Types of economic theory [[electronic resource] /] / Othmar Spann ; translated by Eden and Cedar Paul

• Autore: Spann Othmar <1878-1950.>
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon [U.K.], : Routledge, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (330 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.15
• Soggetto topico: Economics - History
• Altri autori: PaulEden <1865-1944.> PaulCedar
• Note generali: English translation of: Die Haupttbeorien der Volkswirtschaftslehre, 19th ed. ; published by Leipzig : Quelle & Meyer, 1929.; Reprint. Originally published: London : G. Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1930.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Types of Economic Theory; Title Page; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE ECONOMICS IN THE DAYS BEFORE THE MERCANTILE SYSTEM; CHAPTER TWO THE MERCANTILE SYSTEM; 1. LEADING IDEAS OF THE MERCANTILE SYSTEM; 2. LITERATURE OF MERCANTILISM; 3. A CRITIQUE OF MERCANTILIST DOCTRINES, WITH AN INTRODUCTION TO PRESENT-DAY VIEWS ON MONEY AND ON THE BALANCE OF TRADE; a. Money; b. The Balance of Trade; c. ""Keeping Money in the Country""; CHAPTER THREE INDIVIDUALIST NATURAL RIGHT ; CHAPTER FOUR AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BASIC PROBLEM OF SOCIOLOGY-INDIVIDUALISM VERSUS UNIVERSALISMCHAPTER FIVE TRANSITION TO THE PHYSIOCRATIC SYSTEM; 1. THE CRITICS OF MERCANTILISM: JOHN LAW; 2 . CRITIQUE OF JOHN LAW'S THEORY. THE THEORY OF CREDIT; CHAPTER SIX THE PHYSIOCRATS; 1. AN EXPOSITION OF PHYSIOCRATIC DOCTRINE; 2. VALUATION OF PHYSIOCRACY. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE DOCTRINE OF FRUITFULNESS AND OF GOODS; a. Significance of the ""Tableau""; b. Exposition of the Main Teaching of the Physiocrats; c. The Idea of a Good; 3. THE PHYSIOCRATIC SCHOOL ; CHAPTER SEVEN FULLY DEVELOPED INDIVIDUALISM, OR CLASSICALPOLITICAL ECONOMYA. THE LABOUR OR INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM OF ADAM SMITH; 1. EXPOSITION OF THE SYSTEM; 2. THE GENERAL ACCEPTANCE OF SMITH'S IDEAS, AND THEIR INITIAL ELABORATION BY OTHERS; 3. CRITIQUE OF ADAM SMITH'S TEACHING. INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF METHOD; B. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUALIST ECONOMICS BY MALTHUS AND RICARDO; 1 EXPOSITION OF MALTHUS' THEORY OF POPULATION; 2. VALUATION OF MALTHUS' TEACHING. INTRODUCTION TO THE SO-CALLED LAW OF DIMINISHING RETURNS FROM LAND; a. Friends and Adversaries ; b. Law of Diminishing Returns from Landc. Objections to the Malthusian Doctrine; d. The Latter-day Fall in the Birthrate; e. Summary; f. Poverty and Pauperism; 3. EXPOSITION OF RICARDO'S TEACHING; a. Theory of Value; b. Theory of Landrent; c. Theory of Wages and of Distribution; d. The Movement of Distribution; e. Applied Economics; 4. VALUATION OF RICARDO; a. Theory of Value and of Prices; b. Ricardo's Theory of Landrent Reconsidered; c. The Laws of Distribution; d. The Problem of Method; e. Theory of Wages; 5. A SUCCINCT GENERAL CRITICISM OF SMITH'S AND RICARDO'S TEACHING ; CHAPTER EIGHT POLITICAL ECONOMY IN GERMANYA. THE ROMANTICISTS; 1. THE NATURE OF ROMANTICISM AND THE ROMANTIC SCHOOL; 2. ADAM MÜLLER; a. Theory of State and Society; b. Economic Teachings; c. Valuation; 3. FRANZ VON BAADER; B . HEINRICH VON THÜNEN; a. Exposition; α. Varieties of Agriculture in the Isolated State; β. Other Teachings; γ. Applied Economics; b. Valuation; α. Inferences from Thünen's Theory of Localisation (Law of Returns, Comparative Soundness of the Varieties of Agriculture, Theory of Landrent); β. Empirical Validity of the Theory of Localisation ; γ. Thünen and the Present-day Theory of Localisation
• Sommario/riassunto: First published in English 1929, this is a reissue of the nineteenth edition of Othmar Spann's classic history of economic thought, which is strongly influenced by the German Romantic tradition.Spann intended the work to serve as both history of economic thought and a critique of the main theories and systems of political economy, analysing the basic problems of economics in the light of the evolution of economic theory. His study encapsulates everything from pre-mercantile economics through to the political economy of the early twentieth century, encompassing such diverse subjects a
• Titolo autorizzato: Types of economic theory
• ISBN: 0-203-80694-8; 1-299-28719-0; 1-136-65884-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826014903321
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• Serie: Routledge Revivals