1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791173503321

Autore

Edelheit Amos

Titolo

Scholastic Florence : moral psychology in the Quattrocento / / Amos Edelheit

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-04-26628-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Collana

Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, , 0920-8607 ; ; Volume 230

Disciplina

195

Soggetti

Psychology and philosophy - Italy - Florence - History

Renaissance - Italy - Florence

Scholars - Italy - Florence - History

Humanists - Italy - Florence - History

Philosophers - Italy - Florence - History

Humanism - Italy - Florence - History

Ethics - Italy - Florence - History

Christian ethics - Italy - Florence - History

Philosophy, Renaissance

Florence (Italy) Intellectual life

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

Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Scholasticism in a Florentine Setting? -- 1 A Portrait of a ‘Thomist’ in the Late-Fifteenth Century -- 2 A Renaissance Discourse on Evil -- 3 The Psychology of the Voluntary Act of Penitence -- 4 A Discussion of Conscience, Cognition and Will -- 5 A Debate Concerning the Intellect and the Will -- 6 A Theory of Will, Human Dignity, and Freedom -- 7 On the Importance of Self-Reflexivity -- 8 A Renaissance Discourse on Love -- Conclusion: A New Renaissance Anthropology? -- Bibliography -- Index Nominum et Rerum.

Sommario/riassunto

An unfamiliar portrait of Renaissance Florence is depicted in this volume where we find not only some celebrated humanist-oriented thinkers but also their scholastic friends and rivals, discussing matters



pertaining to moral psychology. The rationale here is to illuminate the shadowlands of Renaissance philosophy and the intellectual history of late 15th-century Italy by bringing into focus the important role played by scholastic thinkers in the Italian Renaissance. Questions and problems regarding e.g. the intellect and the will, evil and conscience, cognition and love are treated through detailed accounts of debates and texts which were rarely discussed previously.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910957183303321

Autore

Tanner Evan

Titolo

Frugality : : Are We Fretting Too Much? Household Saving and Assets in the United States / / Evan Tanner, Yasser Abdih

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

9786612844058

9781462342648

1462342647

9781451873443

1451873441

9781282844056

1282844059

9781452779324

1452779325

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

51 p. : ill

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

AbdihYasser

Disciplina

332.024;332.02401

Soggetti

Saving and investment - United States - Econometric models

Income - United States - Econometric models

Wealth - United States - Econometric models

Aggregate Factor Income Distribution

Consumption

Disposable income

Economics

Financial Instruments

Income

Institutional Investors

Investment & securities

Investments: Stocks

Macroeconomics

Macroeconomics: Consumption



National income

Non-bank Financial Institutions

Pension Funds

Personal income

Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions

Saving

Stocks

Wealth

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Middle East and Central East Department ; IMF Institute".

"September 2009".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Indicators of Household Wealth and Saving in the United States. -- III. An Inverse Relationship between Primary Savings and Asset Income? -- IV. The Estimated Relation Between Primary Saving and Asset Income -- V. Prospective Analysis: Alternative Scenarios for Savings and Assets -- A. Forward Simulations -- B. Stochastic Simulation (No Change to Parameters) -- C. Alternative "New Frugality" Scenarios: Structural Shifts In The Model -- VI. Pleasant Pigovian Accounting? Further Reflections on the Paradox of Thrift -- A. An Accounting Model -- B. Prospective Paths for Consumer Expenditures -- C. Capital Investment -- VII. Summary, Conclusions, and Directions for Future Work -- References -- Appendixes -- A. Data Definitions -- B. Assessing  Transversality: Primary Savings and the Level of Assets -- C. Estimation Details -- 1. Model Setup -- 2. Coefficient Estimates: Long-Run and Short-Run -- D. Pleasant Pigovian  Accounting in an Open Economy -- Appendix Tables -- A.1. Unit Root Tests  for Variables in Levels and Differences -- A.2. Cointegration  Analysis (Johansen (1990) Test -- A.3. Hypothesis  Tests, Restrictions on Cointegrating Coefficients -- A.4. Summary of  Estimates, VECM System (3') -- Tables -- 1. United  States:  Household Assets and Liabilities Averages by Decade -- 2. United States:  Household Assets and Liabilities Averages by Decade -- 3. United States:  Household Assets and Liabilities Changes between Decades -- 4. Summary of  Estimates, Equations (4a), (4b), (4c) -- 5. Summary of  Alternative Savings Scenarios -- 6. Summary of  Estimates, Equation (12) -- 7. Summary of  Estimates, Equation (13) -- Figures -- 1. Household Net  Wealth and Personal Savings (in Percent of GDP) -- 2. United States:  Real Rates of Return on Assets Percent per Annum, Yearly.

3. United States:  Saving, Alternative Measures (In Percent of Disposable -- 4. Impulse Response  Functions, VECM System (3() -- 5. Primary Savings  (S*)-Stochastic Simulations US Billion -- 6. Net Worth (A,  Upper Chart) and Primary Savings (S*, Lower Chart), -- 7. U.S. Savings:  Corporate vs. Household Savings -- 8. US: Capital  Formation and Net Wealth -- 9. US Household  Consumption -- 10. Fixed Capital  Formation (FC), Stochastic Simulations (US Billions) -- 11. Total Fixed  Investment (Billions of 2000 US) -- Boxes -- 1. Recent   Views on  U.S.



Savings and the Paradox Of Thrift in the Popular and Financial Press.

Sommario/riassunto

Household savings rates in the United States have recently crept up from all-time lows. Some have suggested that a shift toward frugality will hamper GDP growth-the Keynesian "paradox of thrift." We estimate that households compensate for a fall in their asset income by saving more out of their labor income, dollar-for-dollar. In the wake of the crisis, our model predicts that such primary savings will increase, but only temporarily and modestly, as household assets stabilize. As savings flows gradually accumulate, they help rebuild corporate net worth and hence firms' capacity to make capital investments. A timely return to pre-crisis levels of capital investment would require that U.S. households save substantially more than the model predicts, starting now. Hence, we should fret that our savings rates may be too low.