UID:
almahu_9948265239902882
Format:
1 online resource (320 p.) ;
,
cm.
ISBN:
9781783470884 (e-book)
Series Statement:
New horizons in institutional and evolutionary economics series
Content:
In this challenging book, the authors demonstrate that economists tend to misunderstand capital. Frank Knight was an exception, as he argued that because all resources are more or less durable and have uncertain future uses they can consequently be classed as capital. Thus, capital rather than labor is the real source of creativity, innovation, and accumulation. But capital is also a phenomenon in time and in space. Offering a new and path-breaking theory, they show how durable capital with large spatial domains - infrastructural capital such as institutions, public knowledge, and networks - can help explain the long-term development of cities and nations. This is a crucial book for spatial and institutional economists and anyone working outside the neoclassical mainstream. Academics and students of economic history, urban and regional planning, and economic sociology will also find it an illuminating and accessible exploration of time, space and capital.
Note:
Contents: 1. Time and space ;an introduction -- 2. Time and capital in economic doctrines -- 3. Space in economic analysis ; from discrete to two-dimensional -- Continuous theory -- 4. Dynamic theories and models ; problems and creative potential -- 5. Time in the microeconomics of consumption -- 6. Durability, duration of production, growth, and location -- 7. Expectations, capital, and entrepreneurship -- 8. A general theory of infrastructure and economic development -- 9. The role of the transport infrastructure in the first logistical revolution -- 10. Institutional infrastructure and economic games -- 11. Real estate capital -- 12. Re-conceptualizing social capital -- 13. Creative knowledge capital -- 14. Looking ahead -- Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781783470877 (hardback)
Language:
English
Keywords:
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https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781783470877/9781783470877.xml
URL:
https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781783470877/9781783470877.xml
URL:
https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781783470877/9781783470877.xml
