Principles of Political Economy

By Roscher, William

Book Id: WPLBN0000698924
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 18.67 MB.
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Principles of Political Economy
Author:	Roscher, William
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Language:	English
Subject:	Political science., Economics and literature, Economic & political studies series
Collections:	Economics Publications Collection
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Publisher:	Archive for the History of Economic Thought


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Economic Theory Literature

Excerpt
Excerpt: TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. OUR literature is rich enough in works on the principles of Political Economy. So far as the translator is informed, however, it possesses none in which the science is treated in accordance with the historical method. We may therefore venture to express the hope that this translation will fill a place hitherto unoccupied in the literatures of England and America, and fill it all the more efficiently and acceptably, as Professor ROSCHER is the founder and still the leader of the historical school of Political Economy. Were this the only recommendation of our undertaking, it would not be a useless one. But a glance at Professor ROSCHER book will convince even the most hasty reader that its pages fascinate by their interest and are rich in treasures of erudition which should not remain inaccessible to the English student from being locked up in a foreign tongue.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS. PRELIMINARY ESSAY. The Historical Method, - - - - - PP. 1 4 - PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER I. FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS. g I. Goods- Wants. 2. Economic Goods. 3. Three Classes of Goods. 4. Economic Value - Value in Use. 5. Value in Exchange - Free Goods. 6. Alleged Contradiction between Value in Ute and Value in Exchange. Resources or Means. Valuation of Resources. Wealth. Signs of National Wealth. Economy (Husbandry). Grades of Economy in Common. Political Economy -Idea of an Organism. Origin of a Nation's Economy. Diseases of the Social Organism.