Reports that, in 1943, Heinrich Freiherr von Stackelberg (1905-1946) discussed with an informal group meeting in Freiburg (Breisgau - Germany) “Limits and possibilities of economic planning”. Explains that the group called after its chairman “von Beckerath Circle” met to discuss problems...

Preliminaries -- Table of Contents; Introduction -- Theorie der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung -- The Theory of Economic Development -- The Institutional Analysis of Entrepreneurship -- The Influence of Schumpeter's German Writings on the Mainstream Economic Literature in English -- Schumpeter and...

Hayek's theory of cultural evolution has always generated controversy. Interest in Hayek's theory, and others' analysis and criticism of it, has been rising of late. This volume urges a reconsideration of Hayeks' theory of evolution and aims to explore the relevance of Hayek's theory for its own...

Evolutionary Economic Thought explores the theoretical roots of the evolutionary approach, and in so doing, demonstrates how it fits squarely into the theoretical mainstream. Focusing on the institutions of evolutionary change and the processes - such as competition - that generate change, this...

In dem so geschichtsträchtigen Jahr 1848 erschienen John Stuart Mills "Principles of Political Economy - with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy". Die 150. Wiederkehr dieses Ereignisses von nachhaltigem Einfluß auf das ökonomische, ja auf das gesellschaftspolitische Denken in...