The Theory of Business Enterprise / Edition 1

by Abraham Edel, Thorstein Veblen

Overview

Veblen has been claimed and rejected both by sociologists and economists as being one of theirs. He enriched and attacked both disciplines, as he did so many others: philosophy, history, social psychology, politics, and linguistics. Because he took all knowledge as necessary and relevant to adequate understanding, Veblen was a holistic analyst of the social process.

First published in 1904, this classic analysis of the U.S. economy has enduring value today. In it, Veblen posited a theory of business fluctuations and economic growth which included chronic depression and inflation. He predicted the socioeconomic changes that would occur as a result: militarism, imperialism, fascism, consumerism, and the development of the mass media as well as the corporate bureaucracy. Douglas Dowd's introduction places the volume within the traditions of both macroeconomics and microeconomics, tracing Veblen's place among social thinkers, and the place of this volume in the body of his work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780878556991
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	12/31/1978
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	423
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Abraham Edel, Thorstein Veblen

Table of Contents

1: The Theory of Business Enterprise; 1: Introductory; 2: The Machine Process; 3: Business Enterprise; 4: Business Principles; 5: The Use of Loan Credit; 6: Modern Business Capital; 7: The Theory of Modern Welfare; 8: Business Principles in Law and Politics; 9: The Cultural Incidence of the Machine Process; 10: The Natural Decay of Business Enterprise

Editorial Reviews

[M]any evidences of keen and profound thought, of a high grade of scholarship and of a breadth and sureness of vision . . . penetrated by flashes of inimitable satiric wit that is delightful.”—Industrial and Labor Relations Review

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