The fatal embrace of human rights and neoliberalism Drawing on detailed archival research
on the parallel histories of human rights and neoliberalism, Jessica Whyte uncovers the …

The invisible hand image is at the centre of contemporary debates about capacities of
markets, on which discussion of many other topics in business ethics rests. However, its …

This book presents the authentic Adam Smith and explores his underlying approach and
radical thinking, aiming to re-establish his original intentions. The book provides a crucial …

Adam Smith wrote in a Scotland where Calvinism, Continental natural law theory, Stoic
philosophy, and the Newtonian tradition of scientific natural theology were key to the …

The rapid growth of the field of international political economy since the 1970s has revived
an older tradition of thought from the pre-1945 era. The Contested World Economy provides …

Friedrich Hayek's account of “spontaneous order” has generated increasing interest in
recent decades. His argument for the superiority of the market in distributing knowledge …

Since the early 20th century, economics has been the dominant discourse in English-
speaking countries, displacing Christian theology from its previous position of authority. This …

In this important volume, Joost Hengstmengel examines the doctrine of divine providence
and how it served as explanation and justification in economic debates in the sixteenth …

The long eighteenth century is a crucial period in the history of ethics, when our moral
relations to God, ourselves and others were minutely examined and our duties, rights and …

This book discusses the problem of freedom and the limits of liberalism considering the
challenges of governing climate change and artificial intelligence (AI). It mobilizes resources …