Die Dissertation widmet sich ausführlich der Konjunkturtheorie. Dabei wird insbesondere die Frage diskutiert, welche Rolle Eigenheiten des Verhaltens der eine Volkswirtschaft bevölkernden Akteure - speziell solche, die im Kontrast zu verbreiteten Rationalitätsstandard stehen und stattdessen...

Machine generated contents note: Prologue: a discussion without end, and the nature of this inquiry; 1. The great man and the beginning of contemporary discourse; 2. More who than do and the trait vs. behavior debate; 3. Whistling in the dark and the insertion of power between followers and...

"Little is known of Antonio Serra except that he wrote his extraordinary 1613 Short Treatise on the Causes that Make Kingdoms Abound in Gold and Silver even in the Absence of Mines in a Neapolitan jail, and that he died there soon afterwards. However the contribution this work made represents a...

The discovery of productivity -- Managing and measuring productivity -- The Dominion Bureau of Statistics -- The National Productivity Council -- the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency -- The decline of productivity?

During the last century, the question of the relationship of sociology and economics has come up again and again. The explosion of material in sociology and in different fields of economics has given rise to specialisation processes within the subjects. The disciplines have multiplied in both...

This paper reviews the “middle class” concept based on Francois Guizot’s memoirs. It is presented here as the results of his research and political activities. The author pays much attention to the historical and intellectual context, as well as the concept’s genetic relationship with...

Noch bevor es eine Unternehmensbewertung nach heutigem Verständnis geben konnte, mussten bereits land- und forstwirtschaftliche Güter im Zusammenhang mit Ankauf und Verkauf und auch aus anderen Anlässen bewertet werden. Die Grundprobleme, die bei solchen Bewertungen zu lösen waren,...

In der Ökonomik tritt der zirkuläre "unechte" Fortschritt auf, der sich z.B. vom kumulativen, besonders für die Naturwissenschaften charakteristischen Fortschritt abgrenzt. Die Ideen- bzw. Dogmengeschichte kann somit eine wertvolle Erkenntnisquelle sein. In diesem Papier wird das Konzept der...

A Historiography of the Modern Social Sciences includes essays on the ways in which the histories of history, psychology, anthropology, sociology, economics, and political science have been written since the Second World War. Bringing together chapters written by the leading historians of each...