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Behemoth als Partner und Feind des Leviathan: zur politischen Ikonologie eines Monstrums
Bredekamp, Horst - 2009
Zu den mächtigsten Bildern des Alten Testamentes gehören die beiden Monstra des Leviathan und des Behemoth, die Gott … Behemoth und Leviathan gleichsam die Fronten wechselten und wie mit der Schreckensminderung des Leviathan auch der Behemoth …The two monstrosities Leviathan and Behemoth belong to the most powerful images of the Old Testamemt, which God let …
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Ökonomie und Religion. Studien zur Entwicklung der ökonomischen Theorie XXI
Hagemann, Harald (contributor) - 2007
Verhältnis von Ökonomie und Religion auseinandersetzte. Während die moderne Wachstumstheorie lange Zeit die Rolle sogenannter … Religion in wirtschaftlichen Entwicklungsprozessen und modernen Gesellschaften tiefer analysiert.Die beiden ersten Beiträge …
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Malthus vs. Wordsworth: Perspectives on humankind, nature and economy
Becker, Christian; Faber, Malte; Hertel, Kirsten; … - 2004
In this paper the view of humankind and nature upon which the thinking of Malthus is founded will be reflected on and contrasted with the opposed understanding of his contemporary Wordsworth. We show that the economic considerations of both are based decidedly on the premise of these views, and...
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Hayek, Mill and the Liberal Tradition
Farrant, Andrew (contributor) - 2010
This book considers the relationship between Hayek and Mill, taking issues with Hayek's criticism of Mill and providing a broader perspective of the liberal tradition. Featuring contributions from the likes of Ross Emmett, Leon Montes and Robert Garnett, these chapters ask whether Hayek had an...
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The Hand Behind the Invisible Hand: Dogmatic and Pragmatic Views on Free Markets and the State of Economic Theory
Mittermaier, Karl - 2020
Using Adam Smith's notion of an 'invisible hand', this extraordinary contribution identifies dogmatic versus pragmatic views of free markets. Published posthumously, with new contributions by Rod O'Donnell, Daniel B. Klein and Christopher Torr, this book outlines Mittermaier's main thesis and...
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Megjegyzések navratil ákos elmélettörténetéhez
Csató, Katalin - 2008
Ákos Navratil (1875-1952) is an outstanding theoretical economist from the first half of the 20th century. A selection of his works was published as volume 8 in the series Classics in Hungarian Economics (Old truths and new theories in economics by Ákos Navratil, (int., ed. by M. Hild)). The...
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Self-preserving Leviathans - Evidence from Regional-level Data
Kluge, Jan; Markwardt, Gunther; Thater, Christian - 2015
This paper investigates the impact of the intensity of political competition on the leviathan behavior by political … political opponents) exhibit leviathan behavior in total government spending. Additionally, we test for political budget cycles …
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Leviathans, Federal Transfers, and the Cartelization Hypothesis
Koethenbuerger, Marko - 2004
taming the Leviathan by implicitly taxing tax revenues extracted by the Leviathan. Thus, transfers might be an appropriate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315915
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Why Brennan and Buchanan are wrong (after all)
Apolte, Thomas - 2007
In their book The Power to Tax, Brennan and Buchanan have pointed to a central weakness of the traditional theory of public finance and especially of the theory of optimal taxation: This approach overlooked the problem of governmental power and the tendency of this power to be abused. It was...
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Der Leviathan in diesen Zeiten
Senghaas, Dieter - 2008
Staat und Staatlichkeit, also der Leviathan, präsentieren sich derzeit in sehr unterschiedlichen Ausprägungen, die in … ebenso unterschiedlichen sozio-ökonomischen Strukturen eingebettet sind. Der Autor unterscheidet den zivilisierten Leviathan …
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