Economics, Entrepreneurship and Utopia: The Economics of Jeremy Bentham and Robert Owen

ISBN-13: 9780367876425 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 198 str.

Estrella Trincado; Manuel Santos-Redondo

Opis

Owen and Bentham were forerunners of highly relevant current theories of economics – marginalism, entrepreneurship, personnel management, and constructivism. They were acquainted with such important authors as James Mill, Malthus, Ricardo and John Stuart Mill. However, their economic theories were ruled out by classical economists, who acti

Spis treści

Part I. Bentham, Owen: utopians and entrepreneurs 1 Introduction 2 The connection between Bentham and Owen 3 Friction areas between Bentham and Owen Part II. Entrepreneurs 4 Entrepreneurs in theory and practice Part III. Social reformers: utopians and utilitarians 5 Owen and Bentham as social reformers 6 Education in New Lanark and in Bentham's proposal 7 Owen, Bentham and political economists Part IV: Conclusion 8 Some final remarks

O autorze

Estrella Trincado is Tenured Professor in History of Economic Thought at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Economics in Harvard University, she was awarded the History of Economic Analysis Award in 2005 by the ESHET and the ESHET Young Scholar of the Year Prize for 2011.

Manuel Santos-Redondo is Associate Professor of History of Economic Thought and Business History at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. He has published many articles on entrepreneurship and innovation, and cultural industries.