Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

資本主義の将来への考察－K.マルクスからA.センまで
Chandra, Ramesh, Reflections on the Future of Capitalism: From Karl Marx to Amartya Sen. 422 pp. 2024:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <726-253>
ISBN 978-3-031-57594-5 hard ¥28,244.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This book explores the ideas of nine renowned economists to present the evolution of economic thought on the development and trajectory of capitalism as a system. The author shows how this diverse group of thinkers are linked by their thinking on the future role of capitalism in society and fleshes out the influences informing each economist's work. With chapters dedicated to Karl Marx, Joseph Schumpeter, Thorstein Veblen, Henry George, Gunnar Myrdal, Alfred Marshall, Allyn Young, J. M. Keynes and Amartya Sen, the book aims to analyse contrasting views on the future of capitalism in historical perspective and make a critical assessment of their insights in contemporary contexts. While considering the views of some thinkers such as Marx, Schumpeter, and Veblen who critiqued capitalism, the book does not view capitalism beyond redemption, nor is meant to be a critique of capitalism in its conclusions. Rather, it argues that thinkers like Marshall, Myrdal, Young and Keynes were more right in their optimism about the future prospects of capitalism than many others. It argues that capitalism can be reformed through the democratic process in a more humane direction. This can happen if democracy works for all, and if discriminating privileges and crony capitalism are eschewed. This book is valuable reading for scholars and students of economic history and the history of economic thought.

I.I.ルービン著　西洋における同時代の経済学者たち
Rubin, Isaak Ilyich, Contemporary Economists in the West: Critical Essays on Oppenheimer, Stolzmann, Amonn, Petry, and Liefmann. (Historical Materialism Book Series 325) 328 pp. 2024:9 (Brill, NE) <726-254>
ISBN 978-90-04-70565-4 hard ¥30,366.- (税込) EUR 129.00

Isaak I. Rubin, author of numerous works in Marxist theory, explains the failure of the Austrian School's attempt to reduce political economy to individual psychology. Emphasising the sociological dimension of Marx's work, Rubin welcomes a new 'social direction' in the writings of Rudolf Stolzmann, Alfred Amonn and Franz Petry. These economists rejected Austrian individualism, but their works were often influenced by the ethical idealism of Kant and Hegel, resulting in detachment of the economy's social form from the material process of production. Rubin critically explores methodological differences between Marx and early twentieth-century critics and proponents of marginalist economic theory.

経済思想の競合する学派　第2版
Tsoulfidis, Lefteris, Competing Schools of Economic Thought: Retrospect and Prospect. 2nd ed. (Springer Studies in the History of Economic Thought) 461 pp. 2024:7 (Springer, GW) <726-255>
ISBN 978-3-031-58579-1 hard ¥20,005.- (税込) EUR 84.99

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the development of various schools of economic thought. Written for students of economics and anyone interested in the history of economics, it introduces the economic thinking of major economists, including Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes, and explains how classical economics and modern schools of economic thought evolved also in relation to the social conditions and real economic problems they were trying to address. It covers topics such as the evolution of classical economics, the marginal revolution, the theory of capital and the Cambridge controversies, Keynes's General Theory, the neoclassical synthesis, and the history of macroeconomics. The author also reflects on the contemporary influence of various schools of economic thought and what answers they offer to present-day problems. The second edition is completely updated and offers two new chapters, one on the methodology of economics and another on economic growth. The final chapter presents and critically evaluates developments in macroeconomics in the years after the "Great Recession."