Economic Transition in Historical Perspective - 9781138735446

Name: Economic Transition in Historical Perspective - 9781138735446
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

This title was first published in 2001. This volume of essays studies the problem of transition in economics from a historical perspective. It uses historical ideas and theories in a modern context to examine economic thought. It aims to show that social and historical context are important when considering economic transitions.\n > Preface 1 Plato on Topos, Economy and Transition 2 Karl Polanyi's Great Transformation and the Current Transformations in Central Europe 3 On Building up a Market Society: Lessons from the Wealth of Nations and The Great Transformation 4 Groundwork for an Institutional Economic Approach to Transition': Smith and Polanyi Reconsidered 5 The Money Fiction and Central Banking 6 Labour: A Fictitious Commodity Needs Instituted Power 7 Three Paths to Capitalism: An Agenda for Research 8 Friedrich von Hayek's Idea of Spontaneous Social Order and Transforming the Socialist Economy 9 Worldly Advice from Other-Worldly Philosophers: Catholic Social Thought and th.