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  | | Founder of Modern Economics(1st Edition) Paul A. Samuelson: Volume 1: Becoming Samuelson, 1915-1948 (Oxford Studies in History of Economics) by Professor Roger E. Backhouse Hardcover, 760 Pages, Published 2017 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-066409-1, ISBN: 0-19-066409-6 "Paul Samuelson was at the heart of a revolution in economics. He was "the foremost academic economist of the 20th century," according to the New York Times, and the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. His work transformed the field of economics and helped give it the theoretical and mathematic rigor that increased its influence in business and policy making. In Founder of Modern Economics, Roger E. Backhouse explores t ..." |
 | | Optical Antennas(1st Edition) by Mario Agio, Andrea Alù, Assistant Professor Andrea Alu, Roger E. Backhouse, Andrea Alã¹ Hardcover, 480 Pages, Published 2013 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-107-01414-5, ISBN: 1-107-01414-X "This consistent and systematic review of recent advances in optical antenna theory and practice brings together leading experts in the fields of electrical engineering, nano-optics and nano-photonics, physical chemistry and nanofabrication. Fundamental concepts and functionalities relevant to optical antennas are explained, together with key principles for optical antenna modelling, design and characterisation. Recognising the tremendou ..." |
 | | The History of Economics A Course for Students and Teachers by Professor Roger E. Backhouse, Keith Tribe Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2017 by Agenda Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-911116-70-7, ISBN: 1-911116-70-3 "As a broad introduction to the history of economic thought - based on courses the authors have taught for many years - this book provides a magisterial overview for students and teachers who have not had the opportunity to cover the development of the field of economics in its historical context. The text is presented as a series of twenty-four lectures, which can be used as the basis for self-study or for the delivery of a course. Each ..." |
 | | Capitalist Revolutionary John Maynard Keynes by Professor Roger E. Backhouse, Bradley W. Bateman Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2011 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-05775-3, ISBN: 0-674-05775-9 "The Great Recession of 2008 restored John Maynard Keynes to prominence. After decades when the Keynesian revolution seemed to have been forgotten, the great British theorist was suddenly everywhere. The New York Times asked, “What would Keynes have done?” The Financial Times wrote of “the undeniable shift to Keynes.” Le Monde pronounced the economic collapse Keynes’s “revenge.” Two years later, following bank bailouts and Tea Party fund ..." |
 | | A Historiography of the Modern Social Sciences(Reprint) by Professor Roger E. Backhouse, Roger E. Backhouse, Philippe Fontaine Paperback, 258 Pages, Published 2018 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-107-43897-2, ISBN: 1-107-43897-7 "A Historiography of the Modern Social Sciences includes essays on the ways in which the histories of history, psychology, anthropology, sociology, economics, and political science have been written since the Second World War. Bringing together chapters written by the leading historians of each discipline establishes significant parallels and contrasts and makes the case for a comparative interdisciplinary historiography. This comparativ ..." |
 | | The Ordinary Business of Life A History of Economics from the Ancient World to the Twenty-First Century - New Edition by Roger E. Backhouse Published 2023 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-25201-8, ISBN: 0-691-25201-7 "This updated edition of The Ordinary Business of Life includes a new chapter on contemporary economics and the rest of the book has been thoroughly revised." |
 | | Transforming Modern Macroeconomics(Reprint) Exploring Disequilibrium Microfoundations, 1956-2003 (Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics) by Professor Roger E. Backhouse, Professor Mauro Boianovsky Paperback, 238 Pages, Published 2014 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-107-43538-4, ISBN: 1-107-43538-2 "This book tells the story of the search for disequilibrium micro-foundations for macroeconomic theory, from the disequilibrium theories of Patinkin, Clower, and Leijonhufvud to recent dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models with imperfect competition. Placing this search against the background of wider developments in macroeconomics, the authors contend that this was never a single research program, but involved economists with ve ..." |
 | | The History of the Social Sciences since 1945(1st Edition) by Professor Roger E. Backhouse, Philippe Fontaine Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2010 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-71776-2, ISBN: 0-521-71776-0 "This compact volume covers the main developments in the social sciences since the Second World War. Chapters on economics, human geography, political science, psychology, social anthropology, and sociology will interest anyone wanting short, accessible histories of those disciplines, all written by experts in the relevant field; they will also make it easy for readers to make comparisons between disciplines. A final chapter proposes a b ..." |
 | | The Ordinary Business of Life(2nd Edition) A History of Economics from the Ancient World to the Twenty-First Century by Professor Roger E. Backhouse, Roger Edward Backhouse Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2004 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-11629-7, ISBN: 0-691-11629-6 "In some of Western culture's earliest writings, Hesiod defined the basic economic problem as one of scarce resources, a view still held by most economists. Diocletian tried to save the falling Roman Empire with wage and price fixes--a strategy that has not gone entirely out of style. And just as they did in the late nineteenth century, thinkers trained in physics renovated economic inquiry in the late twentieth century. Taking us from H ..." |
 | | The Cambridge Companion to Keynes(1st Edition) (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) by Professor Roger E. Backhouse, Bradley W. Bateman, Bradley Bateman, Cambridge University Press Paperback, 342 Pages, Published 2006 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-60060-6, ISBN: 0-521-60060-X "John Maynard Keynes (1883 1946) was the most important economist of the twentieth century. He was also a philosopher who wrote on ethics and the theory of probability and was a central figure in the Bloomsbury Group of writers and artists. 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 Keyn ..." |
