Institutional Economics
Subtitle: Its Place in Political Economy, Volume 1
By: Sam Sebesta
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780203788462
Subjects: Institutional economics; Institutionnalisme
Description: "Commons opened Institutional Economics by declaring: ""My point of view is based on my participation in collective activities, from which I here derive a theory of the part played by collective action in control of individual action."" This sentence well summarizes the three key elements of this book--its theoretical intent, the importance Commons gave to his own experience in institutional reform in shaping these ideas, and the focus on the concept of the institution as a collective constraint on individual action."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Chapter I The Point of View  -- John R. Commons; title: chapter II Method  -- I. John Locke; title: chapter III Quesnay  -- John R. Commons; title: chapter IV Hume and Peirce  -- John R. Commons; title: chapter V Adam Smith  -- John R. Commons; title: chapter VI Bentham Versus Blackstone  -- John R. Commons; title: chapter VII Malthus  -- John R. Commons; title: chapter VIII Efficiency and Scarcity  -- John R. Commons; title: chapter IX Futurity -- John R. Commons.