The Labour Theory of Value

ISBN-13: 9780415328210 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 304 str.

Peter C. Dooley

Opis

This work explores the origins and development of the labour theory of value, examining its emergence from the natural law philosopher of the 16th and 17th century to its domination of the classical school of economics.

Spis treści

1 Introduction 2 Sir William Petty: the father of political economy 3 John Locke: the classical perspective 4 Richard Cantillon 5 François Quesnay 6 Francis Hutcheson: Adam Smith’s professor 7 David Hume: Adam Smith’s best friend 8 Adam Smith and the labour theory of value 9 David Ricardo 10 Karl Marx: the exploitation of labour 11 Classical relics in neoclassical thought 12 Concluding points

O autorze

Peter C. Dooley is professor of Economics at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada