Consumption as an Investment by Cosimo Perrotta (University of Salento, Italy)
Of interest to Economists, Historians of Economics and Historians of Ideas
Comprehensive guide to the History of Consumption
Consumption as an Investment
Consumption as an Investment
Summary
This book explores and charts the changing place of consumption as a source of investment in production and growth within economic writings from ancient history to the present.
Consumption as an Investment Summary
About Cosimo Perrotta (University of Salento, Italy)
Cosimo Perrotta
Table of Contents
Preface, Acknowledgements, 1 Introduction: the legacy of the past, 2 The Ancients and inner wealth, 3 Patristics: end of the contempt for wealth and labour, 4 Medieval dualism: poverty as an ideal; wealth as a practical goal, 5 Italian humanism ignores economic development, 6 From alms to human capital: the poor in sixteenth century Spain and England, 7 Spain's unproductive consumption, 8 Expanding production: a (fearful) hunger for goods, 9 Productive and unproductive labour, 10 Foreign trade: fostering productive consumption/productive labour, 11 The Enlightenment theory of development: consumption as an investment, Notes, References, Subject index, Name index
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NLS9780415646932
9780415646932
0415646936
Consumption as an Investment by Cosimo Perrotta (University of Salento, Italy)
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2012-07-13
398
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