This book, first published in 1985, is a study of the functioning of one sector of US capital markets – non-reserve city national banks – between 1870 and 1900. The unusually wide expansion of the US economy in this period was impelled in part by the growth and development of agriculture, and this s..
Joseph A. Schumpeter was a monumental figure in the history and development of economics. This work brings together his brilliant lectures, delivered more than a century ago, in its first English-language paperback edition. Here, readers will discover Schumpeter’s search for an economic science de..
Original in conception and bold in its diagnosis, this work will be welcomed by students of, and researchers in, economics, social theory, Marx, Foucault and postmodernity...
This reissue (1936) analyses the then-recent phenomenon of industrial combination. Industrial combination, the interlocking of finances, the industrial role of banks, the domination of financial capital over large sectors of industry was all new. The author examines the then-new system, on the cusp ..
Analyses the behaviour of not-for-profit organizations under a variety of conditions and contrasts them with profit maximizing firms, other types of profit-constrained firms and with public bureaucracies...
Analyses the behaviour of not-for-profit organizations under a variety of conditions and contrasts them with profit maximizing firms, other types of profit-constrained firms and with public bureaucracies...
In recent years there has been a growth in work on the organization of the firm. This unique collection of essays from respected academics considers questions of the theory of the firm and international business...
This book connects Georgescu-Roegen's earlier work such as consumer choice theory and a critique of Leontief's dynamic model, with his later ambitious attempt to reformulate the economic process as 'bioeconomics'...
This book connects Georgescu-Roegen's earlier work such as consumer choice theory and a critique of Leontief's dynamic model, with his later ambitious attempt to reformulate the economic process as 'bioeconomics'...