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Abstract: Theory and history - custom and command - the rise of the market - city states and colonies - money, love and credit - the finances of the sovereign - the mercantilization of agriculture - the labour market - the industrial revolution - conclusion - appendix - index.

Abstract: The present state of budget accounting - A practical proposal - Some Special problems - Budgetery procedure and treasury control - The budget and the accounts of the national income - Budget accouting and budgetery policy.

Abstract: Antecedents - Saving, investment, and the multiplier - The multiplier in a changing economy - Induced investment - The accelerator in action - Free or constrained cycles? - The cycle in outline - Periodicity and regularity - Further inspection of the ceiling - The monetary factor - The place of the monetary factor.

Abstract: Is economics a science? This distinguished and provocative book calls into question thè increasing tendency of economics to attach themselves to the coat-tails of the scientists. Thus it is not concerned with scientific method in economics, but with the relation of scientific method to economie method, of scientific explanation to economie explanation; for to discover thè cause of a phenomenon or of an event is to explain it. Although it is now fifty years since the author began to wri ...; [Read more...] Is economics a science? This distinguished and provocative book calls into question thè increasing tendency of economics to attach themselves to the coat-tails of the scientists. Thus it is not concerned with scientific method in economics, but with the relation of scientific method to economie method, of scientific explanation to economie explanation; for to discover thè cause of a phenomenon or of an event is to explain it. Although it is now fifty years since the author began to write on economics, he has succeeded in looking at economics from the outside and provided a book that examines causality in economics as one case of causality in generai. This unconventional approach throws new light on some basic concepts of economie theory. The place of statistical techniques in the sciences and in economics is examined and a corresponding distinction drawn.

Abstract: Il processo produttivo - I fattori della produzione. Il lavoro - I fattori della produzione. Il capitale - Il prodotto sociale - Capitoli supplementari sulla contabilità sociale - Appendice - Tabelle - Diagrammi.