Readings in the economics of the division of labor. The classical tradition

Summary:"Study of the progressive division of labor is a burgeoning industry in economics in recent years. Classical authors, dating back as early as 500 B.C., have made insightful analyses on the determinants and implications of the division of labor. Unfortunately these writings are rather scattered and not readily accessible. This important book aims to fill this void, serving as a valuable source of reference for scholars interested in the economics of specialization."--Jacket

Print Book, English, 2005

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Publisher:World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2005

Series:

Increasing returns and inframarginal economics

Genre:History

Physical Description:xiii, 294 pages ; 24 cm.

ISBN:

9789812561244, 9812561242

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:57530007

Subjects:

Économie politique Histoire

History

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgement

Part I. Introduction

1. The Economics of Division of Labor from Xenophon to Hayek (1945): A Review of Selected Literature

Guang-Zhen Sun

(34)

Part II. Nothing New under the Sun? Pieces up to Adam Smith

Ancient Greek Wisdoms

2. From Cyropaedia and Oeconomicus

Xenophon

(6)

3. From The Republic

Plato

(7)

4. From Politico

Aristotle

(5)

Medieval Islamic Insights

5. From The Muqaddimah

Ibn Khaldun

(10)

Emergence of Political Economy of the Division of Labor

6. From Political Arithmetic and Another Essay on Political Arithmetic: Concerning the Growth of the City of London

William Petty

(2)

7. From Considerations upon the East-India Trade

Henry Martyn ("the anonymous")

(4)

8. From The Fable of the Bees

Bernard Mandeville

(9)

9. From "Art" in Encyclopedie

Diderot and d'Alembert

(2)

10. From A System of Moral Philosophy

Francis Hutcheson

(3)

11. From An Essay on the History of Civil Society

Adam Ferguson

(4)

12. From Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of Riches

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot

(4)

13. From An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith

Part III. Classical Political Economy

14. From The Principle of Political Economy and Taxation

David Ricardo

127

(4)

15. From The Economy of Machinery and Manufactures

Charles Babbage

131

(18)

16. From The Philosophy of Manufactures

Andrew Ure

149

(5)

17. From A Commentary on An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Edward Gibbon Wakefield

154

(10)

18. From Principles of Political Economy

John Stuart Mill

164

(13)

19. From Capital

Karl Marx

177

(11)

20. From Science of Wealth

Amasa Walker

188

(7)

Part IV. Marshallian Economics

21. From Principles of Economics

Alfred Marshall

195

(21)

22. The Laws of Returns under Competitive Conditions

Piero Sraffa

216

(18)

23. Increasing Returns and Economic Progress

Allyn Young

234

(17)

Part V. The Austrian Insights

25. On the Origin of Money

Carl Menger

251

(19)

25. The Use of Knowledge in Society

Friedrich A. Hayek

270

(15)

Name Index

285

(4)

Subject Index

289

Notes:

"Covers the classical tradition, dating from Xenophon and Plato till the modern Austrian economics represented by F.A. Hayek in the 1930s-1940s"--Preface

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