An introduction to the life, work and ideas of the people who have shaped the economic landscape from the sixteenth century to the present day. Now in a third edition, it considers how major economists might have viewed challenges such as the continuing economic slump, high unemployment and the...

Purpose – This paper seeks compare the current financial and economic problems with the problems facing the world economy in the 1930s. Design/methodology/approach – The paper argues that the Great Depression and the current problems have similar causes – excessive speculation, leading to...

This paper discusses some of the key contributions of John Kenneth Galbraith to economics and puts them into an historical context. It argues that the work of Galbraith should be recognized as making major contributions to the Post Keynesian paradigm. His work expands on the contributions made...