Økonomisk teori og filosofi

Les cycles rythment aussi bien nos vies personnelles que l¿évolution de l¿économie, des marchés financiers, de la démographie, de nos sociétés. Pourtant, leur philosophie, leur symbolisme et leur portée scientifique restent ignorés du monde contemporain, toujours plus attaché à la lecture matérialiste de l¿économie et de notre monde en général. Néanmoins, le fait de comprendre les cycles permet de prévoir et d¿anticiper le cours des évènements qui se répètent inlassablement dans un ordre immuable. Aussi, il est important de mesurer l¿effet des cycles sur les marchés et les sociétés.Ce livre singulier parcourt un nombre de connaissances considérables sur la question des cycles. Les auteurs les plus illustres nous rappellent l¿importance du temps, qüil s¿agisse de textes anciens ou de Nikolaï Kondratiev, Clément Juglar, Joseph Schumpeter, etc. Les connaissances les plus anciennes comme les plus récentes y sont présentées. Là où les fractales et les mathématiques établissent le véritable rôle du temps sur les marchés, l¿enseignement traditionnel des cycles nous renvoie à la finalité des dynamiques économiques et sociales. La combinaison d¿une approche mathématique et d¿une approche plus intuitive de la question des cycles ouvre de nouvelles perspectives sur les marchés financiers. Thomas Andrieu, 20 ans, qui a préfacé en 2023 de grands économistes comme Kitchin ou Kondratiev, publie ici son cinquième ouvrage. De 2021, prémices de l¿effondrement à Révolution Cryptos, il est en France l¿auteur le plus prolifique de sa génération dans le domaine de l¿économie.

Se procurer cet ouvrage unique enfin traduit en français revient à soutenir les intellectuels tués pour leurs idées, partout à travers le monde et à travers l¿Histoire. En effet, s¿il est rare de dénombrer des économistes morts pour leurs théories, Nikolaï Kondratiev (Kondratieff en français) est de ceux-là ! Fusillé le 17 septembre 1938, à 46 ans, sur le sol soviétique.L¿oeuvre de Nikolaï Kondratiev n¿est pas seulement l¿aboutissement de plus d¿un demi-siècle de réflexion sur les cycles économiques, c¿est la découverte de la nature profondément fractale des cycles humains. L¿enjeu de l¿étude des cycles de Nikolaï Kondratiev est aujourd¿hui considérable, et plus nécessaire que jamais. Ce que Joseph Schumpeter nomma plus tard comme le cycle-K, ce sont des cycles longs d¿une durée comprise entre 4 et 6 décennies dans lesquels la diffusion de l¿innovation joue un rôle absolument central.Découvrez cette oeuvre traduite et préfacée par Thomas Andrieu, le nouveau spécialiste français des cycles économiques.Les Atemporels, c¿est une collection qui réunit des oeuvres qui ne vieillissent pas, qui ont une date de publication mais pas de date de péremption. Car elles seront encore lues et relues dans un siècle.

This book investigates the economic organization of ancient societies from a comparative perspective. By pursuing an interdisciplinary approach, including contributions by archaeologists, historians of antiquity, economic historians as well as historians of economic thought, it studies various aspects of ancient economies, such as the material living conditions including production technologies, etc.; economic institutions such as markets and coinage; as well as the economic thinking of the time. In the process, it also explores the comparability of economic thought, economic institutions and economic systems in ancient history. Focusing on the Ancient Near East as well as the Mediterranean, including Greece and Rome, this comparative perspective makes it possible to identify historical permanencies, but also diverse forms of social and political organization and cultural systems. These institutions are then evaluated in terms of their capacity to solve economic problems, such as the efficient use of resources or political stability.  The first part of the book introduces readers to the methodological context of the comparative approach, including an evaluation of the related historiographical tradition. Subsequent parts discuss a range of development models, elements of economic thinking in ancient societies, the role of trade and globalization, and the use of monetary and financial instruments, as well as political aspects.

This book helps and promotes the use of machine learning tools and techniques in econometrics and explains how machine learning can enhance and expand the econometrics toolbox in theory and in practice. Throughout the volume, the authors raise and answer six questions: 1) What are the similarities between existing econometric and machine learning techniques? 2) To what extent can machine learning techniques assist econometric investigation? Specifically, how robust or stable is the prediction from machine learning algorithms given the ever-changing nature of human behavior? 3) Can machine learning techniques assist in testing statistical hypotheses and identifying causal relationships in 'big data? 4) How can existing econometric techniques be extended by incorporating machine learning concepts? 5) How can new econometric tools and approaches be elaborated on based on machine learning techniques? 6) Is it possible to develop machine learning techniques further and make them even more readily applicable in econometrics?As the data structures in economic and financial data become more complex and models become more sophisticated, the book takes a multidisciplinary approach in developing both disciplines of machine learning and econometrics in conjunction, rather than in isolation. This volume is a must-read for scholars, researchers, students, policy-makers, and practitioners, who are using econometrics in theory or in practice. 

"A compelling new account of Wollstonecraft as critic of commercial modernity. Through her major works, Wollstonecraft emerges as both political and economic radical, anticipating later Romantics. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details"--

The world's leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimistic history of human progress toward equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding, a perfect introduction to the ideas developed in his monumental earlier books.It is easy to be pessimistic about inequality. We know it has increased dramatically in many parts of the world over the past two generations. No one has done more to reveal the problem than Thomas Piketty. Now, in this surprising and powerful new work, Piketty reminds us that the grand sweep of history gives us reasons to be optimistic. Over the centuries, he shows, we have been moving toward greater equality.Piketty guides us with elegance and concision through the great movements that have made the modern world for better and worse: the growth of capitalism, revolutions, imperialism, slavery, wars, and the building of the welfare state. It's a history of violence and social struggle, punctuated by regression and disaster. But through it all, Piketty shows, human societies have moved fitfully toward a more just distribution of income and assets, a reduction of racial and gender inequalities, and greater access to health care, education, and the rights of citizenship.Our rough march forward is political and ideological, an endless fight against injustice. To keep moving, Piketty argues, we need to learn and commit to what works, to institutional, legal, social, fiscal, and educational systems that can make equality a lasting reality. At the same time, we need to resist historical amnesia and the temptations of cultural separatism and intellectual compartmentalization. At stake is the quality of life for billions of people.We know we can do better, Piketty concludes. The past shows us how. The future is up to us.