ABSTRACT

With the increasing acceptance of evolutionary and institutional thinking among economists, general interest in the German Historical School has risen steadily during the last decade. This book traces the development and transformation of the School, covering its leading figures such as Adam Muller, Wilhelm Roscher, Karl Knies and Lujo Brentano.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

chapter 4|18 pages

Karl Knies’s conception of political economy

The logical status of Analogie and Sitte

chapter 6|18 pages

Anonymous history in Austrian economic thought

From Carl Menger and Anton Menger to Friedrich von Wieser

chapter 7|15 pages

Gustav von Schmoller and Werner Sombart

A contrast in the historico-ethical method and social policy

chapter 10|18 pages

Lujo Brentano, Alfred Marshall, and Tokuzo Fukuda

The reception and transformation of the German Historical School in Japan

chapter 12|14 pages

Walter Eucken and Wilhelm Röpke

A reappraisal of their economic thought and the policy of ordoliberalism

chapter 13|15 pages

The economic reconstruction plan of Alfred Müller-Armack

What is the Social Market Economy?