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New Perspectives on Political Economy and Its History

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Combines innovative methodological insights in economics with original studies on “big names” in the history of economic thought
  • Challenges the mainstream way of doing economics by broadening its scope to new perspectives
  • Emphasizes the unconventional and controversial approaches to political economy developed by Ricardo, Sraffa, and Keynes

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought (PHET)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Introduction

    • Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, Ghislain Deleplace, Paolo Paesani
    Pages 1-18
  3. New Topics for the History of Economic Thought

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
    2. Moving Boundaries with Gender Budgeting: From the Margins to the Mainstream

      • Elisabeth Klatzer, Angela O’Hagan
      Pages 63-82
  4. The Classical Perspective: Distribution of Income and Accumulation of Capital

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
    2. Classics Today: Smith, Ricardo, Marx

      • Christian Gehrke, Heinz D. Kurz, Richard Sturn
      Pages 171-192
  5. David Ricardo: Utilitarianism, Influence and Money

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
    2. Bentham and Ricardo’s Rendez-vous Manqués

      • Christophe Depoortère, André Lapidus, Nathalie Sigot
      Pages 195-216
    3. How Ricardo Came to Japan

      • Masashi Izumo, Yuji Sato, Susumu Takenaga
      Pages 217-239

About this book

This Festschrift is published in honour of Annalisa Rosselli, a political economist and historian of economic thought, whose academic activity has promoted unconventional ways of thinking throughout her career. A renowned list of scholars articulate and respond to this vision through a series of essays, leading to an advocacy of pluralism and critical thinking in political economy. 


The book is split into five parts, opening with a section on new topics for the history of economic thought including new perspectives in gender studies and an illustration of the fecundity of the link with economic history. This is followed by sections that address relevant perspectives on the Classical approach to distribution and accumulation, Ricardo, interpretation of Sraffa and the legacy of Keynes.


This book will appeal to students interested in reforming economics, as well as academics and economists interested in political economy and thehistory of economic thought.


Reviews

“The contributions collected in this volume, too, testify of the interest and fecundity of this approach: not just historical-analytical in methodological terms, but specifically interested in understanding what treasures the past could still provide today — understanding the limits of current theoretical fads, and providing inspiration for new and alternative ideas.” (Carlo D’Ippoliti, economia & lavoro, Vol. 56 (2), 2022)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy

    Maria Cristina Marcuzzo

  • Laboratoire d’Economie Dionysien (LED), Université Paris 8, Saint-Denis, France

    Ghislain Deleplace

  • Department of Economics and Finance, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

    Paolo Paesani

About the editors

Maria Cristina Marcuzzo is Professor at the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Italy, and Fellow of the Italian Academy of Lincei, Italy. She has published about 100 articles in journals and books, plus authoring or editing 20 volumes, among which Fighting market failure (2012), in Japanese by Nihon Keizai Hyoronsha (2015) and Essays in Keynesian Persuasion (2019).

Ghislain Deleplace is Emeritus Professor at the University Paris 8, France. He has published Private Money and Public Currencies (with M.T. Boyer-Xambeu and L. Gillard;1994), Money in Motion. The Post Keynesian and Circulation Approaches (co-edited with E.J. Nell; 1996), Ricardo on Money. A Reappraisal (2017), Histoire de la pensée économique (3rd edition 2018).

Paolo Paesani is Associate Professor at the University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Italy. He has published articles in books and academic journals including History of Political Economy, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics. His research focuses on post-war monetary controversies, history of the Phillips curve and theory of speculation.


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Softcover Book USD 179.99
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