The Schumpeterian Entrepreneur
... Marx, he argued that capitalism would collapse not because of its economic failure, but on the contrary, because of its economic success. Lastly, Schumpeter’s views on capitalism and the entrepreneur’s role in the future of capitalism will be discussed. INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SCHUMPETERIA ...
... Marx, he argued that capitalism would collapse not because of its economic failure, but on the contrary, because of its economic success. Lastly, Schumpeter’s views on capitalism and the entrepreneur’s role in the future of capitalism will be discussed. INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SCHUMPETERIA ...
introduction
... Press, 1998), a new and very impressive description of Roman social history, regard “crowd(s)” as a synonym to “the masses”. And Fergus Millar places “the populus Romanus – or the crowd that represented it – in the center of our picture of the Roman system” (ibid., p. 1). ...
... Press, 1998), a new and very impressive description of Roman social history, regard “crowd(s)” as a synonym to “the masses”. And Fergus Millar places “the populus Romanus – or the crowd that represented it – in the center of our picture of the Roman system” (ibid., p. 1). ...
Xenia in Classical Economies
... to follow North’s New Institutional Economics’ injunction to study both structure and performance through time,3 it neglects one crucial determinant that North himself mentions explicitly in his seminal Structure and Change in Economic History, i.e. the role of social institutions. North views the ...
... to follow North’s New Institutional Economics’ injunction to study both structure and performance through time,3 it neglects one crucial determinant that North himself mentions explicitly in his seminal Structure and Change in Economic History, i.e. the role of social institutions. North views the ...
Socrates - Social Studies 212
... completely to intellectual interests. Details of his early life are scanty, although he appears to have had no more than an ordinary Greek education. He did, however, take a keen interest in the works of the natural philosophers, and Plato (Parmenides, 127C) records the fact that Socrates met Zeno o ...
... completely to intellectual interests. Details of his early life are scanty, although he appears to have had no more than an ordinary Greek education. He did, however, take a keen interest in the works of the natural philosophers, and Plato (Parmenides, 127C) records the fact that Socrates met Zeno o ...
Economics (ECON) - Northeastern University
... for reform of the tax structure. Major spending programs such as social security and education and healthcare are analyzed. Prereq. ECON 1116. ECON 3442. Money and Banking. 4 Hours. Covers the nature and functions of money, credit, and financial markets in the modern international economy. Analyzes ...
... for reform of the tax structure. Major spending programs such as social security and education and healthcare are analyzed. Prereq. ECON 1116. ECON 3442. Money and Banking. 4 Hours. Covers the nature and functions of money, credit, and financial markets in the modern international economy. Analyzes ...
Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics
... The basic idea behind transaction cost economics is quite simple: if the costs of doing business are low, more business will be done and, all other things being equal, this will benefit the society as a whole – it will raise the society’s aggregate of goods by allowing society to reap more benefit f ...
... The basic idea behind transaction cost economics is quite simple: if the costs of doing business are low, more business will be done and, all other things being equal, this will benefit the society as a whole – it will raise the society’s aggregate of goods by allowing society to reap more benefit f ...
Why Plato Wrote - Thedivineconspiracy.org
... them. They are a valuable property, an inheritance, because they help us grasp the conceptual alternatives that frame human life; but we will agree with some and disagree with other ideas from earlier generations. The project of coming to understanding now is a matter of deciding for ourselves where ...
... them. They are a valuable property, an inheritance, because they help us grasp the conceptual alternatives that frame human life; but we will agree with some and disagree with other ideas from earlier generations. The project of coming to understanding now is a matter of deciding for ourselves where ...
INDIVIDUALS IN XENOPHON, HELLENICA 1
... in his twenties, he was, it appears, never again actively involved in political life, and he was less interested in politics than in war. He was, however, thoroughly familiar with the methods whereby Greek cities conducted their internal government and their external relations with one another. He a ...
... in his twenties, he was, it appears, never again actively involved in political life, and he was less interested in politics than in war. He was, however, thoroughly familiar with the methods whereby Greek cities conducted their internal government and their external relations with one another. He a ...
Efficiency, Exchange, and Auction
... return for which the rancher will compensate the farmer for any crop damage the second cow causes (plus whatever surplus the farmer's negotiation skills bring him). Provided they are able to negotiate with each other, the farmer is willing to sell his right to prohibit a second cow for at least $25 ...
