This book contains interesting essays on the following range of topics: Fiscal Sociology, Constitutional Economics, Austrian School Perspectives, and New Perspectives on Transition Economies in Asia, Europe and Africa. All of the contributors to this volume apply cutting edge concepts and distinctions in economics to a variety of important topics and issues that surround contemporary debate. The book contains 20 essays, totals about 390 pages and includes a scholarly index.
About the Author
Laurence S. Moss now serves as editor of The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. He is a Professor of Economics at Babson College and has served as the President of the History of Economics Society. He is also a well-known historian of economic thought. Moss is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and now serves on the Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Features
Contains original and authoritative English translations of sections from Joseph A. Schumpeter's Theory of Economic Development (first published in 1911 that have not been available to English readers up to now but are relevant to contemporary insights and debates.
Contains essays by veteran observers of the transition process underway in Russia, Africa and East Asia.
Features the new political economies of the Virginia School, Austrian school along with a section on Radical Criticisms and Reflections.
