Identify the concept Flashcards
The Greek name for household management, also the title of Xenophon’s book
Oikonomikos
The first real school of thought in the history of economic thought, they emphasize the importance of agriculture and perceive industry as unproductive
Physiocrats
Mathematical methodology of Jeremy Bentham for quantifying pleasure and pain.
Felicific Calculus (related to utilitarianism)
Metaphor for price adjustments, used in the work of Léon Walras.
Walrasian Auctioneer
The title of Joseph Schumpeter’s book, in which Schumpeter decides that capitalism will not prevail and be replaced by socialism
“Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy”
The invisible hand
Adam Smith
The corn model
David Ricardo
Conspicuous consumption
Thorstein Veblen
Money illusion
Irving Fisher
Market socialism
Oskar Lange