... way of thinking.
7. 1.5. The multiplier and the accelerator
The fourth great stream of thought in dynamic theory in the inter-war period
was the study of the interaction between the multiplier and ... circulation, P the level
of prices, and T the level of transactions, becomes an explanation of the
value of money once V, T, and M have been fixed exogenous...
... use of money (LJ(B), pp. 235–43). Three main features of the
central analysis are the treatment of the division of labor, the analysis of price
and allocation, and the exposure of the mercantile ... economy and of
the psychology of the economic man” are to be found, respectively, in the third
book of WN and in part VI of TMS that was added in 179 0. Yet...
... Gordon,
The Role of the History of Economic Thought in the Understanding of Modern
Economic Theory’, American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings (1965);
F. H. Knight, On the History and Method of ... Marginalism in the Theory of the
Firm and Markets
413
10.3.1. Critiques of the neoclassical theory of the firm 413
10.3.2. Post-Keynesian theories o...
... overturned the theories of Malynes: it is the surplus or the
deficit on the balance of trade which makes the rate of exchange vary, and
not the other way round. Rather than worry about the exchange ... short-lived. In the
long run they would have been useless. From the theoretical point of view,
they seemed to ignore the quantity theory of money.
The adjustment...
... from the beginning of the Austrian War of Succe ssion in
174 1 to the American Declaration of Independence in 177 6 was of critical
importance for the history of Europe as well as for the history of ... powers: the Austrian War of Succession
( 174 1–8), the colonial war between England, France, and Spain ( 175 4–63),
the Seven Years War ( 175 6– 63), and th...
... the vaults of the Bank of
England. Furthermore, the difficulties of the war and the Continental
blockade made the export channels increasingly arduous and the supply of
raw materials and wage goods ... important for the explanation of profit and of the role played by
capital in the production process. From the point of view of the history of
economic...
... with that of ‘Ricardian economics’: a theoretical
system based on the theory of surplus, the labour theory of value, the
methodology of aggregates, and the analysis of the behaviour of the social
classes ... development of the Ricardian
theses about the occupational effects of the introduction of machines). The
increase in the ‘reserve army’ will then s...
... administration of
the household, but that of the State; no longer the study of the causes of the
enrichment of the individuals, but that of the nation, the people, and the
merchant class. It is significant ... Walras’s vision of the working of the economic system
The major contribution of Le´on Walras to economic analysis was his theory
of the...
... the
tradition of Marshallian thought: The Essay is a scanty and worthy account
of the main assertions of the Austrian School; it is the creed of Prof. Robbins,
as a supporter of that school’ (p. 377 ).
The ... M
0
the current-
account bank deposits, V
0
the rate of turnover of the deposits, and T the
transactions. No other mathematical formula in the whol e...
... labour, from the theory of public
economics to the theory of the conflict of interests. He be lieved that the study
of ‘collective action’, i.e. of the activity (and the apparatus) of ‘control of
individual ... privileged field of study in an area on the borderline
between economics and law and can be considered one of the founders of
the new discipline...