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Book SynopsisEven after the experience of WWII and despite the existence of various institutions such as United Nations to avoid conflict between nations, we have not succeeded in making a world free from war. The Cold War, the Vietnam War, the intervention of the superpowers in local conflicts and the spread of terrorism have made this all too clear. This volume brings together contributions by leading international scholars of various countries and reconstructs how economists have dealt with issues that have been puzzling them for nearly three centuries: Can a war be ''rational''? Does international commerce complement or substitute war? Who are the real winners and losers of wars? How are military expenses to be funded? The book offers a refreshing approach to the subject and how we think about the relations between economics and war. Trade Review"While Marxists assert ubiquity of economic interest behind war motives, Albert O. Hirschman praised the cooling effect of commercial interest over the warlike passion. In any case, war and peace is one of the most significant themes that has motivated generations of economists for their investigation. What is the economic cause of the war, how to pay the war, what is the condition for the peace? Focusing such topics, historians of economic thought of the West and Japan gathered to offer their investigations into the ideas and deeds of economists that not only contributed the tradition of this discipline but also influenced general political orientations then.In addition to the reflections on the Western and modern economists from 17th to 20th Century, this volume contains three chapters on Japanese economists before World War II: on the trend of new liberalism in interwar years, on the extensions of economic research in higher commercial schools, and peculiar view of a prominent economist (Yasuma Takata, called "A. Marshall in Japan" ) on power and race. In all they render a deep understanding of the intellectual atmosphere of Japan in the years flowing into the war that amalgamated liberalism, pragmatism, and all-embracing supra-racism." — Kiichiro Yagi, Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University; President, Setsunan University"The current volume presents selected papers from the fourth joint conference of JSHET and ESHET, i.e. the Japanese and European Societies for the History of Economic Thought. The meeting took place in Otaru, Hokkaido in September 2015 and focused on "War in the history of economic thought: the economists and the question of war". Unfortunately, this is a topical issue not only due to the centennial of WWI but even more so due to an escalation of resurgent nationalism, ethnic, religious, social and trade conflicts on a global level. The book covers a whole bunch of relevant issues, such as the concept of food weapon, how to pay for the war or price controls in wartime economies, analyzed by distinguished Japanese and European historians of economic thought. It comprises essays from (pre) classical economics via the cultural background of Japanese economists before WWII until the lessons drawn by leading modern economists after WWII. The volume is strongly recommended to all social scientists engaging for an international civil society." — Harald Hagemann, Professor Emeritus of Economic Theory, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart"Yukihiro Ikeda and Annalisa Rosselli provide a comprehensive view of how economists have studied war from the seventeenth century to the present, or, in other words, between mercantilism and Kenneth Arrow. […] The choice of authors to be analyzed in this volume is at times surprising; especially if one considers that more relevant economists have been left out (Arthur Cecil Pigou is an example). And yet, in this resides one of the strengths of this volume. In particular, Ikeda and Rosselli and their colleagues show known and less-known analyses of a crucial topic. For this reason alone, their book is definitely a must-read in the literature on war and the history of economic thought." — Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Volume 41, Number 3, September 2019Table of ContentsIntroduction (Yukihiro Ikeda and Annalisa Rosselli)Part 1: Before the two World Wars1. The Food Weapon: Milestones in the History of a Concept (17th-19th centuries) (Alain Clément and Riccardo Soliani)2. Why the Wars? And How to Pay for them? A Comparison between Hume and Smith (Daniel Diatkine)3. Hume and Smith on Morality and War (Shinji Nohara)4. Industrialism and War in the French Social Sciences in Early 19th Century (Philippe Steiner)5. Studying Economics as War Effort: The First Economic Treatise in the Ottoman Empire and its Militaristic Motivations (Deniz T. Kilincoglu)6. Economic Non-intervention and Military Non-intervention in John Stuart Mill’s Thought (Philippe Gillig)Part 2: Japan and World War Two7. New Liberalism in Interwar Japan: A Study of the Magazine The New Liberalism (Simpei Yamamoto)8. Economic Research in National Higher Commercial Schools in Wartime Japan (Tadashi Ohtsuki)9. Yasuma Takata’s Theory on Power and Race (Tsutomu Hashimoto)Part 3: Lessons from the 20th Century World Wars10. How to Avoid War: Federalism in L. Robbins and W. H. Beveridge (Atsushi Komine)11. The Wartime Economy and the Theory of Price Controls (Paolo Paesani and Annalisa Rosselli)12. From Barter to Monetary Economy: Ordoliberal Views on the Post-WWII German Economic Order (Raphaël Fèvre)13. The Transformation of Kenneth Arrow’s Attitude toward War (Nao Saito)Index

