Social Value: A Study in Economic Theory, Critical and Constructive
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- SOCIAL VALUE
- A STUDY IN ECONOMIC THEORY CRITICAL AND CONSTRUCTIVE
- B. M. ANDERSON, Jr., Ph.D.
- Instructor in Political Economy Columbia University
- PREFACE
- A NOTE
- ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
- PART I. INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I PROBLEM AND PLAN OF PROCEDURE
- PART II. CRITIQUE OF CURRENT VALUE THEORY CHAPTER II FORMAL AND LOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE VALUE CONCEPT
- CHAPTER III VALUE AND MARGINAL UTILITY
- CHAPTER IV JEVONS, PARETO AND BÖHM-BAWERK
- CHAPTER V DEMAND CURVES AND UTILITY CURVES
- CHAPTER VI THE VICIOUS CIRCLE OF THE AUSTRIANS
- CHAPTER VII PROFESSOR CLARK'S THEORY OF SOCIAL VALUE
- PART III. THE PRESUPPOSITIONS OF ECONOMIC THEORY CHAPTER VIII THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PRESUPPOSITIONS
- CHAPTER IX THE SOCIOLOGICAL PRESUPPOSITIONS
- PART IV. A POSITIVE THEORY OF SOCIAL VALUE CHAPTER X VALUE AS GENERIC—THE PSYCHOLOGY OF VALUE
- CHAPTER XI RECAPITULATION—THE SOCIAL VALUES—FUNCTIONS OF THE VALUE CONCEPT IN ECONOMICS
- CHAPTER XII SOCIAL VALUE: THE THEORIES OF URBAN AND TARDE
- CHAPTER XIII ECONOMIC SOCIAL VALUE
- CHAPTER XIV ECONOMIC SOCIAL VALUE (continued)
- CHAPTER XV SOME MECHANICAL ANALOGIES
- CHAPTER XVI PROFESSOR SELIGMAN'S PSYCHOLOGICAL DOCTRINE OF THE RELATIVITY OF VALUES
- CHAPTER XVII THE THEORY OF VALUE AND THE THEORY OF PRICES
- CHAPTER XVIII THE THEORY OF VALUE AND THE THEORY OF PRICES (concluded)
- CHAPTER XIX THE THEORY OF VALUE AND THE SOCIAL OUTLOOK—SUMMARY
- PART I
- INTRODUCTION
- SOCIAL VALUE
- CHAPTER I
- PROBLEM AND PLAN OF PROCEDURE
- FOOTNOTES:
- PART II
- CRITIQUE OF CURRENT VALUE THEORY
- CHAPTER II
- FORMAL AND LOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE VALUE CONCEPT
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER III
- VALUE AND MARGINAL UTILITY
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER IV
- JEVONS, PARETO AND BÖHM-BAWERK
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER V
- DEMAND CURVES AND UTILITY CURVES
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VI
- THE VICIOUS CIRCLE OF THE AUSTRIANS
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VII
- PROFESSOR CLARK'S THEORY OF SOCIAL VALUE
- FOOTNOTES:
- PART III
- THE PRESUPPOSITIONS OF ECONOMIC THEORY
- CHAPTER VIII
- THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PRESUPPOSITIONS
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER IX
- THE SOCIOLOGICAL PRESUPPOSITIONS
- FOOTNOTES:
- PART IV
- A POSITIVE THEORY OF SOCIAL VALUE
- CHAPTER X
- VALUE AS GENERIC. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF VALUE
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XI
- RECAPITULATION. THE SOCIAL VALUES. FUNCTIONS OF THE VALUE CONCEPT IN ECONOMICS
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XII
- SOCIAL VALUE: THE THEORIES OF URBAN AND TARDE
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XIII
- ECONOMIC SOCIAL VALUE
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XIV
- ECONOMIC SOCIAL VALUE (continued)
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XV
- SOME MECHANICAL ANALOGIES
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XVI
- PROFESSOR SELIGMAN'S PSYCHOLOGICAL DOCTRINE OF THE RELATIVITY OF VALUES
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XVII
- THE THEORY OF VALUE AND THE THEORY OF PRICES
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XVIII
- THE THEORY OF VALUE AND THE THEORY OF PRICES (concluded)
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XIX
- THE THEORY OF VALUE AND THE SOCIAL OUTLOOK. SUMMARY
- THE END
- FOOTNOTES:
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- The Riverside Press CAMBRIDGE. MASSACHUSETTS U. S. A
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