Series: Economics as Social Theory

Defining markets has never been an easy task. Despite their importance for economic theory and practice, they are hard to pin down as a concept, and economists have tended to adopt simplified axiomatic models or rely on piecemeal case studies. Markets argues that an extended range of theory, social as well as economic, can provide a better foundation for the...

The dominant approach to economic policy has so far failed to adequately address the pressing challenges the world faces today: extreme poverty, widespread joblessness and precarious employment, burgeoning inequality, and large-scale environmental threats. This message was brought home forcibly by the 2008 global economic crisis. Rethinking Economic Policy for Social Justice shows how human rights have the potential to transform...

John Maynard Keynes is undoubtedly the most influential Western economist of the twentieth century. His emphasis on the nature and role of uncertainty in economic thought is a dominant theme in his writings. The Philosophy of Keynes' Economics brings together a wide array of experts on Keynes' thought such as Gay Tulip Meeks, Sheila Dow, and John Davis. They discuss,...