Weber, Schumpeter and modern capitalism : towards a general theory

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = ⅹ
• List of Abbreviations = ⅺ
• Introduction = 1
• The spectre of Marx = 5
• The rationale of the present work = 8
• Recent scholarship on Weber and Schumpeter = 15
• The relationship of Weber to Schumpeter = 19
• Weber as an economist = 23
• Affinities between Weber and Schumpeter = 27
• The synthetic combination of Weber with Schumpeter = 30
• 1 Weber's account of the origins of modern capitalism = 35
• Weber's writings on capitalism = 35
• Weber's approach to the theory of modern capitalism = 37
• Issues in the interpretation of Weber's work = 39
• Wolfgang Schluchter's interpretation of Weber's oeuvre = 43
• Peter Ghosh's analysis of the pivotal role of The Protestant Ethic = 47
• Idealist versus materialist approaches = 49
• Weber's earliest explorations of the origins of modern capitalism = 51
• The role of the Protestant ethic = 53
• Weber's final account of the rise of modern capitalism = 56
• The commercialization of economic life = 57
• The role of the city = 59
• The immediate preconditions of modern capitalism = 61
• The advent of the factory = 62
• The role of the state = 65
• The legal preconditions of modern capitalism = 67
• Weber's final statement on the role of Protestant ethic = 70
• 2 Weber's later account of modern capitalism = 73
• Marginal utility theory = 74
• The theory of modern capitalism in Economy and Society = 76
• Formal and substantive rationality = 77
• The concept of economic action = 79
• The rationality of monetary calculation and capital accounting = 80
• Economic exchange = 83
• The concept of capitalistic profit-making = 84
• The concept of the enterprise = 84
• Expropriation of the workers from the means of production = 85
• Business bureaucracy = 86
• The possibility of socialism = 88
• The capital market = 89
• The concept of economic order = 90
• The dependence of modern capitalism on the state = 91
• The significance of rational law = 92
• The role of corporations law = 94
• The ideal type of rational capitalism = 95
• The tendency to monopoly = 98
• The ethical character of the market under capitalism = 99
• The 1919 "Author's Introduction" = 102
• 3 Schumpeter's theory of capitalist development = 105
• Introduction to the work of Schumpeter = 105
• Schumpeter's appreciation of Walras = 108
• The "circular flow" and the basic elements of economic activity = 113
• The fundamental sources of wealth creation = 117
• Imputation and the theory of value = 119
• The concept of equilibrium = 122
• Exchange value and money = 124
• The causes of "development" = 125
• Capitalists, banks and the creation of credit = 129
• The function of the entrepreneur = 131
• 4 Schumpeter's account of the long-term trend of capitalism = 137
• Introduction to Schumpeter's Business Cycles = 137
• Equilibrium and the theoretical norm = 139
• The causes of economic fluctuations = 142
• Innovation and economic evolution = 144
• Entrepreneurial profit = 147
• The function of credit and banking = 149
• The effects of disequilibrium = 151
• How business cycles begin = 153
• Schumpeter's critique of cultural theories of the advent of capitalism = 155
• The theory of waves and cycles = 157
• The first Kondratieff = 159
• Criticism of Schumpeter's theory of business cycles = 162
• Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy = 169
• Monopoly competition = 170
• 5 The synthetic combination of Weber with Schumpeter = 176
• The definition of modern capitalism = 176
• Schumpeter's critique of Weber's methodology = 178
• The compatibility of Weber's approach with that of Schumpeter = 184
• Weber's and Schumpeter's evaluation of modern capitalism = 186
• Weber's general attitude towards modern capitalism = 188
• Schumpeter's view of the prospect of socialism = 194
• Schumpeter on the culture of capitalist society = 198
• The problem of the mixed economy = 200
• Schumpeter's critique of Keynes = 202
• The Schumpeterian concept of evolution = 207
• Weber's analysis of "progress" = 210
• Towards a synthesis of Weber and Schumpeter = 211
• The problem of rationalization = 213
• 6 Towards a general theory of modern capitalism = 215
• The preconditions of capitalist development = 219
• The continuing relevance of Schumpeter's theory of business cycles = 222
• The continuing relevance of Weber's work ethic = 223
• Financial capitalism = 225
• Bibliography = 230
• Index = 243