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Legal Foundations of Capitalism - With a new introduction by Jeffe. Biddle & Warren J. Samuels (Hardcover)
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Legal Foundations of Capitalism - With a new introduction by Jeffe. Biddle & Warren J. Samuels (Hardcover)
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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 theory of value. In order to do so thoroughly,
Commons examines the decisions of the courts. Doing so compelled an
examination of what the courts mean by reasonable value. Commons
found that the answer was tied up with a notion of reasonable
conduct. It was Commons who carried the study of the habits and
customs of social life to the next stage: the decisions of the
courts that are based on custom and that profoundly impact the
nature and function of the economic system as such. Reviewing Legal
Foundations of Capitalism, Wesley Mitchell declared that Commons
carried this "analysis further along his chosen line than any of
his predecessors. Into our knowledge of capitalism he has
incorporated a great body of new materials which no one else has
used adequately." And writing in the same American Economic Review
twenty-one years later, Selig Perlman noted that "To Commons the
workingmen were not abstract building blocks out of which a favored
deity called History was to shape the architecture of the new
society, but concrete beings with legitimate ambitions for a higher
standard of living and for more dignity in their lives." This
edition is graced with a special introduction that places Commons
in proper academic as well as intellectual context.
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