Using Adam Smith's notion of an 'invisible hand', this extraordinary contribution identifies dogmatic versus pragmatic views of free markets. Published posthumously, with new contributions by Rod O'Donnell, Daniel B. Klein and Christopher Torr, this book outlines Mittermaier's main thesis and...

Ákos Navratil (1875-1952) is an outstanding theoretical economist from the first half of the 20th century. A selection of his works was published as volume 8 in the series Classics in Hungarian Economics (Old truths and new theories in economics by Ákos Navratil, (int., ed. by M. Hild)). The...

In this paper the view of humankind and nature upon which the thinking of Malthus is founded will be reflected on and contrasted with the opposed understanding of his contemporary Wordsworth. We show that the economic considerations of both are based decidedly on the premise of these views, and...

This book considers the relationship between Hayek and Mill, taking issues with Hayek's criticism of Mill and providing a broader perspective of the liberal tradition. Featuring contributions from the likes of Ross Emmett, Leon Montes and Robert Garnett, these chapters ask whether Hayek had an...

This essay will provide a necessarily brief and preliminary survey of certain phenomena involved in the early modern dematerialization of economic exchanges through an approach to Gerard Malynes' Lex Mercatoria (1622). A comprehensive treatise on international maritime law, trade practices,...

This lecture discusses the work by the Estonian economist Ragnar Nurkse (1907-1959). It focuses on the early Nurkse, who was concerned with exchange rates, capital flows and what today we call the international financial architecture. It asks how many of the conclusions of International Currency...

Few areas in economics are as controversial as economic forecasting. While the field has sparked great hopes for the prediction of economic trends and events throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, economic forecasts have often proved inaccurate or unreliable, thus provoking severe criticism in...

Der vorliegende Band der Studien zur Entwicklung der ökonomischen Theorie vereinigt die überarbeiteten Referate der 24. Tagung des Dogmenhistorischen Ausschusses des Vereins für Socialpolitik an der Universität Oldenburg, die sich mit dem Verhältnis von Ökonomie und Religion...

Der Band befasst sich mit der Diffusion wirtschaftstheoretischer und -politischer Ideen und Lehren zwischen Deutschland und Japan im Gefolge der Meiji-Restauration. Nach der Öffnung Japans gegenüber dem Rest der Welt importierte das Land in merklichem Umfang ökonomische Ideen, gerade auch aus...