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KAPITAL UND KAPITALZINS. 2. Abteilung Positive Theorie des Kapitales

1921

by Böhm Bawerk

[Title Page and Publication Details]: Title pages and publication information for Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk's 'Positive Theorie des Kapitales', published in Innsbruck in 1889 as the second part of his work 'Kapital und Kapit...

Austrian School Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk Carl Menger Empiricism Friedrich von Wieser Historical School Karl Knies Marginal Utility Methodology Johann Karl Rodbertus Wilhelm Roscher William Stanley Jevons Interest Theory Price Theory Roundabout Production Subsistence Fund Interest Rates Jean-Baptiste Say Causality Human Action John Stuart Mill Capital Theory Productivity economic efficiency raw materials Adolf Wagner Karl Marx Adam Smith Classical Economics David Hume Economic History Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot Factors of Production Socialism Leon Walras economic goods exploitation Human Capital Social Policy Wages Capital Goods Capital Accumulation Productivity of Capital Diminishing Returns Innovation Investment Johann Heinrich von Thunen Abstinence Theory Nassau Senior Ferdinand Lassalle Saving Capital Consumption Equilibrium Capital Structure Economic Calculation stationary economy Entrepreneurship Individualism Exchange Value Objective Value Subjective Value Use Value Hermann Heinrich Gossen Scarcity Utility Complementary Goods Zurechnung Production Costs Interventionism Price Formation Division of Labor Competition Supply and Demand Purchasing Power Profit and Loss Time Preference Emil Sax Uncertainty Speculation usury surplus value Labor Market Mathematical Economics proletariat Depreciation David Ricardo Ground Rent Capitalism Monopoly Social Justice Planned Economy

Table of Contents · 75 segments

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Title Page and Publication Detailstheoretical

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Preface: Methodology and Theoretical Foundationstheoretical

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Table of Contents (Inhalts-Uebersicht)theoretical

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Introduction: The Dual Nature of Capitaltheoretical

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Book I, Section I: Man and Nature in Productiontheoretical

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The Essence of Capital and Roundabout Productiontheoretical

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Illustrative Examples of Productive Detourstheoretical

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The Law of Greater Productivity in Roundabout Methodstheoretical

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Defining Capital and the Controversy of Terminologytheoretical

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The Dispute Over the Concept of Capital: Historical Overviewtheoretical

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The Bifurcation of Capital: Private vs. Social Capitaltheoretical

12

A Survey of Competing Capital Definitionstheoretical

13

Principles for a Scientific Definition of Capitaltheoretical

14

Critique of Roscher and Knies on Capitaltheoretical

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Critique of 'Personal Capital' and Labor as Capitaltheoretical

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Social and Private Capital: Definitions and Distinctionstheoretical

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The Concrete Composition of Social and Private Capitaltheoretical

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Book II: Capital as a Tool of Productiontheoretical

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The Nature of the Capitalist Production Processchapter

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Indirect Production and the Productivity of Capitaltheoretical

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Degrees of Capitalism and the Law of Diminishing Returns of Roundabout Methodstheoretical

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The Function of Capital in Production and the Rejection of Capital as an Independent Factortheoretical

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The Theory of Capital Formation: Saving vs. Productionchapter

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The Nature of Saving Productive Forcestheoretical

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Maintenance and Increase of Capital Stocktheoretical

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The Structure of National Capital: Concentric Maturity Ringstheoretical

27

Numerical Example of Capital Maintenance and Growththeoretical

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Capital Formation in Socialist vs. Individualist Societiestheoretical

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Critique of Objections to the Saving Theorytheoretical

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I. Abschnitt. Der Werth. I. Die beiden Werthbegriffetheoretical

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II. Wesen und Ursprung des subjektiven Werthestheoretical

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III. Die Grösse des Werthes (The Law of Marginal Utility)theoretical

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IV. Werthgrösse bei verschiedenen Verwendungsartentheoretical

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V. Der Werth komplementärer Gütertheoretical

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VI. Der Werth der Produktivgüter und das Verhältnis von Werth und Kostentheoretical

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The Basic Law of Price Formationtheoretical

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The Economic Conditions of Exchangetheoretical

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Price Formation in Isolated and One-Sided Competitiontheoretical

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Price Formation Under Bilateral Competitiontheoretical

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The Determinants of Price and the Role of Moneytheoretical

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The Law of Costs and Its Relation to Marginal Utilitytheoretical

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Section III: Present and Future in the Economytheoretical

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The Commensurability of Present and Future Sensationstheoretical

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The Valuation of Future Goods and the Role of Uncertaintytheoretical

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The First Reason for Higher Valuation: Differences in Provisiontheoretical

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The Second Reason: Systematic Undervaluation of the Futuretheoretical

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The Third Reason: Technical Superiority of Present Goodstheoretical

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Interaction of the Three Reasons and Market Price Formationtheoretical

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The Origin of Interest: General Introductiontheoretical

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The First Main Case: Loans and Loan Interesttheoretical

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Critique of the Use Theory (Nutzungstheorie)theoretical

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Polemic with Karl Knies on the Nature of Loanstheoretical

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Indirect Effects and the Definition of Exchangetheoretical

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Practical Aspects of Loan Interest and Negative Interesttheoretical

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The Second Main Case: Entrepreneurial Profittheoretical

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Complications: Gradual Value Growth and Alternative Usestheoretical

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The Labor Market and the Value of Labortheoretical

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The General Market for Subsistence Meanstheoretical

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The Composition and Staggering of the Subsistence Fundtheoretical

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The Mathematical Relation Between Wealth and Production Durationtheoretical

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Price Formation on the Subsistence Market and the Origin of Interesttheoretical

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Critique of Socialist Interest Theory and the Role of Coerciontheoretical

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Interest from Durable Goods (The Use Theory)theoretical

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Interest in Productive Durable Goods and Land Renttheoretical

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Summary of Interest Origins and Social Implicationstheoretical

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Interest in the Socialist Statetheoretical

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Section V: The Level of Interest Rates - Interest in Individual Exchangetheoretical

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Interest Rates in Market Exchange: The Simplest Hypothesistheoretical

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The Law of the Marginal Productivity of Capitaltheoretical

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The Capital Market in Full Development: Diverse Demandstheoretical

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The Psychology of Saving and Capital Formationtheoretical

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Appendix I: Calculation of the Subsistence Fundtheoretical

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Appendix II: Response to Robert Meyer on the Exploitation Theorytheoretical

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Author Index and Bibliographybibliography

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Colophon and Publication Detailsbibliography