Overview

The German tradition of economics has been occupied with the topic of capitalism. The intellectual debate about the theory, critique, and reform of capitalism has not only been at the center of Marxist thought but also of the economics of the Historical School, of Ordo-Liberalism, the Frankfurt School, and Solidarism. The competition between different models of capitalism in the world is one of the important issues of the contemporary debate in economics and politics. The book provides the reader with theoretical foundations for this debate. It offers an introduction to central economic thinkers of capitalism and of the market economy coming not only from the tradition of liberalism but also from alternative traditions. The book gives a comprehensive view of the achievements, problems, and outlooks of capitalism.

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Author:   Peter Koslowski
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2000
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.896kg
ISBN:  

9783642085925

ISBN 10:   364208592
Pages:   575
Publication Date:   15 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

One Theory of Capitalism, Historism, and Economics in Joseph Schumpeter, Emil Lederer, and Franz Oppenheimer.- 1 Joseph Schumpeter and the German Historical School.- 2 Emil Lederer (1882–1939): Economical and Sociological Analyst and Critic of Capitalist Development.- 3 Franz Oppenheimer’s Theory of Capitalism and of a Third Path.- Two The Theory of Capitalism, the Historical School, and the Theory of the Social Market Economy in Ordo-Liberalism and Neo-Liberalism: Walter Eucken, Alfred Müller-Armack, Franz Böhm, Friedrich Hayek.- 4 Walter Eucken (1891–1950) and the Historical School.- 5 Franz Böhm and the Theory of the Private Law Society.- 6 Alfred Müller-Armack — Economic Policy Maker and Sociologist of Religion.- 7 The Market Economy and the State. Hayekian and Ordoliberal Conceptions.- Three The Critique of Capitalism in Hilferding and in the Frankfurt School.- 8 Rudolf Hilferding’s Theory of Finance Capitalism and Today’s World Financial Markets.- 9 The Early Frankfurt School Critique of Capitalism: Critical Theory Between Pollock’s “State Capitalism” and the Critique of Instrumental Reason.- Four The Theory and Critique of Capitalism and Economic Ethics in Solidarism (Christian Social Thought): Heinrich Pesch and Gustav Gundlach.- 10 Solidarism, Capitalism, and Economic Ethics in Heinrich Pesch.- 11 Theory and Critique of Capitalism in Gustav Gundlach.- Five Historism in Other Schools of Economics.- 12 Intensive and Extensive Mobilisation in the Japanese Economy: An Interpretation of Japanese Capitalism in Historical Perspective.- 13 The Historical School in Sweden: A Sketch.- Six Historism in Economic Law.- 14 Jurisprudence, History, National Economics After 1850.- Seven Historism, Relativism, and the Critique of Historicism.- 15 KarlPopper’s Critique of Historicism, the Historical School, and the Contemporary Debate.- 16 Does Historism Mean Relativism? Remarks on the Debate on Historism in the German Political Economy of the Late 19th Century.- List of Authors and Discussants.- Index of Names.

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