An edition of A Theory of Economic History (1969)

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An edition of A Theory of Economic History (1969)

Una teoría de la historia económica

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Los economistas se inclinan a pensar que la economía de mercado existe siempre, que está en desarrollo o «creciendo». Los historiadores -y los antropólogos- saben muy bien que no es así; han existido sociedades no mercantiles bastante viables sobre una base de instituciones «consuetudinarias»; otras han encarnado economías «de ingresos», recurriendo a los excedentes agrícolas.

En este libro se intenta tender un puente entre estos diferentes enfoques de la historia y la teoría económica. Su tema es la evolución de la economía de mercado, y de sus formas e instituciones. Si bien esta evolución ha producido muchos beneficios, también tiene sus lados más oscuros, como la esclavitud, la usura y los aspectos más ignotos de la colonización. El autor, un eminente economista británico, presta considerable atención a estos últimos. Su discusión culmina con un análisis de la Revolución Industrial, cuya lógica, sostiene, no ha sido en absoluto comprendida en su totalidad.

El libro es una «teoría», que se ocupa de los principios; pero los principios se ilustran con ejemplos extraídos de cuatro mil años de historia, y de muchos lugares, no solo de Europa, sino del resto del mundo.

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Cover of: Una teoría de la historia económica
Una teoría de la historia económica
1988, Orbis
in Spanish
Cover of: Une théorie de l'histoire économique
Cover of: A Theory of Economic History
A Theory of Economic History
May 10, 1973, Oxford University Press, USA
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Cover of: A theory of economic history
A theory of economic history
1969, Clarendon P.
in English
Cover of: A Theory of Economic History
A Theory of Economic History
1969, Oxford University Press
in English
Cover of: A theory of economic history
A theory of economic history
1969, Clarendon P.
in English
Cover of: A theory of economic history
A theory of economic history
1969, Oxford University Press
in English
Cover of: A theory of economic history

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Published in
Barcelona, Spain
Series
Biblioteca Económica, 19
Translation Of
A theory of economic history
Translated From
English

Contributors

Translator
Isabel Bonache Treviño

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28257491M
ISBN 10
8475308627
ISBN 13
9788475308623
OCLC/WorldCat
880995021

Work Description

Economists are inclined to think of the market economy as always existing, just developing or "growing". Historians —and anthropologists— know very well that this is not the case; quite viable non-market societies have existed upon a base of "customary" institutions; others have embodied "revenue" economies, drawing upon agricultural surplus.

An attempot is made in this book to bridge these differing approaches to economic history and teory. Its subject is the evolution of the market economy, and of its forms and institutions. While this evolution has produced many benefits, it has also its darker sides, such as slavery, usury, and the ignobler aspects of colonization. The author, an eminent British economist, dives considerable attention to these last. His discussion culminates in an analysis of the Industrial Revolution, the logic of which, he maintains, has by no means been fully comprehended.

The book is "theory", concerned with principles; but the principles are illustrated by examples drawn from four thousand years of history, and from many places, not only in Europe, but in the rest of the world.

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