Malthus' Essay on the Principles of Population was one of the most controversial books ever published. Going through six editions in the author's lifetime, it cast a long shadow down the nineteenth century, with nearly all of the century's leading thinkers - from Hazlitt and Ricardo to Marx and Darwin - feeling compelled to comment on it.

This set brings together works that aim to provide a complete understanding of the diffusion of Marxist economic thought in the Western world. The selection of contemporary material includes introductions to editions of Marx's works, articles, book excerpts, reviews and letters. The collection includes key material written between 1867, the year Das Kapital: Volume One was published, and 1914. It documents the reception of Marx's work throughout Europe, and outlines debates raised by Das Kapital among Marx's contemporaries and their successors, including Engels, Pareto, Bohm-Bowerk, Wicksell...

This collection gathers together comments and reviews on the works of Adam Smith. All introductions to the later editions of his works, either in English or in translation, are included as well as the editor's notes (where possible). Volume One contains contemporary comments, letters and reviews on Smith's works from his Edinburgh lectures to the posthumous Essays on Philosophical Subjects . The second and third volumes contain introductions, supplementary chapters and notes to the early English editions, together with early reviews. They also include some critical remarks on his moral...

This collection gathers together responses to Weber's sociology in the period 1920-1945. Volume One considers responses to Weber's life, political ideas and political context, while Volume Two looks at the debate over Weber's methodological and philosophical approach, with special reference to the ideal type. Volume Three examines Weber's comparative sociology and sociology of religion, with reference to protestantism. Volume One also provides an analysis of the reception of Weber, noting that Weber's sociology was largely neglected in the English-speaking world before 1945.

Irving Fisher was one of America's greatest mathematical economists - and certainly one of the most colourful. During his career, he made numerous contributions to mathematical economics, capital theory, monetary theory, and statistics. The now familiar distinction between stocks and flows is almost entirely due to Fisher's The Nature of Capital and Income, and similarly, his theory of money and prices is the foundation of much contemporary monetary economics.

An influential and controversial figure during his lifetime, Fisher's work remains accessible and useful to...