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John Bates Clark
John F. Henry
其他書名
The Making of a Neoclassical Economist
出版
St. Martin's Press
, 1995
主題
Business & Economics / General
ISBN
0312126093
9780312126094
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=tmuNQgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
This study details J. B. Clark's theoretical development, focusing on the rise of his marginal productivity theory of distribution, and demonstrates that Clark's work was prompted and promoted by the changing economic and social conditions of the period. It is shown that the writings of Clark's early 'Christian Socialist' period, are not as distinct from his mature period as is usually argued. In fact, Clark's religious beliefs are demonstrated to be significant in the understanding of the intellectual process through which he reached his mature stage of theoretical development. Throughout this work, Clark's political perspective and his understanding of the threats to established authority are brought to bear on the argument as to what Clark himself thought he was accomplishing in setting forth his version of the productivity theory: Clark believed that theory should never be developed independently of existing authority and property relations. Rather, he believed that economic theory should be designed to uphold the sanctity of both authority and property.