Some Problems of General Economic History n°2 (1947)

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[3] General Economic History
Spring Session, 1947
N°2
B.1.1.4. Some problems of General Economic History

(1) To the query as the place of economic …

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(a) Mueller-Lyer, the sociologist and author of The History of Social Development (1920) wrote on the subject of primitive economics: Commerce in many … […]

(b) Another example is in regard to the institution of market. The meaning definition of “economic” may lead to the result that all economic activity regarded as barter and exchange. Archbishop Whately (1787-1863), a Victorian economist, suggested that economics should be called the science of exchange, catallactics. This suggestion was taken up in our time by Josef Schumpeter, a[nd] Ludwig von Mises.

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(2) Another aspect of this issue is that of the ________________ on which the individual participates in economic institutions at various times [and] places. Again, the question is meaningless, unless the term “economic” is em___ in a neutral fashion. If “economic”is made to mean “gainful”, then, by definite economic institutions are run on gainful motives. The question concerning the actual motives is answered beforehand, or, rather, does act rise.

(3) Still another question, refers to possible laws of development. […]

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Date: Spring 1947
KPA: 31/03, 3-4