Institutional economics : its place in political economy

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Institutional economics : its place in political economy

John R. Commons ; with a new introduction by Malcolm Rutherford

Transaction Publishers, c1990

  • 2 vol. set
  • v. 1
  • v. 2

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Reprint. Originally published: New York : Macmillan, 1934

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9780887387975

Description

Commons opened Institutional Economics by declaring: "My point of view is based on my participation in collective activities, from which I here derive a theory of the part played by collective action in control of individual action." This sentence well summarizes the three key elements of this book--its theoretical intent, the importance Commons gave to his own experience in institutional reform in shaping these ideas, and the focus on the concept of the institution as a collective constraint on individual action.

Table of Contents

  • I: The Point of View
  • II: Method
  • III: Quesnay
  • IV: Hume and Peirce
  • V: Adam Smith
  • VI: Bentham Versus Blackstone
  • VII: Malthus
  • VIII: Efficiency and Scarcity
  • IX: Futurity
Volume

v. 2 ISBN 9780887388316

Description

This book deals with a variety of issues including matters of method, particularly John R. Commons' pragmatism, the role of scarcity and conflict in economics as opposed to a presumed harmony of interest, and the importance of custom and common law as opposed to individual pleasures and pains.

Table of Contents

1. Reasonable Value 2. Communism, Fascism, Capitalism
Volume

2 vol. set ISBN 9780887388323

Description

Commons opened Institutional Economics by declaring: "My point of view is based on my participation in collective activities, from which I here derive a theory of the part played by collective action in control of individual action." This sentence well summarizes the three key elements of this book--its theoretical intent, the importance Commons gave to his own experience in institutional reform in shaping these ideas, and the focus on the concept of the institution as a collective constraint on individual action.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA10176324
  • ISBN
    • 0887388329
    • 9780887387975
    • 9780887388316
  • LCCN
    89032259
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    News Brunswick
  • Pages/Volumes
    2 v. (xxxix, 921 p.)
  • Size
    23 cm
  • Classification
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