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Perrotta Cosimo <1942, > |
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Titolo |
Consumption as an investment / / osimo Perrotta ; translated by Joan McMullin |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004- |
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1-134-40225-2 |
0-429-23470-8 |
0-203-34926-1 |
1-134-40226-0 |
1-280-09586-5 |
0-203-69457-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (399 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in the history of economics ; ; 71 |
Consumption as an investment ; ; 1 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Consumption (Economics) |
Production (Economic theory) |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the legacy of the past; The Ancients and inner wealth; Patristics: end of the contempt for wealth and labour; Medieval dualism: poverty as an ideal; wealth as a practical goal; Italian humanism ignores economic development; From alms to human capital: the poor in sixteenth century Spain and England; Spain's unproductive consumption; Expanding production: a (fearful) hunger for goods; Productive and unproductive labour; Foreign trade: fostering productive consumption/productive labour |
The Enlightenment theory of development: consumption as an investmentNotes; References; Subject index; Name index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This work explores the changing place of consumption as a source of investment in production and growth within economic writings from ancient history to the present. This project is carried out with great |
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