ABSTRACT

First Published in 1999. This book is a study of psychology and philosopy of social thought, exemplified by the analysis of certain economic ideas.  The method is briefly sketched in the first part and then applied in a series of case studies to crucial concepts in economics.

part I|16 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter I|8 pages

The Approach

chapter Chapter II|6 pages

The Economic Value Complex

part II|32 pages

Classical Value Theory and Adam Smith

chapter Chapter III|9 pages

The Psychocultural Background of Classical Value Theory

chapter Chapter IV|21 pages

Adam Smith

part III|56 pages

The Ricardian Theory of Value

chapter Chapter V|9 pages

The Background of Ricardo’s Theory of Value

chapter Chapter VI|8 pages

Labour Bestowed Versus Labour Commanded

chapter Chapter VII|13 pages

The Elimination of Capital as a Determinant of Value

chapter Chapter VIII|21 pages

The Measure Of Value

chapter Chapter IX|3 pages

Ricardo On Rent

part IV|54 pages

Male and Female Symbolism in the Thought of Ricardo, Malthus, Engels, and Marx

chapter Chapter X|10 pages

Ricardian Dynamics

chapter Chapter XI|8 pages

The Universality Of Symbolism

chapter Chapter XII|8 pages

Apologists And Antagonists

chapter Chapter XIII|11 pages

Psychodynamic And Sociocultural Factors

chapter Chapter XIV|15 pages

The Psychodynamic Meaning of Labour

part V|82 pages

Alfred Marshall’s Value and Equilibrium Theory

chapter Chapter XV|12 pages

Ethics and Economics

chapter Chapter XVI|21 pages

Individual Economic Action

chapter Chapter XVII|17 pages

Equilibrium of Demand and Supply

chapter Chapter XVIII|19 pages

Equilibrium of Normal Supply and Demand

chapter Chapter XIX|11 pages

Value and Equilibrium of Factors of Production

part VI|14 pages

The Disintegration of Economic Rationalism

chapter Chapter XX|12 pages

Reason And Rationalism