CLASSICAL POLITICAL ECONOMY CONCEPTS OF VALUE AND RENT AGAINST MAINSTREAM ECONOMIC THEORY Cover Image

КОНЦЕПЦИИТЕ НА КЛАСИЧЕСКАТА ПОЛИТИЧЕСКА ИКОНОМИЯ ЗА СТОЙНОСТТА И РЕНТАТА СРЕЩУ МЕЙНСТРИЙМА В ИКОНОМИЧЕСКАТА ТЕОРИЯ
CLASSICAL POLITICAL ECONOMY CONCEPTS OF VALUE AND RENT AGAINST MAINSTREAM ECONOMIC THEORY

Author(s): Rumen Andreev
Subject(s): History, Economy, Economic history, History of ideas, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Public Finances, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Център за стопанско-исторически изследвания
Keywords: political economy; classical political economy; concepts of value; concepts of rent; mainstream economic theory

Summary/Abstract: For a long time it was believed that the marginalist revolution rejected classical political economy and created modern economic science. In fact, various problems that had been studied by classical political economy ware completely neglected and unexplored by mainstream economic theory since the marginalist revolution. The purpose of the article is to present facts that classical political economy and mainstream theory after the marginalist revolution explore quite different problems in economic science. Two of the turning point concepts in economic theory are analyzed, that of value and land rent, which are decisive for the foundation of classical political economy. The concept of land rent as part of the distribution is almost absent from mainstream theory, and that of value is taken as an axiom. In Bulgaria, there are studies that present the fundamental differences in the two theories, but without examining the specific concepts of value and rent, which are key to the change in economic theory. The article shows why classical political economy remains relevant by better analyzing contemporary reality. Comparative and historical analysis was used for the needs of the research.

  • Issue Year: VIII/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 263-274
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Bulgarian