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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823705203321

Autore

Jolink Albert <1962->

Titolo

The evolutionist economics of Leon Walras / / Albert Jolink

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996

ISBN

1-134-96170-7

1-280-11559-9

0-203-97952-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the history of economics ; ; 6

Disciplina

330.157

Soggetti

Evolutionary economics

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; THE EVOLUTIONIST ECONOMICS OF LÉON WALRAS; Copyright; CONTENTS; FIGURES; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1 EVOLUTION AND PROGRESS; EVOLUTION DEFINED; STAGES IN THE HISTORY OF ECONOMICS; FROM NATURAL ORDER TO SOCIAL CONSTRUCT; 2 THE WORLD ACCORDING TO WALRAS; THE WALRASIAN DREAM; SOCIAL VIEWS; POLITICAL VIEWS; 3 INDICATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY; THE ROMANTIC TOUCH; PHILOSOPHIA PRIMA; PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE; METHODOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; 'THE SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE'; 4 INDICATIONS OF HISTORY; THE SAINT-SIMONIAN SEDUCTION; A WALRASIAN STAGES THEORY; THE 'SOCIAL QUESTION'; THEORETICAL CONSEQUENCES

5 INDICATIONS OF SCIENCE A GENERAL THEORY OF SOCIETY; 'CLASSIFIED' FACTS; TOWARDS A PHILOSOPHY OF ECONOMICS; THE ECONOMIC SCIENCES; Structuring the order; Ordering the structure; 6 THE ELEMENTS; ELEMENTS OF EXCHANGE; An inquiry into the nature and causes of value in exchange; Social wealth and the mechanism; Laws and consequences; THE ELEMENTS OF SOCIETY; Man in society; The best of both worlds; 'The superior law of social organization'; 7 THE APPLIED; ORGANIZING FREE COMPETITION; Individual vs. public interests; Restrictions on laissez-faire; THE PROPERTY OF TAXATION; On property; On taxation

8 ECONOMICS OF TRANSITION SAVINGS AND CAPITAL FORMATION; Commercial tides; ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND MONETARY REFORM;



Land reform and evolution; 9 FROM ROMANTICISM TO LOGICAL POSITIVISM; ENLIGHTENMENT AND ROMANTICISM; THE EVOLUTION OF SOCIETY AND EVOLUTIONIST ECONOMICS; IN THE ARMS OF POSITIVISM; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This study offers a new perspective of Walras' pure, applied and social economics. Through archival research at the University of Lausanne, Jolink considers Walras' ideas on philosophy and philosophy of science based on a newly constructed taxonomy. Walras' work is placed in a broader context by stressing the nineteenth century cultural and historical background in which he lived. This further gives an insight into the relationship between the romanticism of the early nineteenth century and logical positivism of the twentieth century.