Routledge handbook of the history of global economic thought The Routledge Handbook of the History of Global Economic Thought offers the first comprehensive overview of the long run history of economic thought from a truly international perspective. Although globalization has facilitated the spread of ideas between nations the history of economics has tended to be studied either thematically (by topic) in terms of different currents of thought or individually (by economist). Work has been published in the past on the economic thought traditions of specific countries but this pioneering volume is unique in offering a wide ranging comparative account of the development of economic ideas and philosophies on the international stage.The volume brings together leading experts on the development of economic ideas from across the world in order to offer a truly international comparison of the economics within nation states. Each author presents a long term perspective on economics in their region allowing global patterns in the progress of economic ideas over time to be identified.The specially commissioned chapters cover the vast sweep of the history of economics across five world regions including Europe (England Scotland Ireland Italy Greece Spain Portugal Germany Sweden Russia and the Ukraine) the Americas (the USA Canada Mexico and Central America Spanish Speaking South America Brazil and the Caribbean) the Middle East (Turkey Israel Arab Islamic Economics Persia Iran North Africa) Africa (West Africa Southern Africa Mozambique and Angola) and the Asia Pacific Region (Australia and New Zealand China Southeast Asia the Asian Tigers India.)This rigorous ambitious and highly scholarly volume will be of key interest to students academics policy professionals and to interested general readers across the globe.