The German Historical School: The Historical and Ethical Approach to Economics

ISBN-13: 9780415208000 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 240 str.

Yuichi Shionoya

Opis

The German Historical School of Economics, that exerted a strong influence on the German-speaking world throughout the 19th century, was a reaction to rationalism and enlighenment and challenged the British classical economics. It also attacked neo-classical economics and Marxian economics that were emerging descendants of the Classical Economists. The Historical School was characterized by its emphasis on historical and ethical methods, and just for this reason it has been misunderstood by mainstream economics as an unscientific standpoint. However, with the increasing acceptance of evolutionary and institutional thinking among economists, general interest in the German Historical School has risen steadily during the past decade. This book clarifies the approach of the German Historical School by the reconstruction of their achievements in terms of rational and historical context.

Spis treści

Introduction Uichi Shionoya1. Rational Reconstruction of the German Historical School: an Overview Yuichi Shionoya2. Adam Muller's Agronomische Briefe Tetsushi Harada3. A Lecture Notebook of Wilhelm Roscher with Special Reference to his Published Works Yukihiro Ikeda4. Karl Knies's Conception of Political Economy: the Logical Status of Analogie and Sitte Jun Kobayashi5. Lujo Brentano on the Compulsory Insurance System for Workers in Germany Sachio Kaku6. Anonymous History in Austrian Economic Thought: from Carl Menger and Anton Menger to Friedrich Von Wiesner Kiichiro Yagi7. Gustav Von Schmoller and Werner Sombart: a Contrast in the Historico-Ethical Method and Social Policy Shin'ichi Tamura8. Max Weber and the Critical Succession of the German Historical School Kazuhiko Sumiya9. Joseph Schumpeter on the Relationship Between Economics and Sociology from the Perspective of Doctrinal History Yuichi Shionoya10. Lujo Brentano, Alfred Marshal, and Tokuzo Fukuda: the Reception and Transformation of the German Historical School in Japan Tamotsu Nishizawa11. The Impact of German Ecomomic Thought on Japanese Economists Before World War II Osamu Yanagisawa12. Walter Eucken and Wilhelm Ropke: a Reappraisal of Economic Thought and the Policy of Ordoliberalism Naoshi Yamawaki13. The Economic Reconstruction Plan of Alfred Muller-Armack: What is the Social Market Economy? Makoto Tezuka

O autorze

Yuichi Shionoya is President of The National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Tokyo and Professor Emeritus, Hitosubashi University.