Otto Neurath (1882-1945) was a highly unorthodox thinker both in philosophy and economics. He proposed a radically expanded scope of economic analysis thatwould facilitate a comparative and systematic study of the impact of a great variety of economic and political measures on a population’s well-being. Neurath regarded the controversial and widely misunderstood concept of calculation in kind as an indispensable instrument for anyone (economist or politician) who sought to analyze economic relationships from a wider perspective than that of price formation under market conditions. What is the impact of alternative (economic, political or organisational) measures on living conditions? What are the appropriate methods to compare and to rationally choose among alternative measures? In Neurath’s opinion, answers to these questions are crucial for every democratic government. The only research oriented volume on Neurath’s economics in context INDICE: A. Otto Neurath’s Economics in Context. Introduction. ‘Freeing up one’s point of view’ - Neurath’s Machian Heritage Compared With Schumpeter’s. Otto Neurath as an Austrian Economist: Behind the Scenes of the Early Socialist Calculation Debate. Otto Neurath’s Concepts of Socialization and Economic Calculation and his Socialist Critics. Pluralism and Economic Institutions. Neurath on Money: Some Reflections on Neurath’s Monetary Thought in the HistoricalContext of the Birth of Modern Economics. A Similar Line of Thought in Neurath and Sen: Interpersonal Comparability. The War Economy and the War Museum: Otto Neurath and the Museum of War Economy in Leipzig, c.1918. Economy, Ideology, and Culture. Otto Neurath’s Approach to a Precarious Relationship. B. General Part. Report - Documentation. Reviews. Activities of the Vienna Circle.
- ISBN: 978-1-4020-6904-8
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 305
- Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés