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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963611003321

Autore

Lewin Peter <1948->

Titolo

Capital in disequilibrium : the role of capital in a changing world / / Peter Lewin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999

ISBN

1-134-75604-6

0-429-23187-3

1-280-31997-6

0-203-44070-6

0-203-28033-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Collana

Foundations of the market economy

Disciplina

332/.041

Soggetti

Capital

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 (p. 238-249) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction and outline; Background: equilibrium and change; What does equilibrium mean? A discussion in the context of modern Austrian ideas; Equilibrium and expectations re-examined: a different perspective; Capital, interest, and profits; Capital in historical perspective; Modern capital theory; The Hicksian marriage of capital and time; The nature of interest and profits; Capital in a dynamic world; Modern Mengerian capital theory; Capital and business organizations; Organizations, money, and calculation; Human capital

Human capital, the nature of knowledge, and the value of knowledge Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on the work of the Austrian School and its heirs, Capital in Disequilibrium develops a modern, systematic version of capital theory in order to suggest a new approach to the subject of economics.