1st Edition

Legal Foundations of Capitalism

Edited By John R. Commons Copyright 1995
432 Pages
by Routledge

432 Pages
by Routledge

394 Pages
by Routledge

In what has universally been recognized as a classic of institutional economics, John R. Commons combined the skills of a professional economist, the sensibilities of an American historian, and the passion of an active participant in the conflicts of individuals, self-interest of groups, and function of voluntary associations. The aim of this volume is to work out an evolutionary and behavioral... Read more
Legal Foundations of Capitalism; I: Mechanism, Scarcity, Working Rules; II: Property, Liberty and Value; III: Physical, Economic, And Moral Power; IV: Transactions; V: Going Concerns; VI: The Rent Bargain—Feudalism And Use-Value; VII: The Price Bargain—Capitalism And Exchange-Value; VIII: The Wage Bargain—Industrialism; IX: Public Purpose

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John R. Commons