Routledge Handbook of the History of Global Economic Thought

The Routledge Handbook of the History of Global Economic Thought offers the first comprehensive overview of the long-run history of economic thought from a truly international perspective. Although globalization has facilitated the spread of ideas between nations, the history of economics has tended to be studied either thematically (by topic), in terms of different currents of thought, or individually (by economist). Work has been published in the past on the economic thought traditions of specific countries, but this pioneering volume is unique in offering a wide-ranging comparative account of the development of economic ideas and philosophies on the international stage.

The volume brings together leading experts on the development of economic ideas from across the world in order to offer a truly international comparison of the economics within nation-states. Each author presents a long-term perspective on economics in their region, allowing global patterns in the progress of economic ideas over time to be identified.

The specially commissioned chapters cover the vast sweep of the history of economics across five world regions, including Europe (England, Scotland, Ireland, Italy Greece, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Sweden, Russia and the Ukraine), the Americas (the USA, Canada, Mexico and Central America, Spanish-Speaking South America, Brazil and the Caribbean), the Middle East (Turkey, Israel, Arab-Islamic Economics, Persia/Iran, North Africa), Africa (West Africa, Southern Africa, Mozambique and Angola), and the Asia-Pacific Region (Australia and New Zealand, China, Southeast Asia, the Asian Tigers, India.)

This rigorous, ambitious and highly scholarly volume will be of key interest to students, academics, policy professionals and to interested general readers across the globe.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

PART I Europe
Chapter 2 England
Chapter 3 Scotland
Chapter 4 Ireland
Chapter 5 Italy
Chapter 6 Greece
Chapter 7 Spain and Portugal
Chapter 8 Germany: from sciences of state to modern economics
Chapter 9 Sweden
Chapter 10 Russia and Ukraine

PART II The Americas
Chapter 11 United States of America
Chapter 12 Canada
Chapter 13 Mexico and Central America
Chapter 14 The Caribbean
Chapter 15 Spanish-speaking South America: politicized economic thought
Chapter 16 Brazil: a very big and complicated country

PART III The Middle East
Chapter 17 urkey and the Turkic linguistic zone: the case that doesn’t quite fit
Chapter 18 Israel
Chapter 19 Arab-Islamic Economics
Chapter 20 Persia/Iran
Chapter 21 North Africa: from boom to bust to revolution

PART IV Africa
Chapter 22 West Africa
Chapter 23 Southern Africa
Chapter 24 Angola and Mozambique: Marxist or market?

PART V The Asia-Pacific region
Chapter 25 Australia and Ne w Zealand: a young tree dead?
Chapter 26 China: 2,500 years of economic thought
Chapter 27 Southeast Asia: Indonesia and Malaysia
Chapter 28 The Asian Tigers
Chapter 29 India
Chapter 30 Conclusion