After his death Thorstein Veblen was hailed as 'America's Darwin and Marx' and is normally portrayed as the perennial iconoclast. He severely criticised traditional economics and attempted to create an alternative approach based on a much more complex view of human beings. He is one of the most cele[...]

Forstå finanskrisen- og den ideologiske ulvetiden som skapte den. Verdensøkonomien er blitt stadig friere fra politisk kontroll, og finansbevegelsene utgjør en raskt økende andel av verdensøkonomien.I denne boken viser den internasjonalt anerkjente økonomen Erik Reinert hvordan troen på det s[...]

'Ragnar Nurkse, Trade and Development' is a timely reprint of Nurkse's most important works, given the renewed interest in his writings amongst development economists, who are turning to this pioneering thinker in search for new inspiration. This volume aims to make his rarely published works availa[...]