History of economic theory

Landreth, Harry

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Document type:: Book

Collection:: POP - Possession, Ownership, Property

Title:: History of economic theory: Scope, method, and content

Author:: Landreth, Harry

Publisher:: Houghton Mifflin

Place of publication:: Boston, Mass

Year of publication:: 1976

Language:: English

Subject:: Wirtschaftstheorie

Note:: Literaturangaben

Topic:: H - Political economy

Shelfmark:: H/L262

Access:: Physisches Exemplar Sondersammlung POP

Smith's Analysis of Markets and Policy Conclusions 38 Natural order, harmony, and laissez faire The working of competitive markets Capital and the capitalists The impact of Smith on policy The Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 44 Causes of the wealth of nations Productivity of labor Productive and unproductive labor Summary of the causes of the wealth of nations Value Theory 50 Relative prices The meaning of value Smith's theories of relative prices Labor cost theory in a primitive society Assumptions of the model Labor command in a primitive society Labor theory in an advanced economy Cost of production theory of relative prices Distribution Theory 60 Wages Profits Rent The Rate of Profit over Time 63 Welfare and the General Level of Prices 63 Chapter V, Book 1 Summary and Conclusions 66 Suggested Readings 67 3 RICARDO AND MALTHUS 69 The Malthusian Population Doctrine 72 _— Population theory as an intellectual response to the problems of the The population thesis David Ricardo 76 A theorists theorist according to Ricardo Ricardo’s method Ricardo’s Model 78 An overview The problem of the times— the Corn Laws Analytical tools and assumptions Ricardo’s Theory of Land Rent 83 Diminishing returys Rent viewed from the product side Rent viewed from the cost side A more general view of the concept of rent I'he taxation of land—a digression Ricardo’s Value Theory 90

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