Competing Economic Theories

Providing a contemporary overview of the debate amongst theoretical stands in economics, this book brings together contributions from a number of eminent scholars. It covers important issues in methodology and the history of thought, as well as economic analysis. The book is structured in five parts which:

focus on the relevance of the history of economic ideas for current economic analysiscentre on the role of classical theory of value and distributioncontrast the equilibrium approach with an out-of-equilibrium perspectiveoffer an evaluation of the legacy of Keynes in the light of the recent development of macroeconomicsis dedicated to the issue of how institutions ought to be embedded in current economic theorising.

Providing up-to-date, fresh and detailed perspectives on economic theory, this book will prove invaluable for students and academics in the fields of the history of economics, and contemporary economic theory.