Power in Economic Thought (Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought)

La 4e de couverture indique : This book offers a pluralistic vision of the way economists have dealt with the question of power in society over the last two centuries. Economists' ideas about power are examined from political, theoretical and policy-making points of view, with additional discussion of the active participation of economists in the management of power. The book is organized into four main conceptions of power relations: i) Power as embedded in political institutions; ii) Power as emerging from the asymmetric relations caused by the unequal distribution of income and wealth; iii) Power as associated to the monopolistic or oligopolistic position held by some firms in the market; and iv) Power as the management of economic policies by the state. Mosca brings together contributions from a range of scholars to analyse how economists have considered the role of power, putting the discussion into a much needed historical context. Manuela Mosca is Professor of History of Economic Thought in the Department of Economics, University of Salento, Italy and Visiting Professor at the University of Bologna, Italy. She is a member of the International Advisory Board of the European Journal of the History of Economic Thought and of the Editorial Board of History of Economic Theory and Policy. Her main research interests are the history of the theory of monopoly power and marginalism in Italy Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Introduction (Manuela Mosca)....Pages 1-14 Front Matter ....Pages 15-15 The Dream to Tame the Leviathan: Authoritarian Power and the Market (Bruna Ingrao)....Pages 17-49 Sismondi’s Political Economy: Translating Power into Sociability (Francesca Dal Degan)....Pages 51-80 The Question of Democracy for the Italian Marginalists (1882–1924) (Manuela Mosca, Eugenio Somaini)....Pages 81-106 Front Matter ....Pages 107-107 Elements of a Science of Power: Hobbes, Smith and Ricardo (Heinz D. Kurz)....Pages 109-142 Power and Poverty: Social Legislation in the Years of Adam Smith (Cosma Orsi)....Pages 143-167 Debates on Social Insurance in the French Liberal School (Joachim De Paoli)....Pages 169-195 Front Matter ....Pages 197-197 Power Wars Between Institutions: Business Training in Higher Education (Marion Dieudonné)....Pages 199-226 The Early Oligopolistic Models: Market Power in the Paretian Tradition (Mario Pomini)....Pages 227-249 Dispersion of Power as an Economic Goal of Antitrust Policy (Stephen Martin)....Pages 251-290 Front Matter ....Pages 291-291 Jean-Baptiste Say on Political Power (1793–1832) (Emmanuel Blanc, André Tiran)....Pages 293-320 Keynes and Eucken on Capitalism and Power (Raphaël Fèvre)....Pages 321-347 Power and Economics in Italy: From the Social Conflicts of the 1970s to the Euro-Crisis (Piero Bini)....Pages 349-381 Back Matter ....Pages 383-393 This book offers a pluralistic vision of the way economists have dealt with the question of power in society over the last two centuries. Economists' ideas about power are examined from political, theoretical and policy-making points of view, with additional discussion of the active participation of economists in the management of power. The book is organized into four main conceptions of power relations: i) Power as embedded in political institutions; ii) Power as emerging from the asymmetric relations caused by the unequal distribution of income and wealth; iii) Power as associated to the monopolistic or oligopolistic position held by some firms in the market; and iv) Power as the management of economic policies by the state. Mosca brings together contributions from a range of scholars to analyse how economists have considered the role of power, putting the discussion into a much needed historical context. Manuela Mosca is Professor of History of Economic Thought in the Department of Economics, University of Salento, Italy and Visiting Professor at the University of Bologna, Italy. She is a member of the International Advisory Board of the European Journal of the History of Economic Thought and of the Editorial Board of History of Economic Theory and Policy. Her main research interests are the history of the theory of monopoly power and marginalism in Italy.-- Provided by publisher This title offers a pluralistic vision of the way economists have dealt with the question of power in society over the last two centuries. Economists' ideas about power are examined from political, theoretical and policy-making points of view, with additional discussion of the active participation of economists in the management of power