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This three volume series of intellectual biography considers the life, work and impact on economic, social and political theory of the Italian economist, sociologist and political scientist Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923).
This second volume follows Pareto from his time teaching at Lausanne to the juncture in his life where he first began to make theoretical contributions of his own. Mornati considers Pareto's work on pure economics, general equilibrium, welfare economics and the economic case for socialism, as well as his critical observations of Italian and Swiss public policy.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Relations between Pareto and the University of Lausanne.- Chapter 2: Pareto as a critical observer of the Italian and Swiss political scenes.- Chapter 3: Pure economics.- Chapter 4: General economic equilibrium.- Chapter 5: The economics of welfare.- Chapter 6: From free-trade propaganda to the theory of international trade.- Chapter 7: The money.- Chapter 8: Other topics in applied economics.- Chapter 9: The economic theory of socialism.- Chapter 10: The law of income distribution and various statistical complements.- Chapter 11: Initial development of a new sociology.- Chapter 12: Further general reflections on politics.- Chapter 13: Early critical reactions to Pareto.
About the author
Fiorenzo Mornati is Associate Professor in History of Economic Thought at the University of Turin, Italy.
Summary
• Examines Pareto's role in teaching political economy and other issues of applied political economy• Reviews Pareto's early contributions to pure economics, welfare, equilibrium theory, monetary circulation, sociological-ideological thought, income law and private property• Analyses the first critical success of Pareto
