In seinem berühmten Buch lieferte Adam Smith das erste geschlossene System der Volkswirtschaftslehre, auf das alle späteren Theoretiker Bezug nahmen. Smith ging davon aus, dass es im Menschen einen ursprünglich angelegten Ausgleich zwischen Selbstsucht und Nächstenliebe gibt und daß sich...

When asked to name one proposition in the social sciences that is both true and non-trivial, Paul Samuelson famously replied: 'Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage'. Truth, however, in Samuelson's reply refers to the fact that Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage is mathematically...

When asked to name one proposition in the social sciences that is both true and non-trivial, Paul Samuelson famously replied: 'Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage'. Truth, however, in Samuelson's reply refers to the fact that Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage is mathematically...