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The Economic Foundations Of Society
"Professor Loria ranks as the most learned of Italian Economists, and his book certainly does contain a marvellous amount of what Comte called Erudition, that is to say, of historical knowledge." - Speaker "Whether his conclusions be accepted or rejected, no one can follow his argument without feeling that fresh light is thrown upon the idols of the market place, and that many of the dogmas of conventional political economy are in sad need of revision." - Annals of American Academy "Signor Loria's book is a suggestive and obviously sincere work, and in associating himself with the cause of the weak against the strong, he has a laudable end in view." - Westminster Gazette "Students of economics will find this a most valuable work." - Literary Guide "In M. Loria's work there is much that will interest the student of the subjects, for he deals exhaustively with all the various economic phases, and has produced a book which has the merit of being written in a simple style." - British Journal of Commerce "A remarkable book in its way." - Scotsman "The work is ably, even eloquently, written, and is admirably translated." - Glasgow Herald
400 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
About the author
Achille Loria
110 books1 followerAchille Loria (March 2, 1857 in Mantua – November 6, 1943) was an Italian political economist.
He was educated at the lyceum of his native city and the universities of Bologna, Pavia, Rome, Berlin, and London and graduated at the University of Bologna (1877). He became professor of political economy in the University of Siena in 1881; and he held a similar appointment in the University of Padua (1891–1903), and University of Torino (1903–1932). He was elected to the Accademia dei Licei (1901) and appointed to the Italian Senate in 1919. His work draws on a wide range of predecessors: Karl Marx, Herbert Spencer, Charles Darwin, Adolf Wagner and Luigi Cossa, who was his teacher. With this background and on the basis of research on landholding in the British Museum he developed an original deterministic theory of economic development. It is based on the premise that the relative scarcity of land leads to the subjugation of some members of society by others, a mechanism that works differently in different stages of development. This concept was developed in a large number of books, many of which were translated into foreign languages. They had an indirectly influenced their interpretation of American history. Achille Loria is also seen as a forerunner of socio-legal studies (see International Institute for the Sociology of Law). Loria was one of the earliest critics of Marx's ideas, and as such his views were ridiculed by Engels. An original conception of Loria was his idea that glue spread on the wings of aircraft would be able to trap birds in such quantities that it would solve the world food problem.
He was educated at the lyceum of his native city and the universities of Bologna, Pavia, Rome, Berlin, and London and graduated at the University of Bologna (1877). He became professor of political economy in the University of Siena in 1881; and he held a similar appointment in the University of Padua (1891–1903), and University of Torino (1903–1932). He was elected to the Accademia dei Licei (1901) and appointed to the Italian Senate in 1919. His work draws on a wide range of predecessors: Karl Marx, Herbert Spencer, Charles Darwin, Adolf Wagner and Luigi Cossa, who was his teacher. With this background and on the basis of research on landholding in the British Museum he developed an original deterministic theory of economic development. It is based on the premise that the relative scarcity of land leads to the subjugation of some members of society by others, a mechanism that works differently in different stages of development. This concept was developed in a large number of books, many of which were translated into foreign languages. They had an indirectly influenced their interpretation of American history. Achille Loria is also seen as a forerunner of socio-legal studies (see International Institute for the Sociology of Law). Loria was one of the earliest critics of Marx's ideas, and as such his views were ridiculed by Engels. An original conception of Loria was his idea that glue spread on the wings of aircraft would be able to trap birds in such quantities that it would solve the world food problem.
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December 19, 2019
Published in 1907, it shows its age. I had trouble gleaning much insight out of any of the parts I skimmed. His themes are property revenue and power although I can’t say much more than that.
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