LEADER 03011oam 2200685I 450 001 9910815231103321 005 20230617004512.0 010 $a1-134-40225-2 010 $a0-429-23470-8 010 $a0-203-34926-1 010 $a1-134-40226-0 010 $a1-280-09586-5 010 $a0-203-69457-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203694572 035 $a(CKB)1000000000248815 035 $a(EBL)200268 035 $a(OCoLC)492070041 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000292584 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11213244 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000292584 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10274890 035 $a(PQKB)11446243 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC200268 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL200268 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10094227 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL9586 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000248815 100 $a20180331g20049999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aConsumption as an investment /$fosimo Perrotta ; translated by Joan McMullin 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2004- 215 $a1 online resource (399 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in the history of economics ;$v71 225 0 $aConsumption as an investment ;$v1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-64693-6 311 $a0-415-30619-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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 labour 327 $aThe Enlightenment theory of development: consumption as an investmentNotes; References; Subject index; Name index 330 $aThis work explores the changing place of consumption as a source of investment in production and growth within economic writings from ancient history to the present. This project is carried out with great skill, vigour and originality and will help to bring consumption studies to the mainstream of economic thought. 410 0$aRoutledge studies in the history of economics ;$v71. 606 $aConsumption (Economics) 606 $aProduction (Economic theory) 615 0$aConsumption (Economics) 615 0$aProduction (Economic theory) 676 $a339.4/7 686 $a83.01$2bcl 700 $aPerrotta$b Cosimo$f1942,$0124004 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815231103321 996 $aConsumption as an investment$9725383 997 $aUNINA