The Corporation as Anomaly

ISBN-13: 9780521412414 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 218 str.

David E. Schrader

Opis

The marginalist theory of the corporation or firm, whose characteristics were formally developed in the 1930s, represents a major change in the development of traditional economic theory. In this book, David Schrader, a philosopher of economics, discusses the rise of the marginalist conception of the firm in the context of economic thought over the past two centuries, and explains why economists continue to defend a theory with demonstrable shortcomings: the marginalist view of the firm retains its support not through any comparative advantage in empirical or predictive power, but by virtue of its being a part of the predominant marginalist economic program.

Spis treści

Preface; Introduction; 1. The hidden change in economic theory; 2. Four views of scientific change; 3. A glance at the history of economic theory; 4. Agreement and disagreement within the tradition; 5. Theories of the firm; 6. Confusions and problems with the marginalist view; 7. The shape of the large managerial corporation; 8. The theoretical impact of a better theory of the firm; Notes; Bibliography; Index.