Readings in the Economics of the Division of Labor:The Classical Tradition

Edited by Guang-Zhen Sun

in World Scientific Books from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Study of the progressive division of labor is a burgeoning industry in economics in recent years. Classical authors, dating back as early as 500 BC, have made insightful analyses on the determinants and implications of the division of labor. Unfortunately these writings are rather scattered and not readily accessible. This important book aims to fill this void, serving as a valuable source of reference for scholars interested in the economics of specialization.

Keywords: Division of Labor; Specialization; Extent of the Market; Knowledge; Political Economy; History of Economic Thought; Increasing Returns; Equilibrium; Price System; Coordination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C1 C7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
ISBN: 9789812561244
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 The Economics of Division of Labor from Xenophon to Hayek (1945): A Review of Selected Literature , pp 3-31

Guang-Zhen Sun

Ch 2 From Cyropœdia Oeconomicus , pp 37-42

Xenophon

Ch 3 From The Republic , pp 43-49

Plato

Ch 4 From Politica , pp 50-51

Aristotle

Ch 5 From The Muqaddimah , pp 55-62

Ibn Khaldūn

Ch 6 From Political Aritmetick and Another Essay on Political Aritmetick , pp 65-66

William Petty

Ch 7 From Considerations upon the East-India Trade , pp 67-70

Henry Martyn

Ch 8 From The Fable of the Bees , pp 71-79

Bernard Mandeville

Ch 9 From "Art" in Encyclopedia , pp 80-81

Dennis Diderot and Jean Le Rond d'Alembert

Ch 10 From A System of Moral Philosophy , pp 82-84

Francis Hutcheson

Ch 11 From An Essay on the History of Civil Society , pp 85-88

Adam Ferguson

Ch 12 From Reflections on the Formation and the Distribution of Riches , pp 89-92

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot

Ch 13 From The Wealth of Nations , pp 93-123

Adam Smith

Ch 14 From The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation , pp 127-130

David Ricardo

Ch 15 From The Economy of Machinery and Manufactures , pp 131-148

Charles Babbage

Ch 16 From The Philosophy of Manufactures , pp 149-153

Andrew Ure

Ch 17 From A Commentary on An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations , pp 154-163

Edward Gibbon Wakefield

Ch 18 From Principles of Political Economy , pp 164-176

John Stuart Mill

Ch 19 From Capital , pp 177-187

Karl Marx

Ch 20 From Science of Wealth , pp 188-191

Amasa Walker

Ch 21 From Principles of Economics , pp 195-215

Alfred Marshall

Ch 22 The Laws of Returns under Competitive Conditions , pp 216-233

Piero Sraffa

Ch 23 Increasing Returns and Economic Progress , pp 234-248

Allyn Young

Ch 24 On the Origin of Money , pp 251-269

Carl Menger

Ch 25 The Use of Knowledge in Society , pp 270-284

Friedrich von Hayek

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