Hans-Michael Trautwein

Zur Marx’schen Theorie gibt es immer wieder neue Erkenntnisse. Einige stammen sogar von Karl Marx persönlich, zutage gefördert durch die Arbeiten an der Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe (MEGA), die unter der Ägide der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften stattfinden. Der vorliegende Tagungsband des Ausschusses für die Geschichte der Wirtschaftswissenschaften im Verein für Socialpolitik befasst sich mit der wechselvollen, bald hundertjährigen Geschichte der MEGA. Er bietet sowohl eine neue Lösung für das Transformationsproblem in der Bestimmung der Profitrate als auch Einblicke in die Entstehung der Marx’schen Krisentheorie und ihre Ähnlichkeiten mit späteren produktionstheoretischen Ansätzen. Weitere Beiträge ordnen Marx’ Einschätzungen der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Rolle von Dienstleistungen, seine Begriffe von Armut und seine bildungsbürgerlichen Idealvorstellungen vom Kommunismus in größere Zusammenhänge der Theoriegeschichte ein.

Die Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe (MEGA). Studien zur Entwicklung der ökonomischen Theorie XXXIV

Neue Perspektiven auf die politische Ökonomie von Karl Marx und Friedrich Engels

Ying Ma

This book is about mutual influences of thinking about economic development in China and in the West, from the 18th century until the present. Its chapters are contributed by development economists and historians of thought from China and other parts of the world. The book describes important stages in the evolution, cross-fertilization and contextual modification of ideas about economic order, development and institutional change. It illustrates how Western concepts and theories have been adopted and adapted to Chinese conditions in different waves of modernization from the late 19th century until the present and that this was and is no one-way traffic. The book describes how pre-classical thinking in the West, in particular French Physiocracy in mid-18th century, was influenced by China as an ideal and a source of ideas, at a time when China was the largest and most advanced economy in the world. It discusses to what extent concepts of Western-style economics, in particular in the fields of development economics and institutional economics, can be used to understand the rapid transitions and developments of the Chinese economy in recent decades, and to what extent they might need to be modified in the light of new experiences and insights. Against this background, several contributions to the volume provide assessments of the current state of economic science and teaching in China, in particular with regard to Chinese views on Western economics. The book should be of interest to those who are interested in economic development and the history of economics in China.

Thoughts on Economic Development in China

Bo Sandelin

Richard Wundrak

This book, now in its third edition, provides an elementary introduction to the history of economic thought. A chapter is devoted to each of the major developments in the history of the discipline, before a concluding chapter in which the authors draw together some of the key strands and comment on some major works and textbooks in the history of economic ideas. They also reflect on the changes in economic thinking within the general context of the philosophy of science. This new edition continues to offer the clear and concise coverage of the main schools of thought and paradigm shifts in the field that has become the volume’s trademark. The book has been thoroughly updated throughout in order to reflect changes in the landscape of the field. Details on key thinkers, and aspects of the story such as the evolution of scholarship on growth and development, have been added or expanded, whilst not compromising on the book’s concise approach. Key updates include: Biographical- and bibliographical information is brought up to date throughout the text North American economists John Kenneth Galbraith and Kenneth Ewart Boulding make their first appearance in this edition Information on developments in institutional economics, addressing in particular the works of 2009 Nobel prize winner Elinor Ostrom). This book has become well known for its innovative coverage of the economic thinking of mainland Europe, whilst also addressing Anglo-American trends. It provides a short and highly readable overview of the evolution of economic thought, usable in courses where the history of economic thought constitutes only a small part or required background reading. It continues to be an extremely useful, much needed text for all introductory economics courses in the field.

Hans-Michael Trautwein

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