Sir John Hicks is one of the highest-regarded contemporary economists, and it is fitting that the new series of Critical Assessments of Contemporary Economists should commence with his work.

Awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1972, Sir John Hicks work is extremely wide-ranging, with the list of topics reading almost like an agenda for the whole of modern economics: general equilibrium theory, welfare economics, problems of index numbers, trade cycles, wages and many others. He may, however, be best known to present day economists for having introduced IS-LM curves,...

The Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek is particularly noted as one of the premier defenders of the free market, stressing the benefits of personal liberty and arguing against economic planning. This four-volume set of Hayek's essays provides a full summary of the Nobel Prize-winner's theories.

This is the 14th work in the series of critical assessments on leading economists and contemporary economists. Each set presents a comprehensive selection of the critical literature commenting on the life and works of a leading economist."

Like all great intellectual pioneers, Wassily Leontief has inspired a new generation of researchers. This three-volume set contains a collection of key articles that critically assess Leontief's contribution to economics, as well as a number of articles that build on his economic theories.

Almost 220 years later, Adam Smith's influence is fundamental to the economic systems of the West. His work has been the object of much discussion and debate. As a result, there is a vast collection of literature on Smith. The first series of Adam Smith: Critical Assessments, published in 1984, brought together the major articles.

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

John Maynard Keynes is universally acknowledged as both the greatest and the most influential economist of the twentieth century. John Maynard Keynes: Critical Assessments - Second Series sets a new benchmark in Keynes scholarship by making available 150 of the most significant journal articles on Keynes and his economics. In the last decade interest in Keynes has reached a new height. The period has seen the completion of the 30 volume Collected works of Keynes and the publication of several major biographies, bringing much new material to light and stimulating intense debate. There has been...

These eight volumes provide immediate access to the intellectual processes of the greatest and the most influential economist of the twentieth century.

This text brings together some 107 articles on the great economist Piero Sraffa. His work is notoriously eliptical and elusive and has prompted a massive and often heated critical literature. The work presents a detailed overview of the analytical writings on Sraffa from contemporary sources through to the present day. The articles have been chosen to cover all aspects of Sraffa's work, from the theory to the practical application.

This collection presents an overview of Pareto's vast intellectual legacy and considers both theoretical and applied contributions. The articles are thematically arranged and the themes most closely linked are included in single volumes. This arrangement allows historians of economic thought to discern Pareto's specific contributions without losing sight of the fact that each element of Pareto's work is a component of a broad system wide social framework. The set contains material for historians of economic thought, but also historians of sociological ideas and methodology. Volume One covers...