Economic Transition in Historical Perspective
Published on 20. March 2001
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-7546-1474-6 (ISBN)
Description
This volume of essays studies the problem of transition in economics from a historical perspective. It uses historical ideas and theories in a modern context to examine economic thought. It aims to show that social and historical context are important when considering economic transitions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 156 mm
Width: 223 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7546-1474-6 (9780754614746)
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Content
Plato on "Topos", economy and transition, Janina Rosicka; Karl Polanyi's "Great Transformation" and the current transformations in Central Europe, Eric R. Hake, Walter C. Neale; on building up a market society - lessons from the "Wealth of Nations" and the "Great Transformation", Antonio Almodovar, Maria de Fatima Brandao; groundwork for an institutional economic approach to "transition" - Smith and Polanyi reconsidered, Eyup Ozveren; the money fiction and central banking, William C. Schaniel; labour - a fictitious commodity needs instituted power, Dell Chaplin, Ann Jennings; three paths to capitalism - an agenda for research, Ana Bela Nunes, Nuno Valerio; Frederich von Hayek's "Idea of Spontaneous Social Order" and transforming the socialist economy, Janina Godlow-Legiedz; worldly advice from other-worldly philosophers - Catholic social thought and the problem of transition, Charles M.A. Clark; the promotion of national prosperity, Pedro Nuno Teixeira.