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Transaction Economics of John R. Commons: Towards Reasonable Capitalism

Transaction Economics of John R. Commons: Towards Reasonable Capitalism

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

EconomicsGeneral LawGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1032701382
ISBN13: 9781032701387
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Oct 28 2024
Pages: 178
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Takahashi reconstructs the key blocks of one of the founders of the institutional school, John R. Commons' theories of the evolution of capitalism and of institutional change by taking the concept of transaction as a central point of departure.

Commons' theories continue to influence modern economics, and in this book, Takahashi scrutinizes his construction of transaction and its features and offers a reinterpretation of Commons' institutional economics and transaction economics. He then explores how Commons' analysis of going concerns (e.g., firms) has broader and deeper applications that extend to monetary policy, labor policy, and the business cycle. Takahashi examines how Commons' and Veblen's dynamic theories share cumulative causation. He closes by positing that Commons' transaction economics seeks reasonable capitalism through a virtuous cycle of reasonable value and generation of good business ethics.

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