Alfred Marshall's Mission /
Marshall's theories of economic and social advancement are explained with reference to the scientific and philosophical movements which influenced them: utilitarianism, evolutionism, mathematical marginalism and ethical idealism.
Marshall's Evolutionary Economics /
Alfred Marshall was one of the most important economists ever to have lived. This excellent new book, from a Marshall expert respected the world over, attempts to show that Marshall anticipated some of the views that are now associated with the cognitive sciences.
The Economics of Alfred Marshall (Routledge Revivals) /
First published in 1986, The Economics of Alfred Marshall is concerned with the theories of demand, supply, market structure and income distribution which the celebrated author of the Principles of Economics developed while standing on the shoulders of giants.
“A choice architect has the responsibility for organizing the context in which people make decisions.”
Misbehaving /
Nobel laureate Richard H. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central agents in the economy are humans--predictable, error-prone individuals. Misbehaving is his arresting, frequently hilarious account of the struggle to bring an academic discipline back down to earth--and change the way we think about economics, ourselves, and our world.
The Legacy of Ronald Coase in Economic Analysis /
Ronald Coase, the 1991 Nobel laureate in Economics, has had a profound impact on the way that economists and others view both the firm and the relationship between the legal and economic systems. This authoritative collection brings together the diverse body of literature that reflects Ronald Coase's influence on economic analysis.
The Ideas of Ronald H. Coase /
This book is the first work dedicated to the key ideas of Nobel Laureate Ronald Coase on pollution and public goods with sustainable development in mind from the perspective of an economist-town planner. The seminal contributions of Ronald Coase, foretold in the form of the Coase Theorem by another Nobel laureate, George Stigler, have been much analyzed and often misinterpreted by friends and foes alike.
The Economics of Imperfect Competition / 
Contributions to Modern Economics /
Contributions to Modern Economics includes contributions to two great intellectual upheavals in economic theory: the Keynesian Revolution and the revival of the classical theory of profits led by Piero Sraffa. T
The Generalisation of the General Theory, and Other Essays / 
People, Power, and Profits /
We all have the sense that the American economy--and its government--tilts toward big business, but as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains in his new book, People, Power, and Profits, the situation is dire. A few corporations have come to dominate entire sectors of the economy, contributing to skyrocketing inequality and slow growth.
The Euro /
Can Europe prosper without the euro? In 2010, the 2008 global financial crisis morphed into the "eurocrisis." It has not abated. The 19 countries of Europe that share the euro currency--the eurozone--have been rocked by economic stagnation and debt crises. Some countries have been in depression for years while the governing powers of the eurozone have careened from emergency to emergency, most notably in Greece.
The Price of Inequality /
The top 1 percent of Americans control some 40 percent of the nation's wealth. But as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains in this best-selling critique of the economic status quo, this level of inequality is not inevitable.
“We have shown that a great deal of what makes people happy is living up to what they think they should be doing.”
Phishing for Phools /
Why the free-market system encourages so much trickery even as it creates so much good. In Phishing for Phools, Nobel Prize-winning economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller argue that markets harm as well as help us.
Identity Economics /
Identity Economics provides an important and compelling new way to understand human behavior, revealing how our identities--and not just economic incentives--influence our decisions.
“Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it.”
Thinking, Fast and Slow /
In the international bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, the renowned psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical.
International Differences in Well-Being /
This book draws together the latest work from scholars around the world using subjective well-being data to understand and compare well-being across countries and cultures. Starting from many different vantage points, the authors reached a consensus that many measures of subjective well-being merit broader collection and analysis.
In order for a writer to produce something which is original and correct, it is not absolutely necessary that his predecessors have been wrong
The Theory of Environmental Policy /
In this book, Professors Baumol and Oates provide a rigorous and comprehensive analysis of the economic theory of environmental policy.
Perfect Markets and Easy Virtue /
This book examines the effects of the market mechanism on economies and societies.
