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Hollander Samuel |
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Classical economics / / Samuel Hollander |
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Toronto ; ; Buffalo : , : Basil Blackwell, , 1987 |
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©1987 |
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ISBN |
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1-4875-8664-7 |
9786611997229 |
1-281-99722-6 |
1-4426-7299-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 485 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Classical school of economics |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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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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""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1 Introduction""; ""1.1 Why Study the History of Economics?""; ""1.2 The Role of the Historian""; ""1.3 On Method""; ""1.4 Scope and Plan of the Present Work""; ""Suggested Reading""; ""2 The Precursors of Adam Smith: an Overview""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 The Scholastic Tradition""; ""2.3 The Mercantilists""; ""2.4 Instances of Analytical Progress: Automatic Adjustment Mechanisms""; ""2.5 The Eighteenth Century: Allocation Theory""; ""2.6 The Eighteenth Century: Economic Growth""; ""2.7 Summary and Conclusion""; ""Suggested Reading""; ""3 The Physiocrats"" |
""3.1 Introduction" """3.2 Surplus and the 'Tableau Economique'""; ""3.3 The Price Mechanism""; ""3.4 Economic Growth""; ""3.5 The Contribution of A.R.J. Turgot""; ""3.6 General Overview and Analytical Significance""; ""Suggested Reading""; ""4 Smith on Value and Distribution""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Utility and Scarcity""; ""4.3 Price Determination""; ""4.4 The Labour Theory of Value""; ""4.5 Variable-cost Conditions and the Dynamics of Consumption""; ""4.6 The Theory of Distribution: Factor Productivity""; ""4.7 Factor Supply: Land"" |
""4.8 Factor Supply: the Wage and Profit Structures"" ""4.9 A Model of Value and Distribution""; ""4.10 Conclusion""; ""Suggested Reading""; |
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""5 Ricardo on Value and Distribution""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Demand-Supply Analysis""; ""5.3 Cost Price and Allocative Economics""; ""5.4 Alternative Opportunities and the Inverse Wage-Profit Relation""; ""5.5 Cost and Rent""; ""5.6 Resource Allocation and Distribution""; ""5.7 The Comparative-Cost Theory of Trade""; ""5.8 The Measure of Value""; ""5.9 Profits an 'Exploitation' Income?""; ""5.10 The Inverse Relation a Truism'?"" |
""5.11 The Inverse Relation and the Monetary Mechanism"" ""5.12 Summary and Conclusion""; ""Suggested Reading""; ""6 Mill on Value and Distribution""; ""6.1 Introduction""; ""6.2 Short-run Price Formation""; ""6.3 Consumer Behaviour""; ""6.4 Demand-Supply Analysis, Cost Price and Profit Rate Equalization""; ""6.5 The Adjustment Mechanism: an Elaboration""; ""6.6 Variable-cost Conditions""; ""6.7 Imperfect Competition""; ""6.8 The Wage Structure""; ""6.9 Derived Demand""; ""6.10 International Values""; ""6.11 The Fundamental Theorem on Distribution and Allocation Theory"" |
""6.12 Concluding Note"" ""Suggested Reading""; ""7 Smith on Capital, Employment and Growth""; ""7.1 Introduction""; ""7.2 The National Income Accounts""; ""7.3 The Savings Process""; ""7.4 Aggregate Employment Capacity""; ""7.5 The Secular Pattern of Factor Demand and Supply""; ""7.6 The Trend Path of Factor Returns""; ""7.7 Economic Development: Technical Progress""; ""7.8 Economic Development: Investment Priorities and Policy""; ""7.9 Economic Development: Agriculture""; ""7.10 Economic Development: the Place of Money""; ""Suggested Reading""; ""8 Ricardo on Capital, Employment and Growth"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this unconvential and sharply written text Hollander introduces the work of Smith, Ricardo, and Mill, and, on specific topics, Malthus and Marx. |
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