Reinhard Schumacher
Biographic Data
| ID | 3768460 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Reinhard Schumacher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Reinhard |
| FAMILY NAME | Schumacher |
| SIGNATURE | SCHUMACHER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Potsdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7260-1321 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Smith and Hume at war: The differing views of Adam Smith and David Hume on commerce and international warfare
Adam Smith and David Hume strongly support commercial societies. But both do not assume that commerce necessarily promotes peace; it might even lead to more wars. Their respective reasoning, however, is very different. Smith claims that wars arise from the rapacity of merchants and manufacturers chasing monopolies, while Hume attributes them to human nature. Smith assumes that the martial spirit decreases, Hume that it is strengthened. Smith supp…
Altering the Pattern of Trade in the Wealth of Nations: Adam Smith and the Historiography of International Trade Theory
There are three different interpretations of Adam Smith’s trade theory in modern literature: first, the neoclassical theory of absolute advantage; second, an interpretation based on increasing returns; third, an interpretation of uneven development. These interpretations come to widely different conclusions, especially considering the development of the pattern of trade in Smith’s theory. I discuss how these three interpretations emerged. They do…
The vigorous and doux soldier: David Hume’s military defence of commerce
If war is an inevitable condition of human nature, as David Hume suggests, then what type of societies can best protect us from defeat and conquest? For David Hume, commerce decreases the relative cost of war and promotes technological military advances as well as martial spirit. Commerce therefore makes a country militarily stronger and better equipped to protect itself against attacks than any other kind of society. Hume does not assume commerc…
Karl Menger as Son of Carl Menger
Relatively little is known about the relationship between Carl Menger, founder of the Austrian school of economics, and his son, Karl Menger, the mathematician, geometer, logician, and philosopher of science, whose mathematical colloquium at the University of Vienna was essential for the development of mathematical economics. Based on Karl Menger’s diaries and correspondence, the present paper considers the development and struggles of the young …
Adam Smith's "Two Distinct Benefits" From Trade: The Dead End of "Vent-for-Surplus" Interpretations
Hla Myint interpreted Adam Smith's "two distinct benefits" from foreign trade as a vent-for-surplus gain and a productivity gain. This classification has been adopted widely, but the vent-for-surplus gain has caused some debates. In this article, I show that Myint's categorization is based on a misinterpretation. Smith's two distinct benefits consist of exports and imports. Additionally, Smith does not expound a vent-for-surplus theory. Besides S…
Lexikon früher Kulturen
Memories de historia antigua
Produktivkräfte und Gesellschaftsformationen in vorkapitalistischer Zeit
Zu Entwicklungsproblemen der spätantiken thrakischen und niedermösischen Städte
Article Zu Entwicklungsproblemen der spätantiken thrakischen und niedermösischen Städte was published on March 1, 1980 in the journal Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook (volume 21, issue 3)
Probleme Des Übergangs Von Der Spätantike Zum Feudalismus
The vigorous and doux soldier: David Hume’s military defence of commerce
If war is an inevitable condition of human nature, as David Hume suggests, then what type of societies can best protect us from defeat and conquest? For David Hume, commerce decreases the relative cost of war and promotes technological military advances as well as martial spirit. Commerce therefore makes a country militarily stronger and better equipped to protect itself against attacks than any other kind of society. Hume does not assume commerc…
Karl Menger as Son of Carl Menger
Relatively little is known about the relationship between Carl Menger, founder of the Austrian school of economics, and his son, Karl Menger, the mathematician, geometer, logician, and philosopher of science, whose mathematical colloquium at the University of Vienna was essential for the development of mathematical economics. Based on Karl Menger’s diaries and correspondence, the present paper considers the development and struggles of the young …
Probleme Des Übergangs Von Der Spätantike Zum Feudalