ISBN:
9783031344947
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (IX, 164 p.)
Series Statement:
Palgrave pivot
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Keywords:
Economics—History.
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Economics.
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Labor economics.
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Economics.
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Social capital
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Division of labour
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Accumulation of wealth
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Welfare expenditures
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Keynesian policy
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Economic development theory
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Path-dependence
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Economic development
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Public expenditures
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Human capital investment
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Enlightenment economists
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Economic competition
Abstract:
1. Origins of the economy as collective activity -- 2. Custom and path-dependence. Social capital as accumulation factor -- 3. The role of the state in economic development -- 4. Competition in Enlightenment economists -- 5. On the productiveness of welfare expenditures -- 6. Keynesian Policy Today: More Employment and More Human Capital -- 7. Investing in human capital.
Abstract:
This book presents a new interpretation of the role of human capital and the state in driving economic development. It places these ideas within broader debates within the history of economic thought to highlight how the nature of economic activity is a collective and coordinated process. Through examining how the welfare state reversed traditional accumulation by relying on human capital growth, the importance of the state within the development process is emphasised, alongside the multifaceted nature of competition. Different forms of public expenditure are then evaluated to identify the most productive forms of public spending and the drivers of long term economic development. This book questions the relationship between profits and rent and proposes a new kind of economic development based around human capital. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in the history of economic thought, the political economy, and labour economics. Cosimo Perrotta is former Professor of the History of Economic Thought at the University of Salento Salvatore Rizzello is Professor of Economics at the University of Salento. Claudia Sunna is Associate Professor of the History of Economic Thought at the University of Salento.
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-031-34494-7
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