Roger Backhouse

Research output

Research output per year 1980 2002 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2017 2024

• 78 Article
• 66 Chapter
• 15 Book
• 12 Book/Film/Article review
• 17 More
  • 5 Other contribution
  • 3 Review article
  • 3 Working paper
  • 2 Paper
  • 2 Editorial
  • 1 Anthology
  • 1 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

Research output per year

Research output per year

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• 2021

  Individualism and ethics: Samuelson's welfare economics

  Backhouse, R., 25 Mar 2021, Welfare Theory, Public Action, and Ethical Values: Revisiting the History of Welfare Economics. Backhouse, R., Baujard, A. & Nishizawa, T. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 186-207 22 p.

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  • Welfarism 100%
  • Welfare Economics 79%
  • Individualism 63%

• Post-Keynesian: a rare example of a post-concept in economics

  Backhouse, R., Jul 2021, Post-Everything: An intellectual history of post-concepts. Paul, H. & van Veldhuizen, A. (eds.). Manchester: Manchester University Press, p. 99-115 17 p.

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  • Post Keynesian 100%
  • Economists 75%
  • Economic Analysis 74%
  • Economics 41%
• 2020

  Exploring the language and rhetoric of economics

  Henderson, W., Dudley-Evans, T. & Backhouse, R., 1 Jan 2020, Economics and Language. Taylor and Francis, p. 1-20 20 p.

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  • Language 100%
  • Rhetoric 82%
  • Economics 62%
  • Discourse Analysis 39%
  • Economists 16%

• “A Great Economist” and “A Careful Empiricist”: Paul Samuelson’s Attitude Towards Alfred Marshall

  Backhouse, R. E., 25 Oct 2020, Marshall and the Marshallian Heritage: Essays in Honour of Tiziano Raffaelli. Caldari, K., Dardi, M. & Medema, S. G. (eds.). 1 ed. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 269-281 13 p. (Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought).

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  • Empiricist 100%
  • economist 89%
  • Economists 85%
  • Conventional 67%
• 2019

  Alvin Harvey Hansen

  Backhouse, R. E., 1 Jan 2019, The Elgar Companion to John Maynard Keynes. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 451-455 5 p.

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  • IS-LM Model 100%
  • Fiscal Policy 93%
  • John Maynard Keynes 73%
  • Multiplier 65%
  • Economists 60%

• Paul Anthony Samuelson

  Backhouse, R. E., 1 Jan 2019, The Elgar Companion to John Maynard Keynes. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 462-467 6 p.

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  • Phillips Curve 100%
  • Textbooks 91%
  • Economists 78%
  • Second World War 55%
  • Economics 43%
• 2017

  Economics

  Backhouse, R., 21 Sept 2017, Modernism and the Social Sciences: Anglo-American Exchanges, ca. 1918-1980. Bevir, M. (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 17-38 22 p. 2

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• Liberalism and the welfare state in Britain, 1890-1945

  Backhouse, R. E., Bateman, B. W. & Nishizawa, T., 1 Jan 2017, Liberalism and the Welfare State: Economists and Arguments for the Welfare State. Backhouse, R. E., Bateman, B. W., Nishizawa, T. & Plehwe, D. (eds.). SIPRI/Oxford University Press, p. 25-38 14 p.

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  • Liberalism 100%
  • Welfare State 79%
  • John Maynard Keynes 31%
  • Government 16%
  • Economists 13%
  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2015

  Walras in the age of Marshall: An analysis of English-language journals, 1890-1939

  Backhouse, R. E. & Medema, S. G., 28 Jul 2015, Economics and Other Branches - In the Shade of the Oak Tree: Essays in Honour of Pascal Bridel. Taylor & Francis, p. 69-86 18 p.

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• 2014

  Contested identities: The history of economics since 1945

  Backhouse, R. E. & Fontaine, P., 1 Jan 2014, A Historiography of the Modern Social Sciences. Cambridge University Press, p. 183-210 28 p.

