Readings In The Economics Of The Division Of Labor: The Classical TraditionGuang-zhen Sun World Scientific, 2005 M05 9 - 312 páginas Study of the progressive division of labor is a burgeoning industry in economics in recent years. Classical authors, dating back as early as 500 BC, have made insightful analyses on the determinants and implications of the division of labor. Unfortunately these writings are rather scattered and not readily accessible. This important book aims to fill this void, serving as a valuable source of reference for scholars interested in the economics of specialization.The volume begins with the precursors of political economy including the ancient Greeks, medieval Islamic scholastics and mercantilists, continues with the classical political economists and the neoclassicists, and concludes with the Austrian economists such as Hayek in the 1940s. It covers major themes and perspectives about the division of labor that have ever emerged in the discipline of the economic science, including the economics of increasing returns to specialization, the twin ideas of division of labor and the extent of the market, the theory of the spontaneous market order, coordination in the factory system and large scale manufactures, knowledge and the division of mental labor, integration of analyses of specialization into the neoclassical framework, etc. |
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... may be fair to say that the study of the ( progressive ) division of labor is still a burgeoning industry . In fact , some authors ( e.g. , George Stigler 1976 , Journal of Political Economy ) go as far as to V Preface.
... may be fair to say that the study of the ( progressive ) division of labor is still a burgeoning industry . In fact , some authors ( e.g. , George Stigler 1976 , Journal of Political Economy ) go as far as to V Preface.
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... industrial organism ( especially for the particular individual firm ) , for which Marshall introduced the notion of " external economies " ( to what Marshall referred to as " the representative firm " within the industry ) . As Sraffa ...
... industrial organism ( especially for the particular individual firm ) , for which Marshall introduced the notion of " external economies " ( to what Marshall referred to as " the representative firm " within the industry ) . As Sraffa ...
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... industrial organism , that is , the network of exchanges and connections among separate parts of the division of labor . He ... industry , is misleading . The promising direction to pursue , Young contends , is to investigate the ...
... industrial organism , that is , the network of exchanges and connections among separate parts of the division of labor . He ... industry , is misleading . The promising direction to pursue , Young contends , is to investigate the ...
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... industries , partially due to the American's overriding of UK in manufacturing industries , a topic receiving much attention at Young's time . Another , indeed more important , reason , however , lies in his appreciation of insights ...
... industries , partially due to the American's overriding of UK in manufacturing industries , a topic receiving much attention at Young's time . Another , indeed more important , reason , however , lies in his appreciation of insights ...
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... industrial organizations caused by the factory - system thriving at their time , and investigated the underlying division of labor principles . Babbage pointed to fixed learning costs , in terms of " time " and " waste of material " in ...
... industrial organizations caused by the factory - system thriving at their time , and investigated the underlying division of labor principles . Babbage pointed to fixed learning costs , in terms of " time " and " waste of material " in ...
Contenido
Part II Nothing New under the Sun? Pieces up to Adam Smith | 33 |
Part III Classical Political Economy | 125 |
Part IV Marshallian Economics | 193 |
Part V The Austrian Insights | 249 |
Name Index | 285 |
Subject Index | 289 |
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Readings in the Economics of the Division of Labor: The Classical Tradition Guang-Zhen Sun Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
Readings in the Economics of the Division of Labor: The Classical Tradition Guang-Zhen Sun Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
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