Jean-Baptiste Say and the Classical Canon in Economics : the British connection in French classicism / / Samuel Hollander

• Autore: Hollander Samuel
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 322 pages)
• Disciplina: 330.0941
• Soggetto topico: Economics - History - 19th century - Great Britain
• Nota di contenuto: Preface xi -- 1 Introduction 1 (24) -- The classical canon -- 1 (14) -- The Ricardo-Say relation: a review of the literature -- Plan of work -- 23 (2) -- 2 Value, distribution and growth before 1823 25 (61) -- Say's cost price analysis 1803 -- 25 (1) -- Cost-price analysis 1814-17 -- 26 (4) -- The Notes (1819) on Ricardo's Principles: cost price -- 30 (16) -- The Notes (1819) on Ricardo's Principles: rent -- 46 (9) -- Modifications to the Traite 1819 -- 55 (9) -- A further modification: the falling rate of interest and the inverse profit-wage relation -- 64 (3) -- The 'subsistence' wage and population size -- 67 (3) -- The utility dimension -- 70 (5) -- The Say-Ricardo correspondence 1820-2: approaching accord on value theory -- 75 (11) -- 3 Value, distribution and growth after 1823 86 (58) -- Cost price analysis -- 86 (11) -- Pricing and 'utility' -- 97 (9) -- Service-supply conditions -- 106 (13) -- The earnings structure -- 119 (3) -- Land-based limits to growth, the falling wage path and the stationary state -- 122 (6) -- The falling rate of interest -- 128 (1) -- Summary: Say's representation of Ricardo -- 129 (15) -- 4 On 'riches': real income and its measurement 144 (45) -- Introduction -- 144 (1) -- The early Say-Ricardo exchange 1815 -- 145 (1) -- Riches' as real-income flow: the case elaborated -- 146 (10) -- The late Say-Ricardo exchange 1821-2 -- 156 (2) -- Post-1823 statements -- 158 (7) -- Malthus on Say and 'riches' -- 165 (5) -- Capital accumulation: productive and unproductive consumption -- 170 (7) -- On surplus: gross and net revenue -- 177 (2) -- Taxation and economic activity -- 179 (5) -- The gains from trade -- 184 (1) -- Summary and conclusion -- 185 (4) -- 5 The Law of Markets 189 (37) -- Introduction -- 189 (1) -- Say's first statement, 1803 -- 189 (5) -- The evolution of Say's position: general excess supply and the problem of 'counter-commodities' -- 194 (9) -- The interpretation of contemporary depression -- 203 (9) -- 'Limits to production': the Law of Markets recanted? -- 212 (2) -- The Law of Markets and Say's entrepreneur -- 214 (5) -- Questions of priority: Say and James Mill -- 219 (3) -- Summary and conclusion -- 222 (4) -- 6 Say and the classical canon: an overview 226 (36) -- John Stuart Mill's conciliatory position -- 226 (1) -- Methodology -- 227 (23) -- Doctrine -- 250 (4) -- Say and the canonical growth model -- 254 (4) -- Internal paradigmatic conflicts -- 258 (4) -- 7 Conclusion 262 (23) -- The impression of systemic discord -- 262 (4) -- Say's increasing hostility -- 266 (10) -- An hypothesis -- 276 (9) -- Appendix I Say's Notes on Ricardo's Principles 285 (2) -- Appendix II On Say's charges against McCulloch of plagiarism 287 (2) -- Appendix III McCulloch's review of Say 1821 [1819a] 289 (4) -- Notes 293 (18) -- Bibliography 311 (7) -- Index 318.
• Sommario/riassunto: "This book explores the commonly-perceived paradigmatic conflict between the 'Ricardo School' and the contemporary French economics of Jean-Baptiste Say. It will interest all serious historians of economic thought and will find a place on the bookshelves of many economists across the world."--Jacket.
• Titolo autorizzato: Jean-Baptiste Say and the classical canon in economics
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910476806203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in the history of economics.