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Abstract
It is quite a fundamental proposition of Richard Cantillon's Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en General (1755) that employment and population bear a negative relation to the level of real subsistence wages - a form of wages (or subsistence) fund doctrine. This paper presents a 'rational reconstruction' of Cantillon's system and the relation between real wages and employment within it. It seeks thereby to clarify the difficulties in the way of this doctrine operating in a market economy constructed along Cantillonian lines - as opposed to a Cantillonian command economy. These results are contrasted with a model of Cantillon by Hans Brems.
理查德·坎蒂永(Richard Cantillon)的《一般商业自然论》(Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en General)(1755年)的一个基本命题是,就业和人口与实际最低工资水平呈负相关——这是工资(或最低生活)基金学说的一种形式。本文提出了坎蒂永体系的“理性重构”,以及其中实际工资与就业之间的关系。因此,它试图澄清这种学说在按照坎蒂洛学派(而不是坎蒂洛学派的指令经济)的路线构建的市场经济中运作的困难。这些结果与汉斯·布莱姆斯(Hans Brems)的Cantillon模型进行了对比。
期刊介绍:
The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought (EJHET), a peer-reviewed journal, has quickly established itself as a leading forum for lively discussion on a wide range of issues in the history of economic thought. With contributions from both established international scholars and younger academics, EJHET is entirely pluralist and non-partisan with regard to subjects and methodologies - it does not subscribe to any particular current of thought, nor relate to any one geographic zone. The Managing Editors and Editorial Board and Advisory Board members are drawn from throughout Europe and beyond, and are committed to encouraging scholars from around the world to contribute to international research and debate.