03018oam 2200685I 450 991045052530332120200520144314.01-134-40225-20-429-23470-80-203-34926-11-134-40226-01-280-09586-50-203-69457-010.4324/9780203694572 (CKB)1000000000248815(EBL)200268(OCoLC)492070041(SSID)ssj0000292584(PQKBManifestationID)11213244(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000292584(PQKBWorkID)10274890(PQKB)11446243(MiAaPQ)EBC200268(Au-PeEL)EBL200268(CaPaEBR)ebr10094227(CaONFJC)MIL9586(EXLCZ)99100000000024881520180331g20049999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConsumption as an investment /osimo Perrotta ; translated by Joan McMullinLondon ;New York :Routledge,2004-1 online resource (399 p.)Routledge studies in the history of economics ;71Consumption as an investment ;1Description based upon print version of record.0-415-64693-6 0-415-30619-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the legacy of the past; The Ancients and inner wealth; Patristics: end of the contempt for wealth and labour; Medieval dualism: poverty as an ideal; wealth as a practical goal; Italian humanism ignores economic development; From alms to human capital: the poor in sixteenth century Spain and England; Spain's unproductive consumption; Expanding production: a (fearful) hunger for goods; Productive and unproductive labour; Foreign trade: fostering productive consumption/productive labourThe Enlightenment theory of development: consumption as an investmentNotes; References; Subject index; Name indexThis work explores the changing place of consumption as a source of investment in production and growth within economic writings from ancient history to the present. This project is carried out with great skill, vigour and originality and will help to bring consumption studies to the mainstream of economic thought.Routledge studies in the history of economics ;71.Consumption (Economics)Production (Economic theory)Electronic books.Consumption (Economics)Production (Economic theory)339.4/7Perrotta Cosimo1942,124004MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450525303321Consumption as an investment725383UNINA