Power in Economic Thought

This book offers a pluralistic vision of the way economists have dealt with the question of power in society over the last two centuries. Economists' ideas about power are examined from political, theoretical and policy-making points of view, with additional discussion of the active participati...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought,
Subjects:
Economic history.
Evolutionary economics.
Industrial organization.
Development economics.
Culture-Economic aspects.
ISBN:9783319940397
ISSN:2662-6578
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Part I: The Republic and the Sovereign: Economists on Political Power
  • Chapter 2: The Dream to Tame the Leviathan: Authoritarian Power and the Market
  • Chapter 3: Sismondi's Political Economy: Translating Power into Sociability
  • Chapter 4: The Question of Democracy for the Italian Marginalists
  • Part II: The Asymmetries of Power: Income, Wealth and Social Control
  • Chapter 5: Elements of a Science of Power: Hobbes, Smith, and Ricardo
  • Chapter 6: Power and Poverty: Social Legislation in the years of Adam Smith
  • Chapter 7: Debates on Social Insurance in the French Liberal School
  • Part III: Market Power and Institutions in Theory and Policy
  • Chapter 8: Power Wars Between Institutions: Business Training in Higher Education
  • Chapter 9: The Early Oligopolistic Models: Market Power in the Paretian Tradition
  • Chapter 10: Dispersion of Power as an Economic Goal of Antitrust Policy
  • Part IV: Managing Power: Economists as Policy Makers
  • Chapter 11: Jean-Baptiste Say on Political Power
  • Chapter 12: Keynes and Eucken on Capitalism and Power
  • Chapter 13: Power and Economic Policies: The Case of Italy. .

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