...Vera Keller This essay situates Wilhelm Schröder’s 1686 Princely Treasury and Exchequer ( Fürstliche Schatzund Rent-Cammer ) within the context of manufacturing projects in London and Vienna and debates over happiness they engaged. Conceptualizations of happiness have been seen as chief differences...

...Roger E. Backhouse . By Luigino Bruni. London: Routledge, 2006. xv; 169 pp. $65.00. 2007 Book Reviews Civil Happiness: Economics and Human Flourishing in Historical Perspective. By Luigino Bruni. London: Routledge, 2006. xv; 169 pp. $65.00. This is a book with a clear message...

..., distinguish the core of the Filangerian proposal: the happiness of the nation needs an equitable distribution of wealth; the definition of the perfect model of justice is founded on an original utilitarian analysis which employs elements which anticipate the marginalism of the next century; to increase both...

...Ere Nokkala This article reinterprets late Cameralists’ contribution to the reorientation of Cameral sciences in the second half of the eighteenth century. It analyses the conceptual changes to the central concept of happiness during the second half of the eighteenth century that resulted from...

...David Andrews [email protected] Keynes on Uncertainty and Tragic Happiness: Complexity and Expectations . By Anna M. Carabelli . Cham : Palgrave Macmillan , 2021 . vii; 182 pp. $59.99 . Copyright 2023 by Duke University Press 2023 In The General Theory...

...Terry Peach Based on an appraisal of Smith's (nonutilitarian) understanding of happiness in The Theory of Moral Sentiments , this article considers the possible origin, meaning, and fate of the “real measure” qua index of social happiness/welfare. It is suggested that the original welfare usage...

...Adriana Luna-Fabritius Although it has been argued that Cameralism had a prominent place in the formation of the modern economic mind and that public happiness was a crucial intersection of early modern economic discourses, its (re) discovery by mainstream economics has been considered partial...

... Hans-Erich . 2020 . “ Reconciling Private Interests and the Common Good: An Essay on Cameralist Discourse .” In Cameralism and the Enlightenment: Happiness, Governance and Reform in Transnational Perspective , edited by Nokkala Ere Miller Nicholas B. , 47 – 79 . New York : Routledge...

...Terry Peach This article questions Adam Smith’s commitment to the notion of a beneficent Deity, or “all-perfect Being,” whose purpose is to promote the “real happiness” of humankind. It is argued that Smith conceals his true position in The Theory of Moral Sentiments by emphasizing the deceptive...

... Bartley on the Turon goldfields, on which Coase based his claims of a deceitful and self-aggrandizing family, did not take place. Alfred did know where he was born and was happy to say so. Alfred’s grandfather, William, was not a forgotten business failure. Alfred’s father, also William, was neither...

... is not morally neutral. In short, for Sismondi, the market never stood alone while, for him, the Ricardian approach gave nearly exclusive pride of place to market in the pursuit of wealth and happiness. Correspondence may be addressed to Pascal Bridel, Centre Walras-Pareto, Université de Lausanne; email...

... . Correspondence may be addressed to Viviana Di Giovinazzo at [email protected] . Copyright © 2019 Duke University Press 2019 Tibor Scitovsky Erich Fromm Puritan ethic happiness motivational psychology References Adorno Theodor . 1951 . Minima Moralia. Reflections...

... of Helen Sumner in its creation. [email protected] [email protected] Copyright 2024 by Duke University Press 2024 James MacKaye Helen Sumner political engineering utilitarianism happiness The era of American Progressivism produced a multitude of academic and popular...

...: Stamperia di Francesco Lao. Boscovich, R. Estratto del Trattato astronomico del sig. de La Lande. In Il Caffè [1764-66] 1993 , 344 -49. Bruni, L. 2003 . The “Technology of Happiness” in the Tradition of Economic Science. Journal of the History of Economic Thought , forthcoming. Bruni, L...

.... duty.7 Formally, the conflict is between two elements of utilitarian thought, universal ethical hedonism vs. egoistic psychological hedonism .8 The latter principle stresses private utility as the object of action; the former, collective utility (the greatest happiness...

.... Book Reviews Civil Happiness: Economics and Human Flourishing in Historical Perspective. By Luigino Bruni. London: Routledge, 2006. xv; 169 pp. $65.00. This is a book with a clear message. Economics needs to recover the message that happiness is “civil”—that happiness depends on relationships...

... 21.4 : 413 -35. Walker, Donald. 1996 . Walras's Market Models . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Book Reviews Civil Happiness: Economics and Human Flourishing in Historical Perspective. By Luigino Bruni. London: Routledge, 2006. xv; 169 pp. $65.00. This is a book with a clear...

...Richard Jolly . By Robert L. Tignor. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006. 312 pp. $35.00. 2007 Book Reviews Civil Happiness: Economics and Human Flourishing in Historical Perspective. By Luigino Bruni. London: Routledge, 2006. xv; 169 pp. $65.00. This is a book with a clear...

... University Press. Book Reviews Civil Happiness: Economics and Human Flourishing in Historical Perspective. By Luigino Bruni. London: Routledge, 2006. xv; 169 pp. $65.00. This is a book with a clear message. Economics needs to recover the message that happiness is “civil”—that happiness depends...

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