Europæisk tænkning og de første økonomer
EconRoots8 Apr 2020

Europæisk tænkning og de første økonomer

Har du nogensinde tænkt over, hvad økonomi er for en videnskab? Hvordan opstod den, og hvem var dens grundlæggere?

Eller har du interesseret dig for moderne diskussioner om samfundet, herunder ulighed, ressourceforbrug eller konkurrence? Hvis dette er tilfældet, er økonomiens teorihistorie vigtig og nyttig for dig. Den type af diskussioner er nemlig mindst lige så gammel som den økonomiske videnskab selv, og du vil i dens rødder også finde rødderne til de moderne argumenter.

I sæsonens andet afsnit gennemgår jeg de to grundlæggende europæiske traditioner som har formet den intellektuelle verden, hvori den økonomiske videnskab opstod – den klassiske og den kristne. Herefter gennemgår jeg de økonomiske skolastikere samt deres fokus på, at økonomien skulle skabe stabilitet i samfundet og fremme frelsen. Heraf opstod nationalstaterne og særinteresserne som finder deres intellektuelle udtryk hos merkantilisterne fra år 1600 og frem. Jeg fokuserer på de franske og de engelske varianter af merkantilismen, men jeg tager også et hurtigt kig på dansk merkantilisme. Vi slutter af med den første selvbevidste økonomiske skole, fysiokraterne.

Du vil opdage, at handelskrig er et gammelt og skadeligt middel samt, at ideen ”pick the winners” reflektererkortsigtede særinteressers sejr over det fælles bedste på længere sigt. Du vil også opdage, at rigdom ikke blot handler om at have mange penge.

Til dagens afsnit har jeg læst:

Aquinas, T. (2013). Summa Theologica. In S. Medema, & W. Samuels, The History of Economic Thought(pp. 18-27). New York: Routledge.

Glamann, K. (1983). Studier i dansk merkantilisme : omkring tekster af Otto Thott. København: Akademisk Forlag.

Heilbroner, R. (1986). The Worldly Philosophers. In A nice intro to the Economic Revolution that spawned more systematic thinking about economics (pp. Chaper 1-2). New York: Simon and Schuster.

Luther, M. (1524). On Trade and Usury. Retrieved from Southern Illinois University: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5018&context=ocj

Magnusson, L. (1994). Mercantilism: The Shaping of Economic Language. London: Routledge.

Molesworth, R. (2011). An Account of Denmark : With Francogallia and Some Considerations for the Promoting of Agriculture and Employing the Poor. Carmel: Liberty Fund.

Mun, T. (1664). England's Treasure by Foreign Trade. In S. Medema, & W. Samuels, The History of Economic Thought (pp. 35-44). New York: Routledge.

Quesnay, F. (2013). Tableau Économique. In S. Medema, & W. Samuels, The History of Economic Thought(pp. 106-108). New York: Routledge.

Viner, J. (1991). Mercantilist Thought. In J. Viner, Essays on the Intellectual History of Economics (pp. 262-276). Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Weber, M. (1995). Den protestantiske etik og kapitalismens ånd. København: Nansensgade Antikvariat.

I like to dedicate this season to my teachers Ole Bruus and Bruce Caldwell. All mistakes and mispronunciations are mine alone and no fault of theirs.

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