Adam's fallacy: a guide to economic theology/ Duncan K. Foley

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Foley, Duncan K

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TextPublication details: Cambridge: Belknap, 2006.Description: xv, 265 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780674027299

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DDC classification:

330.15 FOL/A

Contents:

Preface -- 1. Adam's vision -- The division of labor -- The theory of value -- Capital accumulation -- The invisible hand and the state -- Smith's theory of money -- Adam's fallacy revisited -- 2. Gloomy science -- Second thoughts -- Malthus and population -- The context of Malthus's Essay -- Malthus's postulates -- Malthusian logic -- Population and food since Malthus's time -- Ricardo and the limits to growth -- Ricardo's labor theory of value -- Accumulation and the stationary state -- Ricardo's views on machinery -- The political economy of poverty -- 3. The severest critic -- Historical materialism -- The commodity and the theory of value -- Capitalist exploitation -- Accumulation and the falling rate of profit -- Primitive accumulation -- The transition to socialism -- Marx and proletarian revolution -- Marxist theory and social change -- 4. On the margins -- Adam's fallacy needs new shoes -- Marginalism -- Where do prices come from? -- Marginalism and social welfare -- Marginalism and time -- Veblen and conspicuous consumption. 5. Voices in the air -- John Maynard Keynes -- World capitalism in Keynes's time -- Say's law and laissez-faire -- Labor markets and unemployment -- Expectations and money -- The fate of capitalism -- Complexity vs. collectivism -- The prophet of technology -- 6. Grand illusions -- Looking in the mirror -- Two-armed economists -- Escaping Adam's fallacy -- Face to face with Adam's curse -- Reading further -- Appendix -- Demographic equilibrium -- Theories of money and prices -- Ricardo's theory of rent and accumulation -- Decomposition of the value of commodities -- The working day -- Index.

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Preface --
1. Adam's vision --
The division of labor --
The theory of value --
Capital accumulation --
The invisible hand and the state --
Smith's theory of money --
Adam's fallacy revisited --
2. Gloomy science --
Second thoughts --
Malthus and population --
The context of Malthus's Essay --
Malthus's postulates --
Malthusian logic --
Population and food since Malthus's time --
Ricardo and the limits to growth --
Ricardo's labor theory of value --
Accumulation and the stationary state --
Ricardo's views on machinery --
The political economy of poverty --
3. The severest critic --
Historical materialism --
The commodity and the theory of value --
Capitalist exploitation --
Accumulation and the falling rate of profit --
Primitive accumulation --
The transition to socialism --
Marx and proletarian revolution --
Marxist theory and social change --
4. On the margins --
Adam's fallacy needs new shoes --
Marginalism --
Where do prices come from? --
Marginalism and social welfare --
Marginalism and time --
Veblen and conspicuous consumption. 5. Voices in the air --
John Maynard Keynes --
World capitalism in Keynes's time --
Say's law and laissez-faire --
Labor markets and unemployment --
Expectations and money --
The fate of capitalism --
Complexity vs. collectivism --
The prophet of technology --
6. Grand illusions --
Looking in the mirror --
Two-armed economists --
Escaping Adam's fallacy --
Face to face with Adam's curse --
Reading further --
Appendix --
Demographic equilibrium --
Theories of money and prices --
Ricardo's theory of rent and accumulation --
Decomposition of the value of commodities --
The working day --
Index.

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