 | | Interpreting Macroeconomics(1st Edition) Explorations in the History of Macroeconomic Thought by Professor Roger E. Backhouse Hardcover, 250 Pages, Published 1995 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-12709-7, ISBN: 0-415-12709-2 "Interpreting Macroeconomics explores a variety of different approaches to macroeconomic thought. The book considers a number of historiographical and methodological positions, as well as analyzing various important episodes in the development of macroeconomics, before during and after the Keynesian revolution. Roger Backhouse shows that the full richness of these developments can only by brought out by approaches which blend both relati ..." |
 | | Welfare Theory, Public Action, and Ethical Values Revisiting the History of Welfare Economics (Hardback) by Roger E. Backhouse, Antoinette Baujard, Tamotsu Nishizawa Hardcover, 300 Pages, Published 2021 by Cambridge Mrz 2021 ISBN-13: 978-1-108-84145-0, ISBN: 1-108-84145-7 "... Income Revisited: Being a Sequel to Income. London: Macmillan. Sen, A. K. 1997. On Economic Inequality, expanded ed., with a substantial annexe by J. E. Foster and A. K. Sen. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Sen, A. K. ... Economics Revisited 117." |
 | | Liberalism and the Welfare State(1st Edition) Economists and Arguments for the Welfare State by Roger E. Backhouse, Bradley W. Bateman, Tamotsu Nishizawa, Dieter Plehwe, Professor Roger E. Backhouse Hardcover, 264 Pages, Published 2017 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-067668-1, ISBN: 0-19-067668-X "The welfare state has, over the past forty years, come under increasing attack from liberals who consider comprehensive welfare provision inimical to liberalism. Yet, many of the architects of the post-World War II welfare states were liberals, many of whom were economists as much as socialists. Liberalism and the Welfare State investigates the thinking of liberal economists about welfare, focusing on Britain, Germany and Japan, each of ..." |
 | | The History of Economics A Course for Students and Teachers (Hardback) by Professor Roger E. Backhouse, Keith Tribe Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2017 by Agenda Pub ISBN-13: 978-1-911116-69-1, ISBN: 1-911116-69-X "Roger E. Backhouse and Keith Tribe present a broad introduction to the history of economic thought based upon courses they have taught for many years. Its main purpose is to provide an overview for students and teachers who have not had the opportunity of taking a course in the subject. The book is presented as a series of twenty-four lectures. Each lecture presents an outline of aims, a select bibliography, a chronology, an overview of ..." |
 | | Transforming Modern Macroeconomics Exploring Disequilibrium Microfoundations, 1956-2003 (Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics) by Professor Roger E. Backhouse, Professor Mauro Boianovsky Hardcover, 238 Pages, Published 2012 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-107-02319-2, ISBN: 1-107-02319-X "This book tells the story of the search for disequilibrium micro-foundations for macroeconomic theory, from the disequilibrium theories of Patinkin, Clower, and Leijonhufvud to recent dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models with imperfect competition. Placing this search against the background of wider developments in macroeconomics, the authors contend that this was never a single research program, but involved economists with ve ..." |
 | | Economists and the Economy(2nd Edition) The Evolution of Economic Ideas (Classics in Economics (Paperback)) by Roger E. Backhouse, William J. Barber Paperback, 260 Pages, Published 1994 by Transaction Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-56000-715-9, ISBN: 1-56000-715-X "Economists and the Economy combines economic history and a history of economics. The work covers both major historical events, such as the English Civil War, the Industrial Revolution, and the Great Depression, and intellectual developments in economic thought. Among the theories examined are neoclassical growth theory, the Harrod-Domar model, the Cambridge capital controversy, and statistical research. Backhouse seeks to explain how ec ..." |
 | | The History of the Social Sciences Since 1945(1st Edition) (Hardcover) by Philippe Fontaine, Professor Roger E. Backhouse, Roger E. Backhouse Hardcover, 270 Pages, Published 2010 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-88906-3, ISBN: 0-521-88906-5 "This compact volume covers the main developments in the social sciences since the Second World War. Chapters on economics, human geography, political science, psychology, social anthropology, and sociology will interest anyone wanting short, accessible histories of those disciplines, all written by experts in the relevant field; they will also make it easy for readers to make comparisons between disciplines. A final chapter proposes a b ..." |
 | | No Wealth but Life(1st Edition) Welfare Economics and the Welfare State in Britain, 1880-1945 by Tamotsu Nishizawa, Professor Roger E. Backhouse Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2010 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-19786-1, ISBN: 0-521-19786-4 "This book re-examines early-twentieth-century British welfare economics in the context of the emergence of the welfare state. There are fresh views of the well-known Cambridge School of Sidgwick, Marshall, Pigou, and Keynes, by Peter Groenewegen, Steven G. Medema, and Martin Daunton. This is placed against a less well-known Oxford approach to welfare: Yuichi Shionoya explores its foundations in the idealist philosophy of T. H. Green; Ro ..." |
 | | New Directions in Economic Methodology (Economics as Social Theory) by Roger E. Backhouse Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 1994 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-09637-9, ISBN: 0-415-09637-5 "Recent years have witnessed a dramatic growth in interest in economic methodology. However this work has moved in a number of significantly different directions, and it is not easy to see how several of these might be reconciled. The virtual consensus on some varient of the falsificationism' associated with Kuhn, Lakatos and Popper that had emerged by the late 1970's has gone, and has been replaced by a range of more or less exclusive a ..." |
 | | The Penguin History of Economics New and Revised by Roger E. Backhouse Paperback, Published 2023 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-1-80206-301-1, ISBN: 1-80206-301-3 "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 to the present day, with a brand-new ..." |
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