The Contested World Economy

'Eric Helleiner has done it again - another classic to add to his ample record of outstanding historical scholarship. His monumental survey of the deep intellectual roots of the field of International Political Economy breaks entirely new ground and will serve as a master study guide for generations to come. The breadth of coverage is astonishing, introducing us to a huge gallery of long-neglected thinkers and ideas from every corner of the globe. The book is a must-read for anyone aspiring to literacy in the subject of IPE.' Benjamin Cohen, University of California, Santa Barbara
'In a recent series of books, Eric Helleiner has been doing nothing less than rewriting the intellectual history of international political economy. This latest, his most ambitious yet, is a bold and generous work opening countless avenues for the scholars who will follow him.' Quinn Slobodian, Wellesley College
'Eric Helleiner has brought together a remarkably wide range of economic thinkers from around the world to illuminate the fractious and contested nature of debates in International Political Economy before 1945. But more importantly, he has also demonstrated that the history of global economic thought should not be read as a one-way diffusion from West to rest, but has rather been structured over time by multidirectional debate and reformulation from many corners of the globe.' Christy Thornton, John Hopkins University
'The holy troika of IPE thought - Realism, Liberalism, and Marxism - was always deeply suspect. European scholars often saw realism as an American apology for nuclear dominance, while mainstream US scholars never took Marxism seriously. Helleiner shows us the value of moving beyond such tired touchstones to embrace the real diversity of global IPE. Much of what we think of as new - environmentalism, feminism, (post)colonialism - is in fact quite old and well developed outside of the troika texts. To properly engage the debates of today, we need to understand and build upon rich traditions that we have omitted both by design and by default.' Mark Blyth, Brown University