The Wealth of Ideas: A History of Economic ThoughtCambridge University Press, 2006 M11 30 - 596 páginas The Wealth of Ideas, first published in 2005, traces the history of economic thought, from its prehistory (the Bible, Classical antiquity) to the present day. In this eloquently written, scientifically rigorous and well documented book, chapters on William Petty, Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, William Stanley Jevons, Carl Menger, Léon Walras, Alfred Marshall, John Maynard Keynes, Joseph Schumpeter and Piero Sraffa alternate with chapters on other important figures and on debates of the period. Economic thought is seen as developing between two opposite poles: a subjective one, based on the ideas of scarcity and utility, and an objective one based on the notions of physical costs and surplus. Professor Roncaglia focuses on the different views of the economy and society and on their evolution over time and critically evaluates the foundations of the scarcity-utility approach in comparison with the Classical/Keynesian approach. |
Términos y frases comunes
analysis analytical aspects assumption attributed Austrian school behaviour Cantillon capital capitalistic century characterised classical economists commodity competition concerned considered constituted consumption contribution corresponds costs debate demand and supply determined division of labour economic agents economic equilibrium economic system economic theory economic thought edition elements entrepreneurs essay exchange values fact favour firm Hayek hence history of economic human ibid idea important income increase individual instance interest interpretation issues Jevons John Stuart Mill Keynes Keynes’s Keynesian Malthus marginalist marginalist approach marginalist theory Marshall Marshall’s Marshallian Marx Marx’s means of production Menger monetary natural price nomic notion particular Petty Petty’s physiocrats political economy Principles problem proposed quantity rate of profits recall Ricardian Ricardo role sectors Smith Smithian social society Sraffa stressed subsistence surplus theoretical theory of value thesis tion Torrens trade tradition utilised utility wage Walras wealth of nations workers
Pasajes populares
Página 247 - The sum total of these relations of production constitutes the economic structure of society, the real foundation, on which rises a legal and political superstructure and to which correspond definite forms of social consciousness.
Página 147 - But man has almost constant occasion for the help of 'his brethren, and it is in vain for him to expect it from their benevolence only.
Página 153 - ... in communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticize after dinner, just as I have a mind, without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, shepherd or critic.
Página 246 - The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions.
Página 247 - It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but, on the contrary, their social existence determines their consiousness. At a certain stage of their development the material forces of production in society come into conflict with the existing relations of production...
Página 136 - EVERY MAN is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of human life.
Página 152 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Página 138 - When the price of any commodity is neither more nor less than what is sufficient to pay the rent of the land, the wages of the labour, and the profits of the stock employed in raising, preparing, and bringing to market, according to their natural rates, the commodity is then sold for what may be called its natural price.
Página 118 - Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit.
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Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology: A Research Annual Warren J. Samuels,Ross B. Emmett,Jeff E. Biddle Sin vista previa disponible - 2006 |
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