Leland B Yeager – författare

With this important book, esteemed economist Leland B. Yeager grounds moral and political philosophy in the requirements of a well-functioning society, one whose members reap the gains from peaceful cooperation while pursuing their own diverse goals. This book explores the reasons an individual may have for helping to uphold such a society rather than seeking a free ride on the moral behavior of others. A work in the tradition of Hume, Smith, Mill, von Mises, Hayek and Hazlitt, it expounds a rules or indirect version of utilitarianism. It reviews criticisms of utilitarianism in detail, as well as alternative grounds of ethics including contractarianism, rights-based doctrines, and appeals to specific intuitions. Yeager brings the insights of economics to bear on a field usually dominated by philosophers and theologians. Ethics comes across as a subject amply open to the findings of economics and the other social and natural sciences. Economists, philosophers and other students and scholars of the social sciences will welcome this book. It will also appeal to any reader interested in exploring the ideas of ethics.

Prominent economists including Nassau Senior, Eugene von Bӧhm-Bawerk, Gustav Cassel, Irving Fisher, Walter Eucken, and Robert Dorfman have recognized or toyed with the idea of waiting as a factor of production, but this concept has not yet been explored in its entirety until now. In this book, Leland B. Yeager and Steve H. Hanke dive into the economic theory behind waiting and contextualize its relevance to modern-day monetary policy.Capital, Interest, and Waiting challenges economists to reconsider capital theory. The arguments presented within the book embrace extant literature on capital theory, including the numerous controversies, puzzles, and debates crowding the subject. These debates range from the Cambridge controversies triggered by Joan Robinson’s work to the famous “reswitching” problem to a broader array of important problems in capital theory that were laid out by Walter Eucken, among others.Leland B. Yeager and Steve H. Hanke present, discuss, and resolve these many complexities of capital theory. Chapters break new ground again and again by demonstrating how waiting is a factor of production and interest is its price. Those who read this book will challenge long-held beliefs relevant to monetary economics and reconsider their approach to capital theory.

Prominent economists including Nassau Senior, Eugene von Bӧhm-Bawerk, Gustav Cassel, Irving Fisher, Walter Eucken, and Robert Dorfman have recognized or toyed with the idea of waiting as a factor of production, but this concept has not yet been explored in its entirety until now. In this book, Leland B. Yeager and Steve H. Hanke dive into the economic theory behind waiting and contextualize its relevance to modern-day monetary policy.Capital, Interest, and Waiting challenges economists to reconsider capital theory. The arguments presented within the book embrace extant literature on capital theory, including the numerous controversies, puzzles, and debates crowding the subject. These debates range from the Cambridge controversies triggered by Joan Robinson’s work to the famous “reswitching” problem to a broader array of important problems in capital theory that were laid out by Walter Eucken, among others.Leland B. Yeager and Steve H. Hanke present, discuss, and resolve these many complexities of capital theory. Chapters break new ground again and again by demonstrating how waiting is a factor of production and interest is its price. Those who read this book will challenge long-held beliefs relevant to monetary economics and reconsider their approach to capital theory.

Prominente Ökonomen wie Nassau Senior, Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, Gustav Cassel, Irving Fisher, Walter Eucken und Robert Dorfman haben die Idee des „Wartens“ als Produktionsfaktor erkannt oder damit experimentiert, aber das Konzept wurde bisher nicht vollständig erforscht. In diesem Buch tauchen Leland B. Yeager und Steve H. Hanke in die ökonomische Theorie des Wartens ein und kontextualisieren dessen Relevanz für die moderne Geldpolitik.Kapital, Zinsen und Warten fordert Ökonomen heraus, die Kapitaltheorie neu zu überdenken. Die im Buch präsentierten Argumente umfassen die bestehende Literatur zur Kapitaltheorie, einschließlich der zahlreichen Kontroversen, Rätsel und Debatten, die das Thema umgeben. Diese Debatten reichen von den Cambridge-Kontroversen, die durch Joan Robinsons Arbeit ausgelöst wurden, über das berühmte „Reswitching“-Problem bis hin zu einer breiteren Palette wichtiger Probleme in der Kapitaltheorie, welche unter anderem von Walter Eucken dargelegt wurden.Leland B. Yeager und Steve H. Hanke präsentieren, diskutieren und lösen die vielen Komplexitäten der Kapitaltheorie. Die Kapitel sind innovativ und bahnbrechend, weil sie zeigen, dass Warten ein entscheidender Produktionsfaktor ist und dass Zinsen dessen Preis sind. Leser dieses Buches werden lang gehegte Überzeugungen in Bezug auf die Geldwirtschaft in Frage stellen und die eigene Herangehensweise an die Kapitaltheorie neu überdenken.