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Book SynopsisThe first and most important series of The London Magazine appeared between 1820 and 1824, during which time it was edited by John Scott and John Taylor. Established in an era of rapid development and experimentation in periodical publishing, Scott aimed to provide a mixture of essays, poems, criticism and general comment that were both fair and independent.Dominated by mainly pseudonymous contributors, in this, its first series, The London Magazine was richer in authors and literary content than any other magazine. The material was characterized by a lively humour and urbane and sophisticated prose style ameliorated to a large extent by Scott's own editing and writing talents. Many important works were first published in its pages, including Lamb's Elia essays, Hazlitt's Table-Talk, and De Quincey's Confessions of an Opium-Eater.When Scott was killed in a duel in 1821 arising from aTrade Review`The London probably represented the best of its decade more adequately than any other periodical of its time. It was identified with every forward-looking movement in art and social life...it remains one of the most distinguished publications in the history of the press.' - Josephine Bauer`The most brilliant magazine ever produced in England.' - Oxford History of English Literature

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Book SynopsisThis is volume 1 in the set A History of British Socialism. These volumes study the political thought experienced as a result of the massive transition of the British countryside to capitalist agriculture and capitalist industry.

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Book SynopsisThis is volume 2 of the set ^English Radicalism (1935-1961). Reissuing the epic undertaking of Dr S. Maccoby, these volumes cover the story of English Radicalism from its origins right through to its questionable end. By Combining new sources with the old and often long forgotten, the volumes provide an impressive history of radicalism and shed light on the course of English political development. The six volumes are arranged chronologically from 1762 through to the perceived end of British Radicalism in the mid-twentieth century.Table of ContentsPart One, I Reform before and after 1789, II Taking sides on the French Revolution, 1790, III The "Republican" Societies, IV The Revolutionary War opens, 1793-4, V The War grows more burdensome, 1794-3, VI Peace Overtures, 1793-7, VII 1797-9, VIII Buonaparte, First Consul, IX Amiens, Before and After, X The Napoleonic War begun, XI The Passing of Pitt and Fox, XII "Innovation" unsaddled, 1807, XIII The Portland Government, XIV The Agitations of 1808-10, XV The Sessions of 1810 and 181, XVI Liverpool becomes Prime Minister 1812, XVII The Parliament of 1812 to Waterloo, XVIII Post-War Distress and Discontent, XIX Aftermath of Habeas Corpus Suspension, 1817-19, XX The Six Acts and After, 1819-21, XXI Castlereagh passes, Canning succeeds, 1821-3, XXII The Politics of 1826-8, XXIII Parliamentary Reform becomes inevitable, 1829-30, Part Two XXIV Religion, XXV Revolutionary Thinking on Property, Population and the Family, XXVI The Empire and India

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Book SynopsisReissuing the epic undertaking of Dr S. Maccoby, these volumes cover the story of English Radicalism from its origins right through to its questionable end. By combining new sources with the old and often long forgotten, the volumes provide an impressive history of radicalism and shed light on the course of English political development. The six volumes are arranged chronologically from 1762 through to the perceived end of British Radicalism in the mid-twentieth century.Table of ContentsPreface, i “ADVANCED” POLITICS IN 1853, ii THE CRIMEAN WAR, FIRST STAGE, iii RADICAL AGITATION GROWS DANGEROUS, 1855, iv PALMERSTON HOLDS RADICALISM IN CHECK, v DISTRACTIONS FROM REFORM, 1858-64, vi THE REFORM LEAGUE AND THE REFORM UNION, vii HOW PARLIAMENTARY REFORM WAS CARRIED, 1867-8, viii THE ADVANCE OF LABOUR 107, ix RELIGION, x POLITICAL “ADVANCE” IN 1869 AND 1870, xi POLITICS GROW MORE AGITATED, 1870-1, xii DECLINE AND FALL OF THE GLADSTONE GOVERNMENT, xiii PARTY CONTROVERSY, 1874-6, xiv THE EASTERN QUESTION, FIRST STAGE, xv THE EASTERN QUESTION, BEACONSFIELD’S TRIUMPH, xvi THE UNDERMINING OF “BEACONSFIELDISM”, xvii IRELAND DELAYS “PROGRESS,” 1880-1, xviii THE SESSIONS OF 1882 AND 1883, xix THE STRUGGLE FOR PARLIAMENTARY REFORM, 1884, xx APPROACH OF THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1885, xxi “LABOUR” AND THE BIRTH OF BRITISH SOCIALISM, 1874-86, xxii RADICALS AND THE COLONIES, 1853-86, xxiii RADICALS AND INDIA, xxiv LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Appendix —Some Radical Difficulties on Foreign Policy, Select Bibliography, Index

