03500nam 22006015 450 991073602840332120240701114238.09783031344947303134494410.1007/978-3-031-34494-7(MiAaPQ)EBC30669130(Au-PeEL)EBL30669130(DE-He213)978-3-031-34494-7(CKB)27878833500041(OCoLC)1392652041(EXLCZ)992787883350004120230729d2023 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHuman Capital The Driving Force for Economic Development /by Cosimo Perrotta, Salvatore Rizzello, Claudia Sunna1st ed. 2023.Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2023.1 online resource (166 pages)Print version: Perrotta, Cosimo Human Capital Cham : Palgrave Macmillan,c2023 9783031344930 1. Origins of the economy as collective activity -- 2. Custom and path-dependence. Social capital as accumulation factor -- 3. The role of the state in economic development -- 4. Competition in Enlightenment economists -- 5. On the productiveness of welfare expenditures -- 6. Keynesian Policy Today: More Employment and More Human Capital -- 7. Investing in human capital.This book presents a new interpretation of the role of human capital and the state in driving economic development. It places these ideas within broader debates within the history of economic thought to highlight how the nature of economic activity is a collective and coordinated process. Through examining how the welfare state reversed traditional accumulation by relying on human capital growth, the importance of the state within the development process is emphasised, alongside the multifaceted nature of competition. Different forms of public expenditure are then evaluated to identify the most productive forms of public spending and the drivers of long term economic development. This book questions the relationship between profits and rent and proposes a new kind of economic development based around human capital. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in the history of economic thought, the political economy, and labour economics. Cosimo Perrotta is former Professor of the History of Economic Thought at the University of Salento Salvatore Rizzello is Professor of Economics at the University of Salento. Claudia Sunna is Associate Professor of the History of Economic Thought at the University of Salento.EconomicsHistoryEconomicsLabor economicsHistory of Economic Thought and MethodologyPolitical Economy and Economic SystemsLabor EconomicsEconomicsHistory.Economics.Labor economics.History of Economic Thought and Methodology.Political Economy and Economic Systems.Labor Economics.331.11331.11Perrotta Cosimo465580Rizzello Salvatore121395Sunna Claudia329204MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910736028403321Human Capital3421607UNINA