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1 online resource (243 pages) |
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Routledge Studies in the History of Economics Ser |
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Routledge Studies in the History of Economics Ser
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Aristotle's Critique of Political Economy- Front Cover; Aristotle's Critique of Political Economy; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Note; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; General introduction; Notes; PART I: Post-Enlightenment Aristotelian theorists of political economy; Chapter 1: Karl Marx: "The Aristotle of the nineteenth century"; Notes; Chapter 2: Karl Polanyi; Oikonomia and self-sufficiency; "Living well" (eû zên) as a normative principle |
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Historic impact of wealth acquisition that is not in accordance with naturePolanyi's two interpretations of "economic"; Status versus contractus; Reciprocity and redistribution; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3: John Rawls; Community; Man as a political animal; Rawls' Aristotelian Principle and his theory of the distribution of natural assets; The difference principle; Rawls on reciprocity; Rawls and Aristotle on Aristotle's theory of justice; Notes; Chapter 4: Amartya Sen; The two "origins" of economics; Sen's theory of motivation; How people differ from each other |
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Capabilities as a "set of vectors of functionings"Sen's theory of goods; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 5: Martha Nussbaum; Capabilities and Aristotle's human function argument; Notes; PART II: Aristotle's critique of political economy; Introductory note; Chapter 6: The metaphysical foundations of Aristotle's critique of political economy; Notes; Chapter 7: Living well versus mere living: the bifurcation of the community; Living well; Sources of division; Is merchandising "contrary to nature"?; Aristotle's evaluation of the merchant; Notes |
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Chapter 8: Incommensurability and Aristotle's theory of valueIncommensurability; Need and function; Quantifying Aristotle's incommensurables; Marx's criticisms of Aristotle's theory of value; Notes; Chapter 9: Reciprocity and reciprocal justice; Difficulties in the Nicomachean Ethics; Diagonal pairing: Definition; Diagonal pairing and proportional exchange; Aristotle's two "realities"; Notes; Chapter 10: Grace in Aristotle's theory of exchange; Charis, in brief; The ontology of grace; Notes; PART III: Contemporary application Social welfare analysis: theory; Introductory note |
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Chapter 11: The state of social welfare analysisNotes; Chapter 12: Derivation of an Aristotelian Social Welfare Function; Contemporary case study A: purchase of a US tractor by a Brazilian farmer; Contemporary case study B: housing; The use of social status in contemporary theory; Derivation of an Aristotelian Social Welfare Function; Notes; PART IV: Contemporary application Social welfare analysis: results; Introductory note; Chapter 13: Estimating values of an Aristotelian Social Welfare Function; Notes; Chapter 14: Quantitative studies in an Aristotelian Social Welfare Function |
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Reciprocal social welfare as measure of prosperity |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317241683 |
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1317241681 |
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