Classical Political Economics and Modern Capitalism Theories of Value, Competition, Trade and Long Cycles /

• Main Authors: Tsoulfidis, Lefteris (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Tsaliki, Persefoni (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Economic policy.; Economics.; Political economy.; Economic growth.; Public policy.; Economic Policy.; Political Economy/Economic Systems.; International Political Economy.; Economic Growth.; Public Policy.

This book promotes an in-depth understanding of the key mechanisms that govern the functioning of capitalist economies, pursuing a Classical Political Economics approach to do so. It explores central theoretical issues addressed by the classical economists Smith and Ricardo, as well as Marx, while a...

Table of Contents:

• Part A
• Chapter 1. The Classical Theory of Value and Distribution
• Chapter 2 .Circular Flow of Capital and Social Reproduction
• Chapter 3. Controversial Issues in the Theories of Value and Distribution: The 'Transformation Problem' and the 'Capital Theory Critique'
• Chapter 4. Labour Values, Prices of Production and Wage-Rate of Profit Curves in Actual Economies
• Chapter 5. Competition: Classical and Neoclassical
• Part B
• Chapter 6. Real Competition and Empirical Evidence
• Chapter 7: Asymmetries in International Trade
• Chapter 8. The Rate of Profit, Economic Growth and Crises
• Chapter 9. Productive-Non-Productive Labour and National Accounts
• Chapter 10. Classical Political Economy and the Evolution of Post-war Capitalism.