1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452297803321

Autore

Younkins Edward W (Edward Wayne), <1948->

Titolo

Champions of a free society : ideas of capitalism's philosophers and economists / / Edward W. Younkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

0-7391-2647-4

0-7391-3053-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (407 p.)

Disciplina

330.12/20922

Soggetti

Capitalism - Philosophy

Free enterprise - Philosophy

Economics - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Ancient and Medieval Periods; 1 Lao Tzu's Naturalistic Metaphysics, Ethics, and Politics; 2 Aristotle and Human Flourishing; 3 Aristotle and Economics; 4 Epicurus on Freedom and Happiness; 5 Thomas Aquinas's Christian Aristotelianism; Part II: Early Modern and Renaissance Periods; 6 Spinoza on Freedom, Ethics, and Politics; 7 John Locke's Limited State; 8 Turgot on Progress and Political Economy; 9 Adam Smith's Moral and Economic System; Part III: The Late Modern Period

10 Jean-Baptiste Say's Law of Markets: A Fundamental, Conceptual Integration11 Herbert Spencer on Liberty and Human Progress; 12 Carl Menger's Economics of Well-Being; Part IV: The Contemporary Period; 13 Ludwig von Mises on Human Action; 14 Ayn Rand's Philosophy of Objectivism; 15 Murray Rothbard's Randian Austrianism; 16 The Road to Objective Economics: Hayek Takes a Wrong Tum; 17 Milton Friedman's Pragmatic and Incremental Libertarianism; 18 Mises, Friedman, and Rand: A Methodological Comparison; 19 James M.



Buchanan: Constitutional and Post-Constitutional Political Economy

20 Robert Nozick's Libertarian Framework for Utopias21 Reality Is Not Optional: Thomas Sowell's Vision of Man and Society; 22 Michael Novak's Vision of Democratic Capitalism; Part V: The Philosophy of Freedom: In Retrospect and Prospect; 23 Revisiting the Intellectual Heritage of a Free Society; 24 Developing a Paradigm for a Free Society; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book is written for individuals who want to learn about the philosophical foundations of political and economic freedom. It is an introduction and a guide to the principal theoretical ideas on liberty produced by the most influential and creative thinkers in history, with chapters on Adam Smith, Ludwig von Mises, and Carl Menger.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910523794903321

Titolo

Digital transformation and the world economy : critical factors and sector-focused mathematical models / / Andrei Rudskoi and Tessaleno Devezas. editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

3-030-89832-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 pages)

Collana

Studies on Entrepreneurship, Structural Change and Industrial Dynamics

Disciplina

338.064

Soggetti

Information technology - Economic aspects

Economic history - 21st century

Technological innovations - Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.