Unproductive Labour in Political Economy The History of an Idea

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 increas

About the author

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

Summary

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 increas

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Winner of the 2019 Ernest Lluch Prize from the Spanish Association of Economic History

Product details

• Authors: Cosimo Perrotta, Cosimo (University of Salento Perrotta
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 30.09.2020
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9780367666446
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66644-6
• Pages: 270
• Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
• Subjects: Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Economic history, Labour / income economics, Social & political philosophy, Economic theory & philosophy, social and political philosophy, Labour Economics, Political Economy, Economic theory and philosophy, history of economic thought, Classical economists, Labour Theory of Value, surplus value analysis, economic crises theory, welfare state economics, evolution of unproductive labour debate