... return for which the rancher will compensate the farmer for any crop damage the second cow causes (plus whatever surplus the farmer's negotiation skills bring him). Provided they are able to negotiate with each other, the farmer is willing to sell his right to prohibit a second cow for at least $25 ...
I.F. Stone Breaks the Socrates Story:
... When the Thirty Tyrants took power, they murdered or drove out of the city all who were of the democratic party. A few months later, the moderates who had originally supported the Thirty Tyrants began to flee, especially after Critias murdered their leader, Theramenes. He, who had been one of the or ...
... When the Thirty Tyrants took power, they murdered or drove out of the city all who were of the democratic party. A few months later, the moderates who had originally supported the Thirty Tyrants began to flee, especially after Critias murdered their leader, Theramenes. He, who had been one of the or ...
Literature Review and Framework Analysis of Non
... The absence of an easily understandable framework to measure the value of non-market goods and services can lead to limited recognition of the value of these goods and services. When no markets exist, the “price” of environmental goods and services is often considered to be zero. This lack of “marke ...
... The absence of an easily understandable framework to measure the value of non-market goods and services can lead to limited recognition of the value of these goods and services. When no markets exist, the “price” of environmental goods and services is often considered to be zero. This lack of “marke ...
IF Stone Breaks the Socrates Story
... Plato was a genius, a dazzling prestidigitator, with all the gifts of a poet, a dramatist and a philosopher. His "Apology" is a masterpiece of world literature, a model of courtroom pleading; and the greatest single piece of Greek prose that has come down to us. It rises to a climax which never fail ...
... Plato was a genius, a dazzling prestidigitator, with all the gifts of a poet, a dramatist and a philosopher. His "Apology" is a masterpiece of world literature, a model of courtroom pleading; and the greatest single piece of Greek prose that has come down to us. It rises to a climax which never fail ...
Plato, humanity and globalisation
... declares, is to arrest the breakdown of the closed society. For Pop per the closed society is a fatal mistake as it hinders the advance of the open society, that is, democracy and individualism. It is at this juncture that I wish to note th at Popper (1984: 171 ) states that, as he does not claim sc ...
... declares, is to arrest the breakdown of the closed society. For Pop per the closed society is a fatal mistake as it hinders the advance of the open society, that is, democracy and individualism. It is at this juncture that I wish to note th at Popper (1984: 171 ) states that, as he does not claim sc ...
History of Usury: The Transition of Usury Through Ancient Greece
... parent. Wherefore of a modes of getting wealth this is the most unnatural” (Aristotle, mid 300 B.C., cited from Medema, 2003, Excerpts from Politics). To understand the quote one must comprehend the Greek polis; or an independent city state where the citizens have a large role in their public life ( ...
... parent. Wherefore of a modes of getting wealth this is the most unnatural” (Aristotle, mid 300 B.C., cited from Medema, 2003, Excerpts from Politics). To understand the quote one must comprehend the Greek polis; or an independent city state where the citizens have a large role in their public life ( ...
The Growth of the City State - McMaster University, Canada
... The science of geography is of the first importance in the study of the history of man, nor does its contribution to the understanding of history end when it has provided charts by which the student may trace the movements of invading armies, or criticise the strategy of opposing generals. For geogr ...
... The science of geography is of the first importance in the study of the history of man, nor does its contribution to the understanding of history end when it has provided charts by which the student may trace the movements of invading armies, or criticise the strategy of opposing generals. For geogr ...
`Nothing includes everything`: towards engaged
... Department of Geography, 414 Social Sciences Building, 267 19th Avenue South, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA Abstract: Economic geography has become increasingly fragmented into a series of intellectual solitudes that has created isolation, producing monologues rather than conve ...
... Department of Geography, 414 Social Sciences Building, 267 19th Avenue South, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA Abstract: Economic geography has become increasingly fragmented into a series of intellectual solitudes that has created isolation, producing monologues rather than conve ...
Gwendolyn Leick
... urbanism, power relations, plurality and complexity – this essential volume offers a variety of perspectives on certain key topics to refl ect the current academic approaches and focus. These shifting viewpoints and diverse angles onto the •Babylonian World• result in a truly kaleidoscopic view which ...
... urbanism, power relations, plurality and complexity – this essential volume offers a variety of perspectives on certain key topics to refl ect the current academic approaches and focus. These shifting viewpoints and diverse angles onto the •Babylonian World• result in a truly kaleidoscopic view which ...
