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This book offers a comprehensive assessment of Friedrich List's economic and political thinking. It starts with a systematic positioning of List`s economic theory as well as a differentiation from other economic systems. Furthermore, it examines the ethical sources of List`s theory, as well as List`s geopolitical, technical and economic visions. The author also introduces List as the pre-thinker of social market economy and discusses his ideas on European integration, development politics and List’s assessment of the main problems of the modern world economy. The book will appeal to scholars and students of the history of economic thought and economic history, as well as anyone interested in the life and work of the German economist Friedrich List (1789-1846).

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9783031246036

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“Wendeler begins this book with an excellent and concise biography. … This is a book worth reading for a wide category of people, not necessarily academics.” (Stefano Solari, History of Economic Thought and Policy, Issue 2, 2023)

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Eugen Wendler, economist and historian; Dr.rer.pol at Tuebingen University; Dr.phil. at Konstanz University. Prof. em. at the Economic Faculty of the ESB Business School at Reutlingen-University; founder and director of the Friedrich-List-Institute for historical and current economic studies until 2012. Prize for home country research of Baden-Württemberg, Bundesverdienstkreuz und Verdienstmedaille of the town of Reutlingen.

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