Economic Laws and Economic HistoryCambridge University Press, 24.07.1997 г. - 190 страници In this volume, Charles Kindleberger makes a powerful case against the idea that any one model could be used to unlock the basic secret of economic history. It is essentially an exercise in methodology, addressed to economists and economic historians alike. He argues that too many economists discover a relationship or a uniformity in economic behaviour, develop a model, and use it to explain more than it is capable of, including, on occasion, all economic behaviour. These lectures discuss four 'laws' in economics to show how uniformities can illuminate economic history in particular aspects. They illustrate the view that the economist or economic historian seeking to test analysis against historical data should have a variety of different models, and not just one. The implication is that however scientific and technical the tools, choosing them carefully to fit particular circumstances is itself an art. |
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s Engels law and growth | 4 |
3 Engels law as a general law of consumption | 7 |
4 The Gompertz curve and the law of transformation as generalizations of Engels law | 12 |
5 Limits of the generalizations of Engels law as explanations of takeoff stages in growth processes | 15 |
Second Lecture | 21 |
2 An application to Western Europe | 24 |
3 The Lewis model and United States growth | 31 |
4 Lewis model and Europes Postwar Growth | 34 |
8 The optimum economic area | 87 |
9 Conclusions | 92 |
Discussion | 93 |
Carlo De Cugis | 95 |
Luigi Pasinetti | 96 |
Giacomo Becatini | 100 |
Carlo Filippini | 104 |
Bruno Jossa | 106 |
5 The case when there is no exogenous source of growth | 40 |
Greshams Law | 43 |
2 Market instability for different monies | 46 |
3 Market instability and banknote convertibility | 52 |
4 Market instability and two centralbank reserve currencies | 55 |
a generalized market instability problem | 60 |
The Law of One Price | 67 |
2 Markets and transport | 69 |
3 Economic integration and factorprice equalization | 74 |
4 Economic integration and money and capital markets | 77 |
5 Economic integration and the elimination of intermediary marketing steps | 79 |
6 The role of arbitrage | 82 |
7 The problem of foreign direct investment | 85 |
Angelo Porta | 110 |
Pietro Manes | 113 |
Fabrizzio Onida | 114 |
Francesco Silva | 115 |
Giovanni Bellone | 116 |
Giuliano Mussati | 117 |
Comments | 119 |
Biography of Charles P Kindleberger | 129 |
1 Biographical Note | 131 |
2 Bibliography | 141 |
References | 161 |
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