Money in the history of political thought, from ancient Greece to the Great Inflation of the 1970s In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, critical attention has shifted from the economy to the most fundamental feature of all market economies—money. Yet despite the centrality of political struggles over money, it remains difficult to articulate its democratic possibilities an...(展开全部)

In this ambitious work, Philip Pettit offers a single, unified, and overarching theory of freedom. A puzzling topic, freedom extends from the individual and the metaphysical (i.e. free will) to the social and the political, yet a theory connecting these two realms has yet to be devised. In an elegant, accessible manner, Pettit presents a survey of available theories of freedom,...(展开全部)

In this ambitious work, Philip Pettit offers a single, unified, and overarching theory of freedom. A puzzling topic, freedom extends from the individual and the metaphysical (i.e. free will) to the social and the political, yet a theory connecting these two realms has yet to be devised. In an elegant, accessible manner, Pettit presents a survey of available theories of freedom,...(展开全部)

威廉‧瑞克（William H. Riker, 1920-1993） 1920年生於美國愛荷華州，1942年於印第安那州迪堡大學（DePauw University）取得經濟學學士學位，並於1948年於哈佛大學政治系取得博士學位。1962年，在擔任威斯康辛州的勞倫斯大學（Lawrence College）教授時，他發表了《政治聯盟理論》一書，同年成為羅徹斯特大學（University of Rochester）政治系主任直到1977年為止。 威廉‧瑞克創立的「實證政治學」（positive political theory）給學界帶來了典範革命，他從社會選擇與賽局理論的啟發中，建立影響深遠的「理性選擇學派」（Rational Choice Theory，又稱羅徹斯特學派），徹底改變了二十世紀政治學研究的風貌。他所建構的「新政治經濟學」（modern ...(展开全部)

Originally published in 1871, The Theory of Political Economy was the first text to introduce the concept of utility theory into economics and the use of calculus as a way to simplify and present economic problems. In this classic work Jevons re-formulated the central problem of economics as one of how to maximise overall utility with a set amount of means of production. Utilit...(展开全部)