This volume is a collection of my essays on Gustav von Schmoller (1838 1917), Max Weber (1864 1920), and Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883 1950), published during the past fifteen years. These three intellectual giants are connected with the German Historical School of Economics in different ways. In the history of economics, the German Historical School has been described as a heterodox group of economic researchers who flourished in the Germ- speaking world throughout the nineteenth century. The definition of a school is always problematic. Even if the core of a certain idea were identified in...
This volume is a collection of my essays on Gustav von Schmoller (1838 1917), Max Weber (1864 1920), and Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883 1950), publishe...
In this thought-provoking collection, ten international scholars offer reflections and new interpretations of Walras and Pareto s unique contributions to topics including the importance of the social sciences, the development of modern microeconomics and econometrics, political economy and public choice, and political sociology. Their insights will interest researchers and scholars of economic history, political sociology, and the social sciences."
In this thought-provoking collection, ten international scholars offer reflections and new interpretations of Walras and Pareto s unique contributi...
Joseph Alois Schumpeter is arguably the most important economist of the 20th century. Most readers are familiar with his Theory of Economic Development and his classic Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy. Less well-known are his seminal works published before he left Europe for the United States in 1942. In particular for the first time the missing Chapter Seven of his Theory of Economic Development has been published in this volume. It tries to put Economic Development into the broader context of culture, law and policy....
Joseph Alois Schumpeter is arguably the most important economist of the 20th century. Most readers are familiar with his Theory of ...
Nietzsche Economy and Society: The Closed and the Open Questions a b Jurgen G. Backhaus and Wolfgang Drechsler a University of Erfurt, Germany b Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia Nietzsche s impact and in?uence anywhere in and on our civilization was and is immense. This has by now been widely recognized in almost all areas, even in the hard sciences (see Babich 1999), but Nietzsche is still completely understudied in the ?eld of economics. This is all the more surprising because in?uence paths, both serious (e. g., Joseph A. Schumpeter) and pop ones (e. g., Ayn Rand), seem obvious,...
Nietzsche Economy and Society: The Closed and the Open Questions a b Jurgen G. Backhaus and Wolfgang Drechsler a University of Erfurt, Germany b Talli...
This reader in the history of economic thought challenges the assumption that today's prevailing economic theories are always the most appropriate ones. As Leland Yeager has pointed out, unlike the scientists of the natural sciences, economists provide their ideas largely to politicians and political appointees who have rather different incentives that might prevent them from choosing the best economic theory. In this book, the life and work of each of the founders of economics is examined by the best available expert on that founding figure. These contributors present rather novel and...
This reader in the history of economic thought challenges the assumption that today's prevailing economic theories are always the most appropriate ...
Ju] rgen G. Backhaus 1 Johann Heinrich Gottlob (von) Justi was born in 1702 in Bru] cken in Prussia (county of Sangerhausen), studied law and cameral sciences in Wittenberg and Jena, yet had to leave the university, entered the Prussian military service, was captured during the Austrian war of succession by the Austrians but escaped to Leipzig (Saxony) where he studied mineral sciences. In 1750 he was called to a chair Cameral Sciences and Rhetorics at the new Theresian Academy of Knights in Vienna. There, he gave two important inaugural lectures which are the focal point of this book. In...
Ju] rgen G. Backhaus 1 Johann Heinrich Gottlob (von) Justi was born in 1702 in Bru] cken in Prussia (county of Sangerhausen), studied law and cameral ...
The economic model of behaviour is fundamental not only in economic theory, but also in modern approaches of other social sciences, above all in political science and law. This book provides a comprehensive treatise of the general model, its philosophical and methodological foundations and its applications in different fields. In addition to the basic model, extensions to its assumptions are examined to account for complex applications like low-cost situations with moral behaviour.
The economic model of behaviour is fundamental not only in economic theory, but also in modern approaches of other social sciences, above all in po...
Social sciences and economics have undergone enormous progress. While certain topics have been fully researched, others have remained largely under-researched or ignored. It is this discrepancy which prompted the research paradigm of "Crossing Bridges." For this volume, ten authors have joined forces to address the problem of under-researched topics, focusing in particular on gaps in interdisciplinary research between economics and other social sciences.
Social sciences and economics have undergone enormous progress. While certain topics have been fully researched, others have remained largely under...
In the journal articles, historiographical essays, and numerous references to the political thought of Adriano Olivetti, the term constantly used to characterize his thinking is 'utopia'. It is from this word, or rather, the misuse of this word, where one can begin to shed light on Olivettian political thinking. The term 'utopia', which has come to designate an entire vein of political literature, has also entered into common usage to define an impossible project, a wide-eyed dream; and a 'utopian' is that individual who longs for abstract projects instead of concrete ideas. It would be...
In the journal articles, historiographical essays, and numerous references to the political thought of Adriano Olivetti, the term constantly used to c...
In Europe, the liberation of the serfs was a project initiated in 1806 with a scheduled completion date of 1810. It was obvious to those who planned the project that the liberation of the serfs involved a complete overhaul of agriculture as it was then known as Europe moved from feudalism to capitalism. For this reason, Prussia was careful in implementing the reform, and did not rush, after seeing the Kingdom of Westphalia perishing under its crushing debt accumulated in part from Napoleon's failed Russian campaign.
The basic hypothesis of this book is that slave labor can...
In Europe, the liberation of the serfs was a project initiated in 1806 with a scheduled completion date of 1810. It was obvious to those who planne...