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Subject(s)

• Evolutionary economics [Browse]
• Walras, Leon 1834-1910 [Browse]

Series

• Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 6. [More in this series]
• Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 6 [More in this series]

Summary note

This study offers a new perspective of Walras' pure, applied and social economics. Through archival research at the University of Lausanne, Jolink considers Walras' ideas on philosophy and philosophy of science based on a newly constructed taxonomy. Walras' work is placed in a broader context by stressing the nineteenth century cultural and historical background in which he lived. This further gives an insight into the relationship between the romanticism of the early nineteenth century and logical positivism of the twentieth century.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Language note

English

Contents

• Cover; THE EVOLUTIONIST ECONOMICS OF LÉON WALRAS; Copyright; CONTENTS; FIGURES; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1 EVOLUTION AND PROGRESS; EVOLUTION DEFINED; STAGES IN THE HISTORY OF ECONOMICS; FROM NATURAL ORDER TO SOCIAL CONSTRUCT; 2 THE WORLD ACCORDING TO WALRAS; THE WALRASIAN DREAM; SOCIAL VIEWS; POLITICAL VIEWS; 3 INDICATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY; THE ROMANTIC TOUCH; PHILOSOPHIA PRIMA; PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE; METHODOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; 'THE SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE'; 4 INDICATIONS OF HISTORY; THE SAINT-SIMONIAN SEDUCTION; A WALRASIAN STAGES THEORY; THE 'SOCIAL QUESTION'; THEORETICAL CONSEQUENCES
• 5 INDICATIONS OF SCIENCE A GENERAL THEORY OF SOCIETY; 'CLASSIFIED' FACTS; TOWARDS A PHILOSOPHY OF ECONOMICS; THE ECONOMIC SCIENCES; Structuring the order; Ordering the structure; 6 THE ELEMENTS; ELEMENTS OF EXCHANGE; An inquiry into the nature and causes of value in exchange; Social wealth and the mechanism; Laws and consequences; THE ELEMENTS OF SOCIETY; Man in society; The best of both worlds; 'The superior law of social organization'; 7 THE APPLIED; ORGANIZING FREE COMPETITION; Individual vs. public interests; Restrictions on laissez-faire; THE PROPERTY OF TAXATION; On property; On taxation
• 8 ECONOMICS OF TRANSITION SAVINGS AND CAPITAL FORMATION; Commercial tides; ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND MONETARY REFORM; Land reform and evolution; 9 FROM ROMANTICISM TO LOGICAL POSITIVISM; ENLIGHTENMENT AND ROMANTICISM; THE EVOLUTION OF SOCIETY AND EVOLUTIONIST ECONOMICS; IN THE ARMS OF POSITIVISM; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

ISBN

• 1-134-96170-7
• 1-280-11559-9
• 0-203-97952-4

OCLC

• 560374510
• 1289424036

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