Physiocracy, or the economic theory that a nation’s wealth comes from is agricultural and land development, was a popular school of thought in France in the 18th century. The contribution and significance of the Physiocrats and Antiphysiocrats are explored in detail through chapter contributions by economists,philosophers, and social historians. The book concludes that neither the Physiocrats, nor the Antiphysiocrats were pure profit maximizers and that they allhad the well-being of the commonwealth in mind. It brings to light previous studies only conducted in German and is the first analysis of Pfeiffer in a century, making the book of interest to any student or scholar of political economy and the history of economic thought. The contribution and significance of the Physiocrats and Antiphysiocrats are explored in detail through chapter contributions by economists, philosophers, and social historians. It brings to light previous studies only conducted in German and is the first analysis of Pfeiffer in a century, making the book of interest to any student or scholar of political economy and the history of economic thought. Brings to light new information a vast literature on sustainability that has only recently become available Provides the first book length discussion of Pfeiffer since in 1908 Offers the English-language reader a dialogue on Physiocracy, Antiphysiocracy and Pfeiffer previously only written in German INDICE: Introduction - The Point of Physiocracy and its Anti-Thesis.- “Schauplatz der Künste und Handwerke” and the Translation of Economics Books at the Time of Justi and Pfeiffer.- Johann August Schlettwein: The German Physiocrat.- Rationality in Physiocratic Thought.- Cameralism and Physiocracy as the two sides of a coin – the example of the economic policy of Johann Friedrich vonPfeiffer.- Physiocrats and Laws of Population.- The Technological Dynamics ofCapitalism: Colbertism, Cameralism and Antiphysiocracy meet Schumpeter.- On the Reception of Physiocratic Thought in German History of Economics.- Mature Cameralism according to Pfeiffer.- Economic Espionage and the Grand Tour: The Emulation of Tuscan Antiphysiocracy in the Kingdom of Denmark-Norway.- Pfeifferand the Foundation of the Science of Forestry.- Establishing sustainability theory within classical forest science – the role of cameralism and classical political economy.
- ISBN: 978-1-4419-7496-9
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 160
- Fecha Publicación: 23/12/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés