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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... instance , in ancient China at roughly the same time of Plato , Mencius ( 390BC - 305BC ) , and a bit later on , Hsün Tsu ( Xun Kuang ) , both argued for the necessity and significance of the social division of labor , and the division ...
... instance , in ancient China at roughly the same time of Plato , Mencius ( 390BC - 305BC ) , and a bit later on , Hsün Tsu ( Xun Kuang ) , both argued for the necessity and significance of the social division of labor , and the division ...
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... instance of cloth - making . Hutcheson ( 1755 ; Ch 10 ) articulated the necessity of the division of labor and cooperation for civilized society . The extent to which Smith's celebrated division of labor principle was directly inspired ...
... instance of cloth - making . Hutcheson ( 1755 ; Ch 10 ) articulated the necessity of the division of labor and cooperation for civilized society . The extent to which Smith's celebrated division of labor principle was directly inspired ...
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Guang-zhen Sun. literature here . Interested readers may refer to , for instance , Groenewegen's ( 1969 ) nice ( 1969 ) nice treatment and references therein . Groenewegen's scrutiny of the two authors ' writings and historical evidence ...
Guang-zhen Sun. literature here . Interested readers may refer to , for instance , Groenewegen's ( 1969 ) nice ( 1969 ) nice treatment and references therein . Groenewegen's scrutiny of the two authors ' writings and historical evidence ...
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... instance , in Smith's theory of the division of labor , differences between individuals of different occupations , " is not upon many occasions so much the cause , as the effect of the division of labor " ( Ch 13 ) . As such , the ...
... instance , in Smith's theory of the division of labor , differences between individuals of different occupations , " is not upon many occasions so much the cause , as the effect of the division of labor " ( Ch 13 ) . As such , the ...
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... instance , see Michael Hutter ( 1994 ) for an informative historical survey of the German literature on the organism as a metaphor in economics . Moreover , the potential powerfulness of the organism analogy which serves as an important ...
... instance , see Michael Hutter ( 1994 ) for an informative historical survey of the German literature on the organism as a metaphor in economics . Moreover , the potential powerfulness of the organism analogy which serves as an important ...
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 |
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