Author: Albert AftalionPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 116
Book Description
La realité des surproductions générales
Author: Albert AftalionEssai d'une théorie des crises générales et périodiques
Author: Albert AftalionGeneral and Periodic Crises of Overproduction
Author: Jean LescurePublisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1839988312
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
Jean Lescure’s two-volume General and Periodic Crises of Overproduction is a pioneering study of the causes and consequences of industrial crises in capitalist economies in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The author, who held doctorates in political economy and law, is most remembered as a founder of the French historical school and a staunch advocate of empiricism in the economic sciences. Lescure called his approach the ’complex historical method’, by which he sought to revise classical and quantitative economic theory through the historical analysis and statistical observation of cyclical phenomena. Ever the controversialist, Lescure wrote in an engaging style, accessible to non-specialists and economists alike, and critiqued the leading monetary theorists of the period, insisting that observation of the movements in production costs, industrial orders and profits be given priority over circulation and credit in understanding the periodic crises of capitalist economies. In Lescure’s view, crises were inevitable in both market and command economies and their onset and consequences were predictable with the help of the more detailed production statistics newly available to economists and entrepreneurs at the time. Observation of corporate profits, the margin between cost price and selling price, provided the means to predict crises and measure their impact, not only on industry and trade but also on the working classes who would endure unemployment and the many social ills that accompany it. Lescure, unlike many of the liberal economists of the time, was always careful to include in his historical account statistical analysis of unemployment figures, as well as those on crime, marriage and birth rates, homelessness and suicide. Although he remained sceptical of government intervention in the form of monetary policies adjusting the money supply, and lauded the success of industrial concentration and trusts in reducing costs and prices, Lescure admitted the state’s role in the recovery of the 1930s, when social insurance schemes and investment in public works mitigated the worst effects of unemployment for industrial labour. This treatise, which grew out of his doctoral work, was a lifetime project for Lescure, who updated it periodically over five editions, to include each new cycle of growth, crisis, depression and recovery. Volume one provides a historical study of economic crises from the post-Napoleonic period through the Great Depression and the recovery of the late 1930s. Volume two offers a critique of the theories of crises, their causes and potential remedies, in which Lescure outlines his preference for ‘organic’ theories that focus on the production process and qualitative statistical observation of the movements in costs, selling prices, industrial orders and profits. The text of the fifth edition appears here in English for the first time, unabridged and complete with editorial materials designed to help the English reader understand the work on its own terms and situate its author’s prominent place in the history of economic thought.
Studies in the History of French Political Economy
Author: Gilbert FaccarelloPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134857683
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
Studies in the History of French Political Economy considers the evolution of economic thought in France, from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Gilbert Faccarello brings to the forefront those economists, themes and controversies which are important in the context of recent research, and about which new ideas can be developed.
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society
Author: Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain)Publisher:
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Published papers whose appeal lies in their subject-matter rather than their technical statistical contents. Medical, social, educational, legal,demographic and governmental issues are of particular concern.
Journal of the Statistical Society of London
Author: The Journal of Political Economy
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Deals with research and scholarship in economic theory. Presents analytical, interpretive, and empirical studies in the areas of monetary theory, fiscal policy, labor economics, planning and development, micro- and macroeconomic theory, international trade and finance, and industrial organization. Also covers interdisciplinary fields such as history of economic thought and social economics.
The American Economic Review
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1076
Book Description
Includes papers and proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Economic Association. Covers all areas of economic research.
Memoirs
Author: California. UniversityPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
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