Arthur Spiethoff and the German Historical School of Economics: Continuities and Discontinuities

Arthur Spiethoff, an economist of the German Historical School of Economics, is best known for his theory of the business cycle. Despite him calling for unified reading of his work, his epistemological thinking has received less attention. This book addresses that gap by analysing his theory of the business cycle in the light of those views.

Vitantonio Gioia - Professor Emeritus at the University of Salento. Former professor of the History of Economic Thought at the University of Macerata and at the University of Salento (Italy). At the University of Macerata, he was Dean of the Faculty of Political Science, Coordinator of the International PhD ＂The European Tradition of Political Economy＂ and President of the ＂University Scientific Commission＂. At the University of Salento, he was Director of the Department of ＂History, Society and Human Studies＂. His research interests include Economic Methodology and History of Economic Thought. The recurrent topics of his contributions are the authors of the German Historical School (Hildebrand, Roscher, Schmoller, Spiethoff, Sombart, Max Weber), European Utopian Thought (Saint-Simon, Proudhon, Owen), Marx and Marxist thought, evolution of Italian Economics. He has published numerous articles in refereed journals, many books and chapters in books. He has been involved in several European projects, and presented papers to many European Universities or international conferences.