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The early stages in the evolution of Economic Man. Millian and marginal approaches [PDF]
Annales Etyka w Życiu Gospodarczym, 2017 The homo economicus (Economic Man) concept is one of the best-known components of economic theorising frequently recognised as a part of the “hard core” of the mainstream 20th-century economics.
Joanna Dzionek-Kozłowska
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History of Economic Thought [PDF]
, 2010 The chapter provides an overview of the main areas of research in history of economic thought, that correspond to a classic division of phases of development of the economics discipline from its origins to its present state. Following the Journal of Economic Literature classification, the evolution of economics is subdivided into two phases—namely ...
Tubaro, Paola
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The Methodological Role of the History of Economic Thought [PDF]
, 2020 The purpose of this paper is to explore the methodological role of the history of thought in economic theorising. The connection is drawn between Adam Smith’s use of the history of ideas for his own theorising on the one hand and his espousal of the ...
Dow, Sheila, Sheila Dow
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The genesis of contemporary economic theory, by Alexander Tobón Arias
Lecturas de Economía, 2023 Is economic theory still useful today? In a new book, Alexander Tobón Arias answers that question (I’ll come back to this at the end) as he presents and attempts to promote the history of economic theory. The author was motivated to write this book by a
Timothey Vitu
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Were capitalists interested only in profit in the 19th century? An example of Jan Gottlieb Bloch
Annales Etyka w Życiu Gospodarczym, 2017 The social class which was the spiritus movens of rapid economic transformation in the lands of the Kingdom of Poland in the nineteenth century was the bourgeoisie.
Andrzej Pieczewski
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The Trolley Problem Revisited. An Exploratory Study
Annales Etyka w Życiu Gospodarczym, 2018 Recent studies by cognitive scientists demonstrate that people’s choices are more complex than the image provided by rational choice theory, and consistency of choice is not a characteristic to be expected in real-life situations.
Sharaf Rehman +1 more
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Eurosceptic Federalism: Paradoxes and Relevance of a long-running Critique of European Integration
Perspectives on Federalism, 2018 In recent political debate, the association between national souverainisme and Euroscepticism is considered a natural one. From Marine Le Pen to Matteo Salvini, there is a unanimous affirmation of the necessity to defend national sovereignty against the ...
Visone Tommaso
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A Praxeological Theory of Interest Rates
Mises, 2021 This paper starts with the observation that the pure time preference theory leads to conflicting views concerning the effect of changes in productivity on the rate of interest.
Hendrik Hagedorn
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Plato’s The Republic recovered. A few ethical, economic and social aspects in contemporary dialogues
Annales Etyka w Życiu Gospodarczym, 2017 The main purpose of the article is the presentation and interpretation of some ethical, economic and social aspects in the works of Plato. The division of labour, wealth, the meaning of money, use of interest and paying taxes are the most interesting ...
Anna Głodowska +2 more
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On the economic thought of trade practices and policies in Kenya
Estudios Económicos, 2021 This study explains trade regimes in Kenya from a History of Economic Thought (HET) perspective using secondary materials (books, papers, and original manuscripts). We found that the pre-colonial era (before 1895) had a mixture of Classical doctrines and
Socrates Kraido Majune +1 more
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