became the foundation of a particular approach to economic theorising – later termed ...
Nativism and Capitalism: From Colonial Hauntings to Radical Indigenous Futures
1st Edition
By Peter Bloom
June 09, 2026
Nativism and Capitalism: From Colonial Hauntings to Radical Indigenous Futures offers a sweeping reappraisal of nativism as a central force within global capitalism rather than a simple reaction against it. Peter Bloom shows how the figure of the “native”, inherited from colonial rule, continues to...
Economic Growth and Long Cycles: A Classical Political Economy Approach
1st Edition
By Nikolaos Chatzarakis, Persefoni Tsaliki, Lefteris Tsoulfidis
May 22, 2026
Contemporary capitalism is characterized by periods of vigorous economic growth and periods of slow or even negative growth. This book draws on the classical political economy approach to consider both economic cycles and economic growth and draw conclusions about the inherent instability of the ...