The Positive Theory of Capital Eugen von BoehmBawerk William A Smart 9783849680152 Books
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Von Boehm-Bawerk is one of the leading economists of the so-called Austrian school. With Karl Menger and others, he has contributed to the development of a theory of value which has received wide acceptance, and has been the cause of still wider discussion, in the economic world. This theory, as elaborated by Boehm von Bawerk, is based largely upon psychological principles. Its chief feature consists in a searching analysis of ‘subjective value.’ In his “Capital and Interest”, the author makes a brilliant and original study of these two subjects. “The Positive Theory of Capital” is the successor to the work mentioned above.
The Positive Theory of Capital Eugen von BoehmBawerk William A Smart 9783849680152 Books
Some books are read because individuals want to sound like they understand economics, and other books, like this one, actually explain the dynamic processes of the political economy. In it is a comprehensive examination of all previous capital theories, explaining their inadequacies and why they've lead many capable economists down the path of inescapable confusion. He explains that interest (what businessmen and Marxists call profit) is a real and independent economic phenomenon which ultimately determines the length/methods of capitalist production. The fact that goods are immediately undervalued as soon as they enter the market is explained not by mystical arguments appealing to emotion (exploitation), but by the fact that there is a time preference placed on all goods. Current goods are necessarily valued more than future goods, that is, an apple today is worth more than an apple 10 days from now, 10 months from now, a decade from now, ect. He explains the necessary connectedness between the loanable funds market and labor market, and that the factors of production are dependent upon each other for production (all factors are independently infertile). Do not, under any circumstances, skip book 3 (value) or book 4 (price), no matter how well-versed you believe you are in subjective value theory.The entire book must be read in its entirety, and carefully, if one wishes to understand this ground-breaking theoretical framework. This framework ultimately put Marx to bed, and inspired the likes of Ludwig von Mises, Knut Wicksell, Friedrich von Hayek, Ludwig Lachmann, and others. Unfortunately, the real tragedy is that Bohm-Bawerk's insights have been largely forgotten and obfuscated by the mainstream. John Maynard Keynes, for example, built his framework in the Treatise from Wicskell's work, without understanding that Wicksell's framework was a mere extension of this book--which is why Keynes ultimately misunderstood it and came to incredibly faulty conclusions.
"Command over a sum of present consumption goods provides us with the means of subsistence during the current economic period. This leaves the means of production, which we have at our disposal during this period, free for the technically more productive service of the future, and gives us the more abundant product attainable by them in longer methods of production."
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Some books are read because individuals want to sound like they understand economics, and other books, like this one, actually explain the dynamic processes of the political economy. In it is a comprehensive examination of all previous capital theories, explaining their inadequacies and why they've lead many capable economists down the path of inescapable confusion. He explains that interest (what businessmen and Marxists call profit) is a real and independent economic phenomenon which ultimately determines the length/methods of capitalist production. The fact that goods are immediately undervalued as soon as they enter the market is explained not by mystical arguments appealing to emotion (exploitation), but by the fact that there is a time preference placed on all goods. Current goods are necessarily valued more than future goods, that is, an apple today is worth more than an apple 10 days from now, 10 months from now, a decade from now, ect. He explains the necessary connectedness between the loanable funds market and labor market, and that the factors of production are dependent upon each other for production (all factors are independently infertile). Do not, under any circumstances, skip book 3 (value) or book 4 (price), no matter how well-versed you believe you are in subjective value theory.
The entire book must be read in its entirety, and carefully, if one wishes to understand this ground-breaking theoretical framework. This framework ultimately put Marx to bed, and inspired the likes of Ludwig von Mises, Knut Wicksell, Friedrich von Hayek, Ludwig Lachmann, and others. Unfortunately, the real tragedy is that Bohm-Bawerk's insights have been largely forgotten and obfuscated by the mainstream. John Maynard Keynes, for example, built his framework in the Treatise from Wicskell's work, without understanding that Wicksell's framework was a mere extension of this book--which is why Keynes ultimately misunderstood it and came to incredibly faulty conclusions.
"Command over a sum of present consumption goods provides us with the means of subsistence during the current economic period. This leaves the means of production, which we have at our disposal during this period, free for the technically more productive service of the future, and gives us the more abundant product attainable by them in longer methods of production."
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