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  • Spinoza, Metaphysics and Political Economy

    Ethical Conduct, Social Control, and Public Policy

    Series series Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
    Spinoza is generally recognized as one of the most important philosophers of the early modern period; less well known are his observations regarding private ethical conduct, social control including state intervention in the market, and public policy including welfare.This book explores these political economy dimensions of Spinoza’s thought setting them in the context of his own wider work and ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

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  • Hegel on Ethics, the State and Public Policy

    Comparisons with Immanuel Kant and Utilitarianism

    Series series Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
    Drawing on a wide range of Hegel’s writings, this book analyses the Hegelian position on ethical action. This position is systematically compared with that of Immanuel Kant, the comparison emphasizing Hegel’s insistence on a morality grounded in an ‘ethical’ context which essentially refers to the state rather than the agent’s private will. The argument proceeds to the relationship between the ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • The Economics of Adam Smith

    Series series Heritage
    The renewed interest in the works of the great classical economists reflects in part a recognition that there is still much to be learned from them about the operation of the economy. This volume is the first in a series of four in which Professor Hollander will provide an analytical and critical assessment of the thought of the British school of classical economists; later volumes will elucidate ... Read more

    $33.09 USD

  • Immanuel Kant and Utilitarian Ethics

    Series series Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
    Adopting a view of utilitarian ethics in which motivation in the public interest takes on greater weight than is generally appreciated, this book explores the extent to which the philosophy of Immanuel Kant is consistent with this nuanced version of utilitarianism.Kant’s requirement that full ethical merit needs an agent to act purely ‘from duty’ to forward ‘the universal end of happiness’ rather ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • A History of Utilitarian Ethics

    Studies in Private Motivation and Distributive Justice, 1700-1875

    Series series Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
    In this landmark volume, Samuel Hollander presents a fresh and compelling history of moral philosophy from Locke to John Stuart Mill, showing that a ‘moral sense’ can actually be considered compatible with utilitarianism. The book also explores the link between utilitarianism and distributive justice.Hollander engages in close textual exegesis of the works relating to individual authors, while ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Rediscovering Political Economy

    The recent economic crisis in the United States has highlighted a crisis of understanding. In this volume, Bradley C. S. Watson and Joseph Postell bring together some of America's most eminent thinkers on political economy-an increasingly overlooked field wherein political ideas and economic theories mutually inform each other. Only through a restoration of political economy can we reconnect ... Read more

    $47.79 USD

  • Essays on Classical and Marxian Political Economy

    Collected Essays IV

    Series series Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
    Samuel Hollander’s work has been provoking debate for over four decades. This book brings together key contributions of recent years, in addition to some brand new pieces. The essays are introduced by a Preface in which Hollander reflects on his past work and reactions to it.Highlights include two issues of particular current relevance. Conspicuous is an extensive chapter regarding Adam Smith’s ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • John Stuart Mill: Political Economist

    John Stuart Mill: Political Economist is a revised version of the part of Samuel Hollander's The Economics of John Stuart Mill (1985) treating the theory of economic policy. In this book, Professor Hollander offers a critical yet sympathetic analysis of Mill's quest to accomplish thorough reform of capitalism in the interest of distributive justice while protecting the security of property and ... Read more

    $59.39 USD

  • Friedrich Engels and Marxian Political Economy

    Series series Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics
    This book rejects the commonly encountered perception of Friedrich Engels as perpetuator of a 'tragic deception' of Marx, and the equally persistent body of opinion treating him as 'his master's voice'. Engels' claim to recognition is reinforced by an exceptional contribution in the 1840s to the very foundations of the Marxian enterprise, a contribution entailing not only the 'vision' but some of ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • Classical Economics

    Series series Heritage
    In this unconvential and sharply written text Hollander introduces the work of Smith, Ricardo, and Mill, and, on specific topics, Malthus and Marx. He leads the student through the nuances of the arguments, making clear how he agrees with or challenges recieved ideas about their writings. Attention is given to the precursors of the classics, to their immediate successors, and to the Sraffian ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

  • The Literature of Political Economy

    Collected Essays II

    Samuel Hollander is widely recognized as one of the most important and controversial historians of economic thought. This second volume collects together essays extending beyond classical economics, the subject with which he is most associated. This collection includes: * studies in Scholastic, Smithian and Marshallian literature * papers on the Co ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • John Stuart Mill on Economic Theory and Method

    Collected Essays III

    Edited by Samuel Hollander ...
    This book, the third in the series of Samuel Hollander's essays, covers twelve key studies on the economic theory and method of John Stuart Mill. This volume provides an accessible sourcebook on Mill's relationship with David Ricardo, and the 'Classical School', as well as confirming his relevance for modern economics and for the place of economics ... Read more

    $32.99 USD