Quiz 1 Flashcards
an idea that resurfaced many centuries later in the subjective theory of value that separated the neo-classical economics form classical economics
Hedonism
He articulated the calculus for hedonism, further stating that hapiness should be greater than pain
Jeremy Bentham
The scarcity and quality of human productiove skilss, led ____ to the theory do wage differentials, which recognized relative efficiencies of different skills and the relative cost of acquiring those skills
Gerald Odonis
described poverty as a state in which someone does not have that which he desires
jean buridan
he said that value is determined by the common need of something scarce; as long as there was abundance in the face of strong demand, indigentia would not raise price.
henry of friemar
argued that the “just price” was a kind of arbitrated price. he n argued that just price was a substitute for the unregulated, competitive, market price when markets had not yet reached the stage of development.
David Friedman
was the economic
organization in the Middle Ages. The king was the repository of all legal property rights
Feudalism
means household
oikos
refers to the system of production, resource allocation, and distribution of goods and services within a society
Economic System
The Greeks formalized the active and rational pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain in their doctrine of
hedonism
The head of the Ancient Greek’s household was known as
Oikodesptes
makes decision for the society.
Authoritarian Ruler
means management
nemein
his ideas about the functions of money are still relevant today
Aristotle
He was opposed to class
distinctions, luxury, and ostentation. He favored social mobility, peace, order, national wealth, and a large population
Mo Ti
his contribution to Aristotelian value theory were: his affirmation of the double measure of goods (value in use vs. value in exchange), and introduced wants into the price
formula.
Thomas Aquinas
was composed of over 500 appointed citizens to run the affairs of Athens.
Boule
in this book Xenophon “remarks that the greater the number of superfluous dishes set before
a man, the sooner a feeling of repletion comes over him; and so, as regards the duration of his
pleasure, too, the man who has many courses put before him is worse off than the moderate
liver.”
Hiero
He investigated the and refined the moral imperative justice through optimum polity, which was
rigid, static, and ideal construct. According to him, cities originated from exchange.
Plato
_______were the tokens of exchange
in the marketplace
Money
The lending of money with a high interest rate
Usury
started way back during
the Eastern Chou Dynasty (771-249 BC).
CHINESE ECONOMICS. History of Chinese Economic Thought
CHINESE ECONOMICS. History of Chinese Economic Thought
Confucius
his ways are more of democratic and just leadership. Taxes depend on the abilities of the people and it is in proportion to the produce of
their lands.
Confucius
They differ in matters of implementation in promoting
economic harmony and welfare.
Moists
advocated government by a system of laws that rigidly prescribed punishments and rewards for specific behaviors. They stressed the direction of all human activity toward the goal of increasing the power of the ruler and the state
The Legalists
viewed economics as means to
an end. The end was the salvation.
Muslims
Muslims believed in homo Islamic, not _________________
homo oeconomicus
is a Persian philosopher who was one of the most prominent and influential Muslim philosophers, theologians, jurists, and mystics, of Sunni Islam.
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
