Details

Subject(s)

• Production (Economic theory) [Browse]
• Consumption (Economics) [Browse]
• Labor [Browse]

Series

Routledge Studies in the History of Economics Series [More in this series]

Summary note

An Economic Philosophy of Production, Work and Consumption presents a new transhistorical framework of defining production, work and consumption. It shows that they all share the common feature of intentional physical transformation of something external to the agent, at some point in time. The book opens with a discussion of various theoretical traditions within economics, spanning mainstream and heterodox perspectives, and problems with production definitions in use today. Next, the author outlines various definitions in a more formal manner and provides a discussion on measurement and the production boundary. Finally, the volume applies the new conceptual framework to various historical cases and discusses the future of production, work and consumption. This essential volume will be of interest to scholars of economic philosophy and methodology, the history of economic thought, economic history and national accounting. Rodney Edvinsson is Professor of Economic History at Stockholm University, Sweden.

Source of description

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Taylor & Francis, viewed on December 24, 2022).

ISBN

• 1-00-305701-2
• 1-000-65487-7
• 1-003-05701-2

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