O Progresso Económico das Nações no Pensamento Filosófico dos Séculos XVIII e XIX

Nino Fonseca

doi:10.34630/e-rei.vi11.5327

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Nino Fonseca Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo

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https://doi.org/10.34630/e-rei.vi11.5327

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institutions, economic growth, economic development, industrial revolution, gender equality

Abstract

The present work aims to describe the fundamental contributions of six classic authors of the 18th and 19th centuries (Hume, Smith, Malthus, Ricardo, Stuart Mill and Marx) to the understanding of the process of economic growth and development of the nations. Proper contextualization was carried out within the historical time, geographical space, training and school of thought of each author, and it was concluded that all these aspects are interconnected and associated with their contributions. In addition, it was found that many of the variables used in empirical studies of modern theory of economic growth were already present in the approaches made by classical authors. Here, the most notable emphasis goes to the importance given to gender equality and migratory flows as relevant factors for the economic progress of nations, especially if we remember that only very recently did orthodox agendas , political and academic, began to look closely at these factors.

Author Biography

Nino Fonseca, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo

Licenciado (Universidade de Évora), Mestre e Doutor em Economia (Universidade da Extremadura, Espanha). Professor Adjunto e docente de ciências económicas no Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo. Autor de vários artigos publicados em revistas indexadas na Latindex e na Scopus subordinados a diversos aspetos do estudo do crescimento económico

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The Economic Progress of Nations in the Philosophical Thought of the 18th and 19th Centuries

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