First published in 1987, this book provides a very detailed insight into Marshall's thoughts on social improvement, adaptive upgrading, policy and polity.

This volume is concerned with the theories of demand, supply, market structure and income distribution which Alfred Marshall developed. It is thus concerned with hidden assumptions, institutional constraints, tentative conclusions and blurred distinctions.

First published in 1990, 'Alfred Marshall's Mission' explains how this most moral of political economists sought to blend the downward sloping utility function of Jevons and Menger with the organic evolutionism of Darwin and Spencer.

Islamic intellectual thought is at the center of this collection of articles honoring Dimitri Gutas by friends, colleagues, and former students. The essays cover three main areas: the classical heritage and Islamic culture; classical Arabic science and philosophy; and Muslim traditional sciences. They show the interconnectedness between the Islamic intellectual tradition and its historical predecessors of Greek and Persian provenance, ranging from poetry to science and philosophy. Yet, at the same time, the authors demonstrate the independence of Muslim scholarship and the rich inner-Muslim...

James Buchanan (1919-2013), economist and philosopher, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1986 for his original theory of political democracy as market exchange. Buchanan believed economics should be concerned with liberty, individualism and equity.

A survey of the political economy of James Buchanan seeking to explain his theories in detail and evaluate them in depth, covering topics such as the constitution and its failure, democracy, operational rules for the constitution and economics.

Marshall's theories of economic and social advancement are explained with reference to the scientific and philosophical movements which influenced them: utilitarianism, evolutionism, mathematical marginalism and ethical idealism.