Heckscher's 1919 article originated the Heckscher-Ohlin theory of international trade. In 1987 Carl Uhr pointed out that Heckscher in 1928 made another major contribution to economics in a German-language article on 'intermittently free goods', presenting 'a theory of imperfect competition nine...

The evolutionary approaches to economics taken by Marx and Schumpeter underlie the Marx- Schumpeter-Georgescu-Roegen filiation of economic ideas and the subsequent birth of bioeconomics. In tracing this filiation from Marx to Schumpeter and on to Georgescu-Roegen, this paper begins with the...

This thought-provoking book discusses the concept of progress in economics and investigates whether any advance has been made in its different spheres of research. The authors look back at the history, successes and failures of their respective fields and thoroughly examine the notion of...

The Handbook on International Trade Policy is an insightful and comprehensive reference tool focusing on trade policy issues in the era of globalization. Each specially commissioned chapter deals with important international trade issues, discusses the current literature on the subject, and...