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  • History of Economics 100%
  • Economics 37%
  • History of Economic Thought 25%
  • History of Science 20%
  • Jurisdiction 18%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Economic ideas and the emergence of political economy

  Backhouse, R. & Tribe, K., Oct 2014, The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain: Volume 1. Industrialisation, 1700–1870. 2nd ed. Vol. 1. p. 421-442

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• Economic Thought and Ideology in Britain, 1870-2010

  Backhouse, R. & Tribe, K., Oct 2014, The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain: Volume 2. Growth and Decline, 1870 to the Present. 2nd ed. Vol. 2. p. 506-528

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• Hayek and Keynes

  Backhouse, R. E., 1 Jan 2014, Elgar Companion to Hayekian Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 94-115 22 p.

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  • John Maynard Keynes 100%
  • Economic Theory 56%
  • Political philosophy 41%
  • Capitalism 37%
  • Economics 34%
  2 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  Introduction: A. W. (Bob) Coats, 1924-2007

  Backhouse, R. E., Caldwell, B., Goodwin, C. & Rutherford, M., 8 Oct 2013, The Historiography of Economics: British and American Economic Essays, Volume III. Taylor and Francis, p. 1-20 20 p.

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• The Dog Called Investment

  Backhouse, R. E. & Bateman, B. W., 23 May 2013, Keynesian Reflections: Effective Demand, Money, Finance, and Policies in the Crisis. SIPRI/Oxford University Press

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  • Dog 100%
  • John Maynard Keynes 65%
  • Great Depression 28%
  • Keynesianism 26%
  • Free Market 20%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Understanding Mark Blaug's attitude towards sraffian economics

  Backhouse, R. E., 29 Nov 2013, Mark Blaug: Rebel with Many Causes. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 146-158 13 p.

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  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2011

  Methodological Issues in Keynesian Economics

  Backhouse, R. & Bateman, BW., 1 Dec 2011, The Elgar Companion to Recent Economic Methodology.

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• 2010

  An Abstruse and Mathematical Argument: The Use of Mathematical Reasoning in the General Theory

  Backhouse, R., Bateman, BW., Marcuzzo, C. & Hirai, T., 1 Jan 2010, The Return of Keynes: Keynes and Keynesian Policies in the New Millenium.

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• Circular Flow Diagram

  Backhouse, R., Lloyd, P. & Blaug, M., 1 Jan 2010, Famous Figures and Diagrams in Economics.

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  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Economics

  Backhouse, R., Backhouse, R. & Fontaine, P., 1 Jan 2010, The History of the Social Sciences Since 1945.

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• Introduction

  Backhouse, R., Backhouse, R. & Fontaine, P., 1 Jan 2010, The History of the Social Sciences Since 1945.

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• J. A. Hobson as a Welfare Economist

  Backhouse, R., 1 Jan 2010, No Wealth but Life: Welfare Economics and the Welfare State in Britain, 1880-1945.

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  5 Citations (Scopus)

• The Peculiarities of Place: the Irish Historical Economists

  Backhouse, R., Boylan, T., Prendergast, R. & Turner, J., 1 Jan 2010, Ireland and Political Economy: Towards a History of Irish Economic Thought.

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• The Reception of Marshall in the United States

  Backhouse, R., Raffaelli, T., Nishizawa, T. & Cook, S., 1 Jan 2010, The Impact of Alfred Marshall's Ideas: The Global Diffusion of His Work.

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  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Towards a History of the Social Sciences

  Backhouse, R., Backhouse, R. & Fontaine, P., 1 Jan 2010, The History of the Social Sciences Since 1945.

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  24 Citations (Scopus)

• Towards a Reinterpretation of the History of Welfare Economics

  Backhouse, R. & Nishizawa, T., 1 Jan 2010, No Wealth but Life: Welfare Economics and the Welfare State in Britain, 1880-1945.

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  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Welfare Economics, Old and New

  Backhouse, R. & Nishizawa, T., 1 Jan 2010, No Wealth but Life: Welfare Economics and the Welfare State in Britain, 1880-1945.

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• Whose Keynes?

  Backhouse, R. & Bateman, BW., 1 Jan 2010, Keynes's General Theory: A Reconsideration After Seventy Years.