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Book SynopsisWhy have modern corporations grown to such unprecedented sizes? This volume explores this crucial question, emphasising the roles of diversification and mergers.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Chapter 1 Entrepreneurial Capitalism; Chapter 2 Managerial Capitalism; Chapter 3 Beyond Managerial Capitalism;

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Book SynopsisThis six-volume set contains virtually all of the published work of Cairnes; it brings together, for the first time, all of his major works and almost all his uncollected articles, pamphlets and published letters. It is an essential resource for those studying the man himself, the tradition of Classical economy, and Irish intellectual history in the nineteenth century.Table of ContentsVolume 1: The Character and Logical Method of Political Economy (1875)Volume 2: The Slave Power, Its Character, Career, and Probable Designs: Being an Attempt to Explain the Real Issues Involved in the American ContestVolume 3: Political EssaysVolume 4: Essays in Political Economy: Theoretical and AppliedVolume 5: Some Leading Principles of Political Economy Newly ExpoundedVolume 6: Uncollected Articles, Pamphlets, and Miscellaneous Writings

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Book SynopsisMore than one hundred years after Thorstein Veblenâs famous article âWhy is Economics Not an Evolutionary Science?â, Evolutionary Economics is now widely recognized as a highly productive approach offering crucial insights for the understanding of socio-economic processes of change and development.A major feature in the development of Evolutionary Economics isâand has always beenâits strong multi-disciplinary character, and this new four-volume collection in the Routledge Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Economics, meets the need for an authoritative, up-to-date, and comprehensive reference work synthesizing this voluminous literature. Indeed, the sheer scale of the research outputâand the breadth of the fieldâmakes this collection especially welcome. It answers the need for a comprehensive collection of classic and contemporary contributions to facilitate ready access to the most influential and important scholarship from a wide range of theoretical and practical perspectives.Evolutionary Economics is edited by Andreas Pyka, a leading scholar in the field. The collection is fully indexed and has a comprehensive, newly written, introduction, which places the material in its intellectual context. It is an essential work of reference and is destined to be valued by scholars and students as a vital one-stop research resource.

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Book SynopsisOne hundred years after his birth, J. K. Galbraithâs The Great Crash 1929 is again on the bestseller lists. And in the current financial and economic tumult, familiar Galbraithian concernsâsuch as the power and dominance of overweening corporations, national and global poverty, and the careless destruction of the natural environmentâonce again loom large in the public consciousness.Galbraithâs contemporaries included such towering intellects as Paul Samuelson, Robert Solow, Milton Friedman, Wassily Leontief, Simon Kuznets, James Meade, Nicolas Kaldor, and Joan Robinson. These intellectual giants took Galbraith and his ideas seriously. Today, however, Galbraith remains professionally unpopular, and many economists have either forgotten his contribution, or fail sufficiently to acknowledge their intellectual debt to him.This new four-volume collection from Routledge remedies this failing by highlighting Galbraithâs centrality to the crucial economic debates of the second half of the twentieth century. The collection has been designed to acquaint the user to Galbraithâs economics and his vision of the economic process; to contribute to the long overdue re-evaluation of Galbraithâs place in the study of economics; and to help establish new directions for future research in the Galbraithian tradition.The collection reproduces J. K. Galbraithâs major theoretical economic contributions including: Galbraithâs originalâbut largely ignoredâcontribution to the theory of the firm, which shares many similarities with the work of Ronald Coase and Oliver Williamson; his monetary economics (which embodies elements of both Keynes and the new consensus in macroeconomics); and Galbraithâs exploration of financial euphoria, which predates Robert Shillerâs analysis of âirrational exuberanceâ.The set also brings together the critical and professional reactions to American Capitalism, The Affluent Society, The New Industrial State, and Economics and the Public Purpose, with an additional focus on more recent assessments which identify Galbraithâs deeper theoretical contributions and highlight its contemporary relevance.J. K. Galbraith: The Economic Legacy is edited by Stephen P. Dunn, a leading scholar in the field. The collection is fully indexed and has a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the material in its intellectual context. It is an essential work of reference and is destined to be valued by scholars and students as a vital one-stop research resource.

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Book SynopsisWhen the Nazis came to power in 1933, they promised to build a vibrant consumer society. But they faced a dilemma. They recognized that consolidating support for the regime required providing Germans with the products they desired. At the same time, the Nazis worried about the degrading cultural effects of mass consumption and its association with 'Jewish' interests. This book examines how both the state and private companies sought to overcome this predicament. Drawing on a wide range of sources - advertisements, exhibition programs, films, consumer research and marketing publications - the book traces the ways National Socialists attempted to create their own distinctive world of buying and selling. At the same time, it shows how corporate leaders and everyday Germans navigated what S. Jonathan Wiesen calls 'the Nazi marketplace'. A groundbreaking work that combines cultural, intellectual and business history, Creating the Nazi Marketplace offers an innovative interpretation of commeTrade Review'In this deeply researched and richly argued book, S. Jonathan Wiesen suggests that, rather than illustrating the 'primacy of politics' over the economy, the Nazi marketplace was central to the regime's promise of future consumer abundance, the realization of individual achievement, and the creation of a purified 'racial community.' In addition to highlighting the contradictions in the regime's attempt to reconcile communal and private interests and its pursuit of rearmament and war while satisfying civilian needs, the Nazi marketplace exposed the overlapping desires of business elites and marketing professionals to preserve their autonomy from political interference while advancing the Nazi Volksgemeinschaft.' Shelley Baranowski, University of Akron'S. Jonathan Wiesen tells a fascinating, unsettling story: how Nazi elites attempted to engineer prosperity and how German citizens came to expect getting and taking. Racial comrades slipped easily into the role of consumers, which bound them more tightly to the imperial projects and unceasing violence of the Third Reich. Wiesen shows how Nazism was built on desire and entitlement.' Peter Fritzsche, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign'Shoppers, ad men, Rotary Club boosters, and market researchers are not the kinds of people we usually associate with Nazi Germany. But Wiesen makes precisely this connection as he explores the contradictory interdependence between a racist dictatorship and a modern consumer society. Meticulous research, original interpretation, and lucid writing make this a major contribution to our understanding of ordinary Germans who supported Hitler's rule.' Claudia Koonz, Duke University'S. Jonathan Wiesen's book analyzes a still incompletely understood dimension of daily life under National Socialist rule, while also drawing attention to the larger issues of morality and violence that remain crucial to an understanding of the Nazi regime. In doing this, the work provides an original and valuable contribution to the scholarship.' Rudy Koshar, University of Wisconsin, MadisonTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. National Socialism and the market; 2. Commerce for the community: advertising, marketing, and public relations in Hitler's Germany; 3. Rotary clubs, consumption, and the Nazis' achievement community; 4. Finding the 'voice of the consumer': the Society for Consumer Research in the 1930s; 5. World War II and the virtuous marketplace; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisAn unforgettable story of four women who, through grit and ingenuity, became stars in the cutthroat, high-stakes, male dominated world of venture capital in Silicon Valley, and helped build some of the foremost companies of our time. In Alpha Girls, award-winning journalist Julian Guthrie takes readers behind the closed doors of venture capital, an industry that transforms economies and shapes how we live. We follow the lives and careers of four women who were largely written out of history - until now. Magdalena Yesil, who arrived in America from Turkey with $43 to her name, would go on to receive her electrical engineering degree from Stanford, found some of the first companies to commercialize internet access, and help Marc Benioff build Salesforce. Mary Jane Elmore went from the corn fields of Indiana to Stanford and on to the storied venture capital firm IVP - where she was one of the first women in the U.S. to make partner - only to be pulled back from the glass ceiling by expectations at home. Theresia Gouw, an overachieving first-generation Asian American from a working-class town, dominated the foosball tables at Brown (she would later reluctantly let Sergey Brin win to help Accel Partners court Google), before she helped land and build companies including Facebook, Trulia, Imperva, and ForeScout. Sonja Hoel, a Southerner who became the first woman investing partner at white-glove Menlo Ventures, invested in McAfee, Hotmail, Acme Packet, and F5 Networks. As her star was still rising at Menlo, a personal crisis would turn her into an activist overnight, inspiring her to found an all-women's investment group and a national nonprofit for girls.These women, juggling work and family, shaped the tech landscape we know today while overcoming unequal pay, actual punches, betrayals, and the sexist attitudes prevalent in Silicon Valley and in male-dominated industries everywhere. Despite the setbacks, they would rise again to rewrite the rules for an industry they love. In Alpha Girls, Guthrie reveals their untold stories.

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Book SynopsisThis is an introduction to the Industrial Revolution which offers an integrated account of the economic and social aspects of change during the period.Trade Review'Students will find this volume demanding and challenging, but their perceptions of both the Industrial Revolution controversy and eighteenth- and nineteenth-century social, economic and industrial history will emerge enlightened and their interest in the period stimulated.' Business History 'This is a textbook but one that can be read with profit by both professionals and students...Hudson frequently succeeds in neatly summarizing complex discussions. She brings her surveys of the literature right up-to-date and her knowledge of recent work is impressive...a lively and well-written text.' Economic History ReviewTable of ContentsPart 1 Writing and rewriting history: perspectives on the industrial revolution; the economy and the state; agriculture and the industrial revolution. Part 2 The industrial revolution: regions and industries; demography and labour; consumption and commerce; class and gender.

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