Das Werk porträtiert herausragende Ökonomen vom 17. Jahrhundert bis heute. Die Autoren wollen neben dem wissenschaftlichen Vermächtnis der ausgewählten Wirtschaftswissenschaftler Eindrücke von deren historisch-sozialem Umfeld vermitteln, Querverbindungen zu anderen Ökonomen aufzeigen und...

The pursuit of profit by business motivates the capitalist economic system. Understanding profits, therefore, especially the source of profits, is essential to an understanding of capitalism. Mark Obrinsky claims that there has never been an adequate profit theory in mainstream economics. To...

"The Oxford Handbook of Historical Political Economy brings together scholars who are working on essential and field-shaping topics in this burgeoning area. Historical Political Economy (HPE) is the study of how political and economic actors and institutions have interacted over time. It differs...