 | John Cunningham Wood, Ronald N. Woods - 1990 - 440 стор.
...classical theory. See, for example, Mills's discussion of "Competition and Custom" in which he states that "only through the principle of competition has...economy any pretension to the character of a science." [Mills 1900, Bk 2, Chap. 4, Sec. 1, p. 235]. This is after having stated that "custom" (sociological... | |
 | John Eatwell, Murray Milgate, Peter Newman - 1990 - 340 стор.
...of rationality, particularly shifting capital and labour to activities that yield higher returns); 'Only through the principle of competition has political economy any pretension to the character of science', ([1848] 1909, p. 242). Certainly, there is no general principle that prevents the creation... | |
 | Christopher Herbert - 1991 - 384 стор.
...not on the hypothesis of social solidarity but on that of strife and competition, for, as Mill says, "only through the principle of competition has political...economy any pretension to the character of a science" (Principles 1:286). Economists accordingly take it as a rule of procedure, Mill stipulates, to exclude... | |
 | John Cunningham Wood - 1991 - 676 стор.
...and leave the rest to the routine of practice or the sagacity of conjecture."29 On the other hand, "only through the principle of competition has political economy any pretension to the character of a science,"30 a proposition which FY Edgeworth was later in effect to repeat, when he wrote that if monopoly... | |
 | Bhikhu C. Parekh - 1993 - 384 стор.
...and leave the rest to the routine of practice or the sagacity of conjecture." M On the other hand, "only through the prin-ciple of competition has political...economy any pretension to the character of a science," 30 a proposition which FY Edgeworth was later in effect to repeat, when he wrote that if monopoly should... | |
 | Bhikhu C. Parekh - 1993 - 384 стор.
...and leave the rest to the routine of practice or the sagacity of conjecture." 29 On the other hand, "only through the principle of competition has political...economy any pretension to the character of a science," M a proposition which FY Edgeworth was later in effect to repeat, when he wrote that if monopoly should... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1998 - 516 стор.
...exclusive stress upon the first of these agencies; to exaggerate the effect of competition, and to take into little account the other and conflicting...science. So far as rents, profits, wages, prices, are determined by competition, laws may be assigned for them. Assume competition to be their exclusive... | |
 | John Skorupski - 1998 - 612 стор.
...mechanism supposed by the science to deduce the distributive consequences of rules of private property: "(O]nly through the principle of competition has political...economy any pretension to the character of a science". Mill admits that "it would be a great misconception of the actual course of human affairs to suppose... | |
 | Claudia C. Klaver - 2003 - 264 стор.
...sees this error as a product of political economists' attempts to render their theories scientific: "This is partly intelligible, if we consider that...economy any pretension to the character of a science. . . . Assume competition to be their exclusive regulator, and principles of broad generality and scientific... | |
 | John Cunningham Wood, Michael C. Wood - 2004 - 508 стор.
...statement is reminiscent of John Stuart Mill, who, though led by Comte to pay attention to custom, said that "only through the principle of competition has...economy any pretension to the character of a science." But if scientific study of the actual behaviour, or of customary behaviour, in economic life is possible,... | |
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This is partly intelligible, if we consider that only through the principle of competition has political economy any pretension to the character of a science. So far as rents, profits, wages, prices, are determined by competition, laws may be assigned... 
