Economics in the twentieth century : the history of its international development /

This book discusses the history of economic theories, drawing largely from periodical literature, which is often hard to obtain. The book is divided into sections along linguistic lines (German, Romance and English speaking countries).

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Main Author: Suranyi-Unger, Theo
Other Authors: Seligman, R. A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: London : Routledge, 2003
Series:Routledge library editions. Economics series.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title page; Copyright page; FOREWORD; THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE; Contents; INTRODUCTION: THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC THEORY IN THE VARIOUS LANGUAGES; PART ONE. PHILOSOPHICAL SOURCES OF THE MOST RECENT ECONOMIC TENDENCIES; 1. THE BADEN SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY, THE QUESTION OF METHOD, AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF VALUES IN ECONOMICS; 2. THE PHILOSOPHICAL BASES OF "VALUE-LESS" ECONOMICS; 3. THE MARBURG SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY; CASSEL AND LIEFMANN; 4. COMTE, SPENCER, AND THE THEORY OF ECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM; 5. UTILITARIAN ETHICS, THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL AND ECONOMIC LIBERALISM.
  • 6. STAMMLER AND THE SOCIO-LEGAL THEORY OF ECONOMICS7. THE RENAISSANCE OF GERMAN IDEALISM, AND SPANN; 8. THE INTERPSYCHOLOGICAL SYSTEM OF TARDE; 9. PHILOSOPHICAL OPTIMISM IN AMERICA AND CLARK'S SCHOOL; 10. THE NEW AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY, AND ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONALISM; PART TWO. THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES; Chapter I: METHODS AND SYSTEMS; 1. THE ABATEMENT OF THE QUARREL OVER METHOD; 2. LOGICAL CURRENTS; 3. THE DISPUTE OVER THE VALUE JUDGMENTS; 4. THE METHOD OF EXACT COMPARISON; 5. ECONOMIC PHILOSOPHY; 6. PRIVATE ECONOMICS, BUSINESS ECONOMICS AND WORLD ECONOMICS.
  • 7. ECONOMICS OF WARChapter II: ATTEMPTS TO CREATE SYSTEMS; 1. THE HISTORICAL SCHOOL; 2. THE PURE THEORY OF MARGINAL UTILITY; 3. SCHUMPETER'S STATIC AND DYNAMIC ECONOMICS; 4. CASSEL AND HIS ADHERENTS; 5. THE REALISTIC THEORIES OF LEXIS AND ADOLF WEBER ON THE ECONOMICS OF EXCHANGE; 6. LIEFMANN'S PURELY PSYCHOLOGICAL SYSTEM; 7. ORGANIC AND TELEOLOGICAL THOUGHT; 8. THE SOCIO-LEGAL TENDENCY; 9. THE SYSTEMS OF THE SOCIAL REFORMERS; 10. OUTSIDERS; 11. TEXT BOOKS; Chapter III: VALUE; 1. CONFLICT IN THE THEORY OF VALUE AS BETWEEN BÖHM-BAWERK AND WIESER; 2. SPANN'S THEORY OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE.
  • 3. RETURN TO THE OBJECTIVE THEORY OF VALUE4. SPECIAL ATTEMPTS AT CLARIFICATION; 5. THE "MORIBUND" THEORY OF VALUE; Chapter IV: PRICE; 1. THE PRICE THEORY OF MARGINAL UTILITY; 2. LIEFMANN'S "PURELY SUBJECTIVE" EXPLANATION OF PRICE; 3. THE "PURELY OBJECTIVE" SOLUTION; 4. ATTEMPTS AT SYNTHESIS; 5. SPANN'S ORGANIC AND UNIVERSALISTIC THEORY OF PRICE; Chapter V: DISTRIBUTION; 1. MARGINAL UTILITY AND THE THEORY OF DISTRIBUTION; 2. SOLUTIONS OF THE PROBLEM OF DISTRIBUTION ON THE BASIS OF THE THEORY OF PRICE; 3. SOCIAL THEORIES OF DISTRIBUTION; 4. THE DERIVATION OF RENT FROM THE FORMATION OF PRICE.
  • 5. THE GENERALIZATION OF THE LAW OF DIMINISHING RETURNS6. MUNICIPAL GROUND RENTS; 7. THE DISCUSSION OF BÖHM'S AGIO THEORY; 8. THE DYNAMIC EXPLANATION OF INTEREST; 9. MONOPOLY, ABSTINENCE, AND PRODUCTIVITY THEORIES OF INTEREST; 10. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF IDEAS OF WAGES THEORY; 11. THE EXPLANATION OF WAGES ON THE THEORY OF MARGINAL UTILITY; 12. THE SOCIALISTIC THEORY OF WAGES; 13. THE DYNAMIC THEORY OF PROFIT; PART THREE. THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE ROMANCE COUNTRIES; Chapter I: METHOD; 1. ABSENCE OF METHODOLOGICAL CONTROVERSY IN THE ROMANCE COUNTRIES; 2. THE METHOD OF THE LAUSANNE SCHOOL.