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On Political Economy and Econometrics: Essays in Honor of Oskar Lange is a commemorative publication to celebrate the achievements of Polish economist and diplomat Oscar Lange. The book is a collection of papers that tackles various issues in economy. The coverage of the text includes articles that deal with economic problems and concerns, such as the problem of monetary liquidity; research on the measures of inequality and concentration; and consumer's sovereignty in a planned economy. The book also presents materials about various methods employed in managing economy, such as stochastic linear programming and its application to economic planning; the application of statistical and mathematical methods in studies of the allocation of productive powers; and on the control of production and investment in socialism. The text will be of great interest to economists, sociologists, political scientists, and game theorists.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- On Political Economy and Econometrics
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- BIOGRAPHY OF OSKAR LANGE
- Chapter 1. Economics of Two Worlds
- Chapter 2. Die Zeitsummenformel in System der Indexformeln (The Aggregate Formula of Labour Times in the System of Index Formulae)
- THE AGGREGATE FORMULA OF LABOUR TIMES IN THE SYSTEM OF INDEX FORMULAE
- Chapter 3. The Law of Value and the Problem of Allocation in Socialism
- Chapter 4. The Problem of Monetary Liquidity
- Chapter 5. Some Further Comments on the Discussion about Socialist Price-policy
- Chapter 6. Währungspolitik als Instrument wirtschaftlicher Machtentfaltung (The Importance of Monetary Policy as a Device of Shaping t...
- THE IMPORTANCE OF MONETARY POLICY AS A DEVICE FOR SHAPING THE ECONOMIC POSITION OF COUNTRIES
- Chapter 7. Some Thoughts about Mathematical Models in Relation to Economic Theory
- Chapter 8. The Calculation of the Economic Efficiency of Foreign Trade
- Chapter 9. Ricerche sulle misure di disegualianza e di concentrazione (Researches on the Measures of Inequality and Concentration)
- RESEARCHES ON THE MEASURES OF INEQUALITY AND CONCENTRATION
- Chapter 10. A Multilateral Trade Clearing Agency
- Chapter 11. A Note on the Rules of Behaviour for Competitive Socialism
- Chapter 12. External Economies via Infrastructure in a Two-Sector Model
- Chapter 13. Oskar Lange as a Theoretician of Historical Materialism
- Chapter 14. Econometric Model and Historical Materialism
- Chapter 15. TPУДOBAЯ TEOPИЯ CTOИMOCTИ И ЭKOHOMETPИKA
- THE LABOUR THEORY ÓF VALUE AND ECONOMETRICS
- Chapter 16. ПPOЦEHTHAЯ CTABКA B ΠEPCΠEКTИBHЬIX PACЧETAX ΠO ЭКOHOMИЧECКOЙ ЭΦΦEКTИBHOCTИ (The Labour Theory of Value and Econometrics)
- THE RATE OF INTEREST IN THE LONG-TERM ACCOUNTING OF ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
- Chapter 17. Scheme of Reproduction under a System of Monopoly Price
- Chapter 18. Praxiology and Economics
- Chapter 19. Three Conceptions of the Political Economy of Socialism
- Chapter 20. Einige Überlegungen zu einigen modernen Tendenzen der Entwicklung des Nationalprodukts (Remarks on Some Modern Tendencies of t...
- REMARKS ON SOME MODERN TENDENCIES OF THE GROWTH OF NATIONAL PRODUCT
- Chapter 21. Fractile Graphical Analysis
- Chapter 22. Professor Oskar Lange on Economic Theory of Socialism and Yugoslav Economic Thinking
- Chapter 23. Zur Genesis der Schumpeterschen Theorie der Wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung (Contribution to the Genesis of Schumpeter's Theory...
- CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENESIS OF SCHUMPETER'S THEORY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- Chapter 24. CTATИCTИКA И COЦИOЛOГИЧECКИE ИCCЛEДOBAHИЯ B COBĘTCКOM COЮЗE (Statistics and Sociological Research in the U.S.S.R.)
- STATISTICS AND SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE U.S.S.R.
- Chapter 25. On the Control of Production and Investment in Socialism
- Chapter 26. Investment and Employment
- Chapter 27. ΠPИMEHEHИE CTATИCTИЧECКИX И MATEMATИЧECКИX METOДOB B ИCCЛEДOBAHИЯX PAЗMEЩEHИЯ ΠPOИЗBOДИTEЛЬHЬIX CИЛ
- THE APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN STUDIES ON THE ALLOCATION OF PRODUCTIVE POWERS
- Chapter 28. Problems of Motivation and Economic Theory
- Chapter 29. Behavioristic Points of View on Mathematical Statistics
- Chapter 30. Les Industries Motrices et la Planification de la Croissance d'une Économie Nationale (Leading Industries and the Plann in...
- LEADING INDUSTRIES AND THE PLANNING OF ECONOMIC GROWTH
- Chapter 31. Analysis of Structural Dependences in Central Plan Construction
- Chapter 32. Consumer's Sovereignty in a Planned Economy
- Chapter 33. A Note on the Long-term Planning of New Industrial Developments
- Chapter 34. Aspects of Co-existence
- Chapter 35. Servo-Mechanisms and Controllers in Economic Theory and Policy
- Chapter 36. Transitional Planning
- Chapter 37. Some Notes on Hierarchy in Economic Planning
- Chapter 38. The Significance of Welfare Economics for Socialism
- Chapter 39. Stochastic Linear Programming and its Application to Economic Planning
- Chapter 40. Prices, Incentives and Calculation Methods
- Chapter 41. The Consumption Model and Means of its Implementation
- Chapter 42. Are There Laws of Progress?
- Bibliography of Works 1925—1963