Outlines of American Political Economy in Twelve Letters to Charles J. Ingersoll

Fülszöveg

First book-cover of the Outlines, published 1827 by S. Parker in Philadelphia, with handwritten dedication by Mathew Carey.
Erste Buchausgabe der Outlines, erschienen 1827 bei S. Parker in Philadelphia, mit handschriftlicher Widmung von Mathew Carey.



In his Outlines of American Political Economy, Friedrich List elaborates most poignantly the difference between the British-imperial free-trade doctrine and the "American System" of economics, which was later to guide also Germany and Japan in their industrialization.
"To English readers an attraction will be found in List's continuous and energetic polemic against Adam Smith, and in the close study which he made of English political and social institutions
List believed in the progressive development of nations, as measured by their productive forces. He took the broadest possible view of these forces and of the factors governing them, not only in the purely economic, but also in the political and ethical or religious... Tovább

Fülszöveg

First book-cover of the Outlines, published 1827 by S. Parker in Philadelphia, with handwritten dedication by Mathew Carey.
Erste Buchausgabe der Outlines, erschienen 1827 bei S. Parker in Philadelphia, mit handschriftlicher Widmung von Mathew Carey.



In his Outlines of American Political Economy, Friedrich List elaborates most poignantly the difference between the British-imperial free-trade doctrine and the "American System" of economics, which was later to guide also Germany and Japan in their industrialization.
"To English readers an attraction will be found in List's continuous and energetic polemic against Adam Smith, and in the close study which he made of English political and social institutions
List believed in the progressive development of nations, as measured by their productive forces. He took the broadest possible view of these forces and of the factors governing them, not only in the purely economic, but also in the political and ethical or religious spheres; everything indeed that makes for high culture and strong civilisation."
(London Economist, July 2, 1927)
Friedrich List arbeitet in seinem Grundriß der amerikanischen politischen Ökonomie höchst prägnant den Unterschied zwischen der britisch-imperialen Freihandelslehre und dem „amerikanischen System" der Wirtschaftswissenschaft heraus, das später auch die Industrialisierung Deutschlands und Japans erfolgreich leitete.
„Den englischen Leser wird Lists häufige und kraftvolle Polemik gegen Adam Smith interessieren, ebenso seine eingehende Beurteilung der politischen und gesellschaftlichen Einrichtungen Englands
„List glaubte an die fortschreitende Entwicklung der Nationen, die sich an ihren Produktivkräften messen läßt. Diese und die sie bestimmenden Faktoren betrachtete er im denkbar umfassendsten Sinne, nicht nur rein wirtschaftlich, sondem auch im Hinblick auf Politik, Ethik und Religion — eben alles, was eine hohe Kultur und starke Zivilisation ausmacht."
(Londoner Economist, 2. Juli 1927 Vissza