The Nature of Capital and Income
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The Nature of Capital and Income is a foundational economic treatise by Irving Fisher that rigorously analyzes the concepts of capital, income, and their interrelationship in value theory and interest.
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Target entity: The Nature of Capital and Income Context triple: [Irving Fisher, notableWork, The Nature of Capital and Income]
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A.
The Process of Circulation of Capital
The Process of Circulation of Capital is the second volume of Karl Marx’s Das Kapital, analyzing how capital moves through the phases of production, circulation, and realization in a capitalist economy.
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B.
The Accumulation of Capital
The Accumulation of Capital is a seminal Marxist economic treatise by Rosa Luxemburg that analyzes imperialism and capitalist expansion through the lens of capital accumulation and its contradictions.
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C.
A Treatise on Money
A Treatise on Money is an influential two-volume work by economist John Maynard Keynes that analyzes the functioning of monetary systems, credit, and business cycles in modern economies.
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D.
Réflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses
Réflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses is an influential 18th-century economic treatise by Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot that anticipates key ideas of classical political economy, including capital accumulation, interest, and the role of agriculture in wealth creation.
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E.
Elements of Political Economy
Elements of Political Economy is a 19th-century treatise by James Mill that systematically presents and defends classical economic theory in a concise, didactic form.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: The Nature of Capital and Income Target entity description: The Nature of Capital and Income is a foundational economic treatise by Irving Fisher that rigorously analyzes the concepts of capital, income, and their interrelationship in value theory and interest.
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A.
The Process of Circulation of Capital
The Process of Circulation of Capital is the second volume of Karl Marx’s Das Kapital, analyzing how capital moves through the phases of production, circulation, and realization in a capitalist economy.
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B.
The Accumulation of Capital
The Accumulation of Capital is a seminal Marxist economic treatise by Rosa Luxemburg that analyzes imperialism and capitalist expansion through the lens of capital accumulation and its contradictions.
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C.
A Treatise on Money
A Treatise on Money is an influential two-volume work by economist John Maynard Keynes that analyzes the functioning of monetary systems, credit, and business cycles in modern economies.
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D.
Réflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses
Réflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses is an influential 18th-century economic treatise by Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot that anticipates key ideas of classical political economy, including capital accumulation, interest, and the role of agriculture in wealth creation.
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E.
Elements of Political Economy
Elements of Political Economy is a 19th-century treatise by James Mill that systematically presents and defends classical economic theory in a concise, didactic form.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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economic treatise ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | economics ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
clarify the conceptual foundations of capital and income
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provide a rigorous basis for interest theory ⓘ |
| author | Irving Fisher ⓘ |
| citedAs |
a classic in capital theory
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a foundational work in the theory of income and interest ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
capital as the present value of future income streams
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income as a flow of services or returns over time ⓘ |
| field |
capital theory
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economics ⓘ financial economics ⓘ interest theory ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Capital and Interest
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surface form:
The Rate of Interest
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| genre |
academic literature
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasEdition | first edition 1906 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
discussion of the relationship between capital and income
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theoretical analysis of capital ⓘ theoretical analysis of income ⓘ treatment of interest as a price of impatience and opportunity ⓘ |
| influenced |
intertemporal choice theory
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modern capital theory ⓘ modern interest theory ⓘ welfare economics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
marginal utility theory
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neoclassical economics ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Irving Fisher’s contributions to neoclassical economics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | HB501 (approximate) ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
capital
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income ⓘ interest ⓘ value theory ⓘ |
| notableFor |
formalization of capital as a stock and income as a flow
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foundation for Fisher’s later work on interest ⓘ integration of capital and income concepts into value theory ⓘ rigorous distinction between capital and income ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1906 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Macmillan Publishers
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surface form:
Macmillan
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| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
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