Unproductive Labour in Political Economy

The History of an Idea

By:

Cosimo Perrotta

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Hardback

Series:

Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

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Contemporary mainstream economists see social wealth as the sum of individual incomes, but for three centuries many economists saw wealth as consisting of the public and private resources of a nation. This led them to explore the idea of unproductive labour, which provides a nation with an individual income, but does not contribute to an increase in social wealth or help to foster development. This book analyses the evolution of ideas surrounding unproductive labour, offering an unprecedented history that guides readers from the work of Petty through to the present economic crisis. This volume explores the work of several key scholars, including Smith, Petty, Marx, Ricardo, Mill, Say and Schumpeter. This book is suitable for scholars and researchers with an interest in the history of economic thought, labour economics and economic philosophy. Winner of the 2019 Ernest Lluch Prize from the Spanish Association of Economic History

Author Biography:

Cosimo Perrotta is a retired Professor of the History of Economic Thought at the University of Salento, Italy

Release date Australia

June 18th, 2018

Author

Cosimo Perrotta

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

270

Series

Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

ISBN-13

9781138658325

Product ID

27751425

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