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Classical economics /
In this unconvential and sharply written text Hollander introduces the work of Smith, Ricardo, and Mill, and, on specific topics, Malthus and Marx.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto [Ont.] :
University of Toronto Press,
1992.
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| Colección: | CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Why Study the History of Economics?
- 1.2 The Role of the Historian
- 1.3 On Method
- 1.4 Scope and Plan of the Present Work
- Suggested Reading
- 2 The Precursors of Adam Smith: an Overview
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 The Scholastic Tradition
- 2.3 The Mercantilists
- 2.4 Instances of Analytical Progress: Automatic Adjustment Mechanisms
- 2.5 The Eighteenth Century: Allocation Theory
- 2.6 The Eighteenth Century: Economic Growth
- 2.7 Summary and Conclusion
- Suggested Reading
- 3 The Physiocrats
- 3.1 Introduction3.2 Surplus and the 'Tableau Economique'
- 3.3 The Price Mechanism
- 3.4 Economic Growth
- 3.5 The Contribution of A.R.J. Turgot
- 3.6 General Overview and Analytical Significance
- Suggested Reading
- 4 Smith on Value and Distribution
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Utility and Scarcity
- 4.3 Price Determination
- 4.4 The Labour Theory of Value
- 4.5 Variable-cost Conditions and the Dynamics of Consumption
- 4.6 The Theory of Distribution: Factor Productivity
- 4.7 Factor Supply: Land
- ""4.8 Factor Supply: the Wage and Profit Structures""""4.9 A Model of Value and Distribution""; ""4.10 Conclusion""; ""Suggested Reading""; ""5 Ricardo on Value and Distribution""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Demand-Supply Analysis""; ""5.3 Cost Price and Allocative Economics""; ""5.4 Alternative Opportunities and the Inverse Wage�Profit Relation""; ""5.5 Cost and Rent""; ""5.6 Resource Allocation and Distribution""; ""5.7 The Comparative-Cost Theory of Trade""; ""5.8 The Measure of Value""; ""5.9 Profits an 'Exploitation' Income?""; ""5.10 The Inverse Relation a Truism'?""
- ""5.11 The Inverse Relation and the Monetary Mechanism""""5.12 Summary and Conclusion""; ""Suggested Reading""; ""6 Mill on Value and Distribution""; ""6.1 Introduction""; ""6.2 Short-run Price Formation""; ""6.3 Consumer Behaviour""; ""6.4 Demand�Supply Analysis, Cost Price and Profit Rate Equalization""; ""6.5 The Adjustment Mechanism: an Elaboration""; ""6.6 Variable-cost Conditions""; ""6.7 Imperfect Competition""; ""6.8 The Wage Structure""; ""6.9 Derived Demand""; ""6.10 International Values""; ""6.11 The Fundamental Theorem on Distribution and Allocation Theory""
- 6.12 Concluding NoteSuggested Reading
- 7 Smith on Capital, Employment and Growth
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 The National Income Accounts
- 7.3 The Savings Process
- 7.4 Aggregate Employment Capacity
- 7.5 The Secular Pattern of Factor Demand and Supply
- 7.6 The Trend Path of Factor Returns
- 7.7 Economic Development: Technical Progress
- 7.8 Economic Development: Investment Priorities and Policy
- 7.9 Economic Development: Agriculture
- 7.10 Economic Development: the Place of Money
- Suggested Reading
- 8 Ricardo on Capital, Employment and Growth