 Léon Walras on Human Nature and His Social Reform PlanSatoshi Takahashi ()
A chapter in A Genealogy of Self-Interest in Economics, 2021, pp 107-123 from Springer Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this chapter is to clarify the relationship between Léon Walras’ notion of human nature and his reform policies toward a unique socialism. First, he divides human nature into physiologic nature and psychologic nature. Concerning the self-love included in the latter, he distinguishes egoistic self-love from that of self-preservation. Then, he deduces from human nature, four social categories: Industry, Mores, Science, and Art, and two economic agents: the individual and the State. The reform policies in the category of Mores are composed of the nationalization of land and the abolition of taxes, and those in that of Industry are composed of state interventions to provide public goods like education and anti-monopoly policies to maintain free competition. Finally, Walras expects egoistic self-love, along with the private landownership and monopoly to disappear when his reform policies are instituted. Keywords: Léon Walras; Human nature; Self-love for self-preservation; Nationalization of land; State intervention (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-15-9395-6_7 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-9395-6_7 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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