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      The Penguin History of Economics

      Roger E Backhouse

      The definitive guide to the history of economic thought, fully revised twenty years after first publication

      Roger Backhouse's definitive guide takes the story of economic thinking from the ancient world…

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      The Ordinary Business of Life

      Roger E. Backhouse

      The classic history of economic thought through the ages-now fully updated and expanded

      Hesiod defined the basic economic problem as one of scarce resources, a view still held by economists…

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      The Ordinary Business of Life: A History of Economics from the Ancient World to the Twenty-First Century

      Roger E. Backhouse

      Presents a history of economics. This book shows that economic ideas were influential even in antiquity - and that the origins of economic thought can be traced back to the…

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      New Directions in Economic Methodology

      While work on economic methodology has increased this has been coupled with a lack of consensus about the direction and content of the discipline. This book reflects this growing diversity…

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      New Directions in Economic Methodology

      While work on economic methodology has increased this has been coupled with a lack of consensus about the direction and content of the discipline. This book reflects this growing diversity…

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      Explorations in economic methodology: From Lakatos to empirical philosophy of science

      Roger Backhouse is a key figure in the field of economic methodology and this collection of his essays both clarifies and responds to the issues raised by recent literature that…

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      Explorations in economic methodology: From Lakatos to empirical philosophy of science

      Roger Backhouse is a key figure in the field of economic methodology and this collection of his essays both clarifies and responds to the issues raised by recent literature that…

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      Economics and Language

      The importance of language in economics has been neglected and dominated by techniques from other disciplines. This looks at the wider methological implications of language within economics in a practical…

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      Interpreting Macroeconomics: Explorations in the History of Macroeconomic Thought

      Roger E. Backhouse

      Interpreting Macroeconomics explores a number of different approaches to macroeconomic thought and analyzes various important episodes in the development of macroeconomics before during and after the Keynesian revolution.

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      Interpreting Macroeconomics: Explorations in the History of Macroeconomic Thought

      Roger E. Backhouse

      Interpreting Macroeconomics explores the different ways in which the history of macroeconomic thought can be written. Three historiographical chapters criticize both relativism and constructivism, arguing instead for an eclectic, pluralistic…

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      The Puzzle of Modern Economics: Science or Ideology?

      Roger E. Backhouse (University of Birmingham)

      Does economics hold the key to everything or does the recent financial crisis show that it has failed? The answer is somewhere in between - economics can do some things…

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      The Puzzle of Modern Economics: Science or Ideology?

      Roger E. Backhouse (University of Birmingham)

      Does economics hold the key to everything or does the recent financial crisis show that it has failed? The answer is somewhere in between - economics can do some things…

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      Keynes Contemporary Responses To General Theory

      Roger Backhouse

      Keynes’s General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (February, 1936) is arguably the most influential and controversial economics book of the 20th century. This volume brings together 40 reviews published…

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      Macroeconomics and the Real World

      This work focuses on the contribution of econometric techniques to understanding the macroeconomic world. It also focuses on the labour market and economic policy, with sections covering the ISLM model…

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      Macroeconomics and the Real World

      The second of two volumes exploring how statistical evidence is used to relate macroeconomic theories to the real world. It focuses on the labour market and economic policy, with sections…

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      A Historiography of the Modern Social Sciences

      A Historiography of the Modern Social Sciences shows how the histories of psychology, economics, political science, anthropology, sociology and history have been written since the Second World War. It argues…

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      A Historiography of the Modern Social Sciences

      A Historiography of the Modern Social Sciences shows how the histories of psychology, economics, political science, anthropology, sociology and history have been written since the Second World War. It argues…

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      No Wealth but Life: Welfare Economics and the Welfare State in Britain, 1880-1945

      This book re-examines early twentieth-century British welfare economics in the context of the emergence of the welfare state. This book discusses the two competing approaches to welfare economics which are…

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      No Wealth but Life: Welfare Economics and the Welfare State in Britain, 1880-1945

      This book re-examines early twentieth-century British welfare economics in the context of the emergence of the welfare state. This book discusses the two competing approaches to welfare economics which are…

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      Macroeconomics and the Real World: Volume 1: Econometric Techniques and Macroeconomics

      Focuses on the contribution of econometric techniques to understanding the macroeconomic world. It covers the use of evidence to understand the business cycle, the operation of monetary policy, and economic…

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      Macroeconomics and the Real World: Volume 2: Keynesian Economics, Unemployment, and Policy

      In these two volumes, a group of economists debate the way in which evidence, in particular econometric evidence, can and should be used to relate macroeconomic theories to the real…

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      The Puzzle of Modern Economics: Science or Ideology?

      Roger E. Backhouse (University of Birmingham)

      Does economics hold the key to everything or does the recent financial crisis show that it has failed? The answer is somewhere in between - economics can do some things…

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      The Cambridge Companion to Keynes

      In this volume, contributors from a wide range of disciplines offer new interpretations of Keynes’s thought, explain the links between Keynes’s philosophy and his economics and place his work and…

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      Capitalist Revolutionary: John Maynard Keynes

      Roger E. Backhouse,Bradley W. Bateman

      The 2008 recession restored Keynes to prominence. This account elaborates the misinformation that led to his repeated resurrection and interment since his death in 1946. Keynes was more open-minded about…

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      The Cambridge Companion to Keynes

      In this volume, contributors from a wide range of disciplines offer new interpretations of Keynes’s thought, explain the links between Keynes’s philosophy and his economics and place his work and…

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      Transforming Modern Macroeconomics: Exploring Disequilibrium Microfoundations, 1956-2003

      Roger E. Backhouse (University of Birmingham),Mauro Boianovsky (Universidade de Brasilia)

      Since the 1950s, macroeconomics has been transformed. This book is about one of the most important aspects of that transformation: the attempt, through the end of the twenty-first century and…

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      Transforming Modern Macroeconomics: Exploring Disequilibrium Microfoundations, 1956-2003

      Roger E. Backhouse (University of Birmingham),Mauro Boianovsky (Universidade de Brasilia)

      Since the 1950s, macroeconomics has been transformed. This book is about one of the most important aspects of that transformation: the attempt, through the end of the twenty-first century and…

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      Welfare Theory, Public Action, and Ethical Values: Revisiting the History of Welfare Economics

      It is widely held that economists, as scientists, should not consider ethical values, even in welfare economics and policy evaluation. This volume challenges this view and shows that ethical values…

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      Economics and Language

      The importance of language in economics has been neglected and dominated by techniques from other disciplines. This looks at the wider methodological implications of language within economics in a practical…

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      The Historiography of Economics: British and American Economic Essays, Volume III

      A.W. Bob Coats

      This is the third and final volume of collected papers of A.W. Bob Coats. Following Coats’ death in 2007, the work was completed by Roger Backhouse and Bruce Caldwell.

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      The History of Economics: A Course for Students and Teachers

      Professor Roger E. Backhouse (University of Birmingham),Dr Keith Tribe (University of Birmingham)

      A magisterial overview of the history of economic thought from the seventeenth century to the present day, one that emphasizes a diversity of economic argument that it sometime suppressed in…

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      The History of Economics: A Course for Students and Teachers

      Professor Roger E. Backhouse (University of Birmingham),Dr Keith Tribe (University of Birmingham)

      A magisterial overview of the history of economic thought from the seventeenth century to the present day, one that emphasizes a diversity of economic argument that it sometime suppressed in…

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      Founder of Modern Economics: Paul A. Samuelson: Volume 1: Becoming Samuelson, 1915-1948

      Professor Roger E. Backhouse (Professor of the History and Philosophy of Economics, Professor of the History and Philosophy of Economics, University of Birmingham)

      Founder of Modern Economics offers stimulating insight into a towering figure’s influence on economics: a discipline and way of thinking that influences business, policy making, and everyday life.

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      The History of the Social Sciences since 1945

      Roger E. Backhouse (University of Birmingham),Philippe Fontaine (Professor of Economics, Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan)

      This book covers the main developments in the social sciences after World War Two. Chapters on economics, human geography, political science, psychology, social anthropology, and sociology will interest anyone wanting…

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      The History of the Social Sciences since 1945

      Roger E. Backhouse (University of Birmingham),Philippe Fontaine (Professor of Economics, Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan)

      This book covers the main developments in the social sciences after World War Two. Chapters on economics, human geography, political science, psychology, social anthropology, and sociology will interest anyone wanting…

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      The History of the Social Sciences since 1945

      Roger E. Backhouse (University of Birmingham),Philippe Fontaine (Professor of Economics, Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan)

      This book covers the main developments in the social sciences after World War Two. Chapters on economics, human geography, political science, psychology, social anthropology, and sociology will interest anyone wanting…

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      Liberalism and the Welfare State: Economists and Arguments for the Welfare State

      Bradley W.NOSSUB Bateman (President, President, Randolph College),TamotsuNOSSUB Nishizawa (Professor of Economics, Professor of Economics, Teikyo University),DieterNOSSUB Plehwe (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung)

      Liberalism and the Welfare State investigates the thinking of liberal economists about welfare, focusing on Britain, Germany and Japan, each of which had a different tradition of economic thinking and…

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