The Forum Romanum: A Kaleidoscopic Analysis
... officials, spearheaded by the praefectus annonnae, worked with the private grain dealers in order to mediate between the people.²² For example, Pompey manipulated the prices by not allowing shipments to land, using famine as a weapon in civil war. Lucilius bemoans Pompey’s political and economic man ...
... officials, spearheaded by the praefectus annonnae, worked with the private grain dealers in order to mediate between the people.²² For example, Pompey manipulated the prices by not allowing shipments to land, using famine as a weapon in civil war. Lucilius bemoans Pompey’s political and economic man ...
maucourant
... institutional individualism, in spite of an interesting paper by Biddle (1990) on this topic. As a result, regularities of collective behaviour - institutions - which create individual expectations, are the matrix of social order : this point is crucial in Commons’s analysis of “futurity” and effici ...
... institutional individualism, in spite of an interesting paper by Biddle (1990) on this topic. As a result, regularities of collective behaviour - institutions - which create individual expectations, are the matrix of social order : this point is crucial in Commons’s analysis of “futurity” and effici ...
Economics - Northeastern University
... Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. Prereq. ECON 1115 and ECON 1116. ECON 3404. International Food Economics and Policy. 4 Hours. Covers basic concepts in economic and political dimensions of food production, consumption, and trade, with particular emphasis on th ...
... Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. Prereq. ECON 1115 and ECON 1116. ECON 3404. International Food Economics and Policy. 4 Hours. Covers basic concepts in economic and political dimensions of food production, consumption, and trade, with particular emphasis on th ...
Law and Finance “at the Origin” Ulrike Malmendier*
... Historical evidence about the publicans and their companies stretches from the beginnings of the Republic into the Empire. The height of their activities falls into the last two centuries BC. I provide a brief overview of the economic and legal development at the time. Table 1 provides a chronologic ...
... Historical evidence about the publicans and their companies stretches from the beginnings of the Republic into the Empire. The height of their activities falls into the last two centuries BC. I provide a brief overview of the economic and legal development at the time. Table 1 provides a chronologic ...
Plato and Athenian Justice
... of the Aristotelian AthÂnaiÜn Politeia agreed.21 Thucydides and Aristophanes each depicted the Athenians as obsessed with judging, the ‘Old Oligarch’ cast the courts as a sine qua non of the political system, and numerous orators described them as the ‘bulwark’ or ‘highest organ’ of the democracy.22 ...
... of the Aristotelian AthÂnaiÜn Politeia agreed.21 Thucydides and Aristophanes each depicted the Athenians as obsessed with judging, the ‘Old Oligarch’ cast the courts as a sine qua non of the political system, and numerous orators described them as the ‘bulwark’ or ‘highest organ’ of the democracy.22 ...
Input–Output Analysis from a Wider Perspective: a Comparison of
... patch over what was a major breach with the objectivist tradition of the English classical economists, especially David Ricardo and Robert Torrens. He did this in terms of completely re-defining the received concept of ‘real cost’. While originally this was meant to capture the materials (means of p ...
... patch over what was a major breach with the objectivist tradition of the English classical economists, especially David Ricardo and Robert Torrens. He did this in terms of completely re-defining the received concept of ‘real cost’. While originally this was meant to capture the materials (means of p ...
Law and Finance “at the Origin” Ulrike Malmendier*
... trates the limitations of the existing law and finance theories. In the case discussed here, legal restrictions (or the lack of legal development) per se appear to matter little as long as the law as practiced is flexible and adapts to economic needs. In fact, one of the most important periods of l ...
... trates the limitations of the existing law and finance theories. In the case discussed here, legal restrictions (or the lack of legal development) per se appear to matter little as long as the law as practiced is flexible and adapts to economic needs. In fact, one of the most important periods of l ...
MARKET EQUILIBRIUM UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF
... or profit. In the end an equilibrium is attained so that the level of each agent’s utility or profit is indifferent in the same group type even if his location is different from other agents. We shall extend an analysis of the typical market model to show the existence of market equilibrium of an ex ...
... or profit. In the end an equilibrium is attained so that the level of each agent’s utility or profit is indifferent in the same group type even if his location is different from other agents. We shall extend an analysis of the typical market model to show the existence of market equilibrium of an ex ...
Ancient economic thought
In the history of economic thought, ancient economic thought refers to the ideas from people before the Middle Ages.Economics in the classical age is defined in the modern analysis as a factor of ethics and politics, only becoming an object of study as a separate discipline during the 18th century.