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Futurama. Business Forecasting and the Dynamics of Capitalism in the Interwar Period
Lenel, Laetitia - 2018
employed by American companies in the 1930s. Engaging with the current debate on the temporal order of capitalism, the article … argues that business forecasting was not only a means of stabilizing capitalism, but a factor and an indicator of a change in … the dynamics of capitalism in the interwar period. …
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Markt und Marktwirtschaft
Kirstein, Roland - 2006
Der Beitrag führt in das Konzept der Marktwirtschaft ein. Im Vergleich mit anderen Wirtschaftsordnungen wird der Preismechanismus als entscheidender Unterschied herausgestellt, der zugleich Anreiz- und Informationswirkung entfaltet und somit Ineffizienzprobleme der alternativen Systeme zu...
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The origins of the Platonic approach to monetary systems: Retracing European and Chinese monetary thoughts on Chartalism, Nominalism, and the origins of monetary systems
Tymoigne, Éric - 2024
A monetary approach that combines Chartalism, Nominalism, and Command origins of monetary systems is often deemed to have emerged only recently, while the Aristotelian approach (Commodity, Metallism, and Market origins of monetary systems) is the only one that existed until the end of the...
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Stabilization policy: A turbulent journey through time
Landmann, Oliver - 2022
The theory and practice of stabilization policy has taken many turns as it evolved over the past century, oscillating between high hopes and deep skepticism regarding the capacity - and desirability - of governments taking responsibility for macroeconomic stability. This paper reviews the...
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Language as an institution: A note on the use of the terms finance and economics in the Greek language and its consequences for the Greek society and economy
Sanidas, Elias - In: SPOUDAI - Journal of Economics and Business 70 (2020) 3/4, pp. 29-41
Language as a formal and informal institution can be a useful tool of the society for effective communication in order to adopt the right policies for economic development, etc. And yet Greece is probably the only country in the world which does not differentiate Finance from Economics, e.g....
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Perfect competition, market power, and contestability
Budzinski, Oliver; Stöhr, Annika - 2024
The model of perfect competition is one of the most famous, most important, and most misunderstood concepts in economics. Rather than aiming to be a full-blown model of real-world competitive markets, the perfect competition model isolates the decentralized coordination mechanism inherent in all...
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Ideengeschichtliche Aspekte von unabhängigen Institutionen
Andrae, Jannis - 2012
In der Ökonomik tritt der zirkuläre unechte Fortschritt auf, der sich z.B. vom kumulativen, besonders für die Naturwissenschaften charakteristischen Fortschritt abgrenzt. Die Ideen- bzw. Dogmengeschichte kann somit eine wertvolle Erkenntnisquelle sein. In diesem Papier wird das Konzept der...
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Zur Neubestimmung von Geschichte und Theoriegeschichte in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Ko-evolution von Wirtschaftsbeobachtung und Wirtschaftswirklichkeit
Dopfer, Kurt - 2008
Economic History and the History of Economic Thought haven been relegated increasingly from the teaching and research curricula of economics in recent years. The paper starts off arguing that this trend is due to the mechanistic ontology of mainstream economics, and it continues setting out an...
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Natur und Gerechtigkeit als Grenzen der Ökonomie
Faber, Malte; Petersen, Thomas - 2006
In den letzten drei Jahrhunderten ist die Wirtschaft in vielen Ländern - langfristig gesehen - dauernd gewachsen. Materieller Mangel ist in den entwickelten Ländern weitgehend verschwunden. Für die Erkenntnis der Leistungsfähigkeit der Marktwirtschaft wie der Defizite der sozialistischen...
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Edwin B. Wilson and the rise of mathematical economics in America, 1920-1940
Carvajalino, Juan - 2017
In the paper, Edwin B. Wilson's influence on the rise of mathematical economics in America between the 1920s and 1940s is explored. The focus is laid on showing how on the grounds of his foundational ideas about science Wilson worked at the organizational and educational fronts to modernize...
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