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• 2009

  Friedman's 1953 Essay and the Marginalist Controversy

  Backhouse, R. & Maki, U., 1 Feb 2009, The Methodology of Positive Economics: Reflections on the Milton Friedman Legacy.

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  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Schumpeter on Marshall: A Reconsideration

  Backhouse, R., Nishizawa, T. & Shionoya, Y., 1 Jan 2009, Marshall and Schumpeter on Evolution: Economic Sociology of Capitalist Development.

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  6 Citations (Scopus)
• 2008

  Economics, Definition of

  Backhouse, R., Medema, S., Durlauf, SN., Blume, LE. & Backhouse, R., 28 Feb 2008, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics.

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• Hutchison, Terence Wilmot (1912-2007)

  Backhouse, R., Durlauf, SN. & Blume, LE., 9 Sept 2008, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics.

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• Keynes, John Maynard (new perspectives)

  Backhouse, RE., Bateman, BW., Durlauf, SN., Blume, LE. & Backhouse, R., 28 Feb 2008, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics.

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• Keynesianism

  Backhouse, RE., Bateman, BW., Durlauf, SN., Blume, LE. & Backhouse, R., 28 Feb 2008, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics.

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• laissez-faire, economists and

  Backhouse, RE., Medema, SG., Durlauf, SN., Blume, LE. & Backhouse, R., 28 Feb 2008, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics.

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• Marginal Revolution

  Backhouse, RE., Durlauf, SN., Blume, LE. & Backhouse, R., 28 Feb 2008, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics.

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• Methodology of Economics

  Backhouse, RE., Durlauf, SN., Blume, LE. & Backhouse, R., 28 Feb 2008, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics.

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• United States, economics in (1945 to present)

  Backhouse, RE., Durlauf, SN., Blume, LE. & Backhouse, R., 28 Feb 2008, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics.

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• 2007

  Representation in Economics: Introduction

  Backhouse, R., 1 Jan 2007, Measurement in Economics: a Handbook Edited by M Boumans.

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• The Barro-Grossman Model

  Backhouse, XX. & Backhouse, R., 1 Jan 2007, International Encyclopedia of Social Science.

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• 2006

  A Cunning Purchase

  Bateman, BW., Backhouse, R., Bateman, BW. & Backhouse, RE., 1 Jan 2006, The Cambridge Companion to Keynes.

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  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Equilibrium and Problem Solving in Economics

  Mosini, V. & Backhouse, R., 1 Jan 2006, Equilibrium in Economics: Scope and Limits.

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  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Hayek on Money and the Cycle

  Backhouse, R. & Feser, E., 1 Jan 2006, The Cambridge Companion to Hayek.

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• Marshall on the Definition of Economics

  Rafaelli, T., Becattini, G., Dardi, M. & Backhouse, R., 1 Jan 2006, The Elgar Companion to Alfred Marshall.

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• The Keynesian Revolution

  Bateman, BW., Backhouse, R. & Backhouse, R., 1 Jan 2006, The Cambridge Companion to Keynes.

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  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Trade Policy

  Raffaelli, T., Becattini, G., Dardi, M. & Backhouse, R., 1 Jan 2006, The Elgar Companion to Alfred Marshall.

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• 2005

  Economics, History of

  Backhouse, R., Berckert, J. & Zafirovsky, M., 1 Jan 2005, International Encyclopaedia of Economic Sociology.

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• Economists in Parliament in Britain, 1848-1914

  Backhouse, R., Guidi, MEL. & Augello, M., 1 Jan 2005, Economists in Parliament in the Liberal Era, 1848-1920.

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• 2004

  Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes

  Backhouse, R., Davis, JB., Marciano, A. & Runde, J., 1 Jan 2004, The Elgar Companion to Economics and Philosophy.

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  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Serving Two Masters

  Backhouse, R., Mooslechner, P., Schuberth, H. & Schuerz, M., 1 Jan 2004, Economic Policy Under Uncertainty: The Role of Truth and Accountability in Policy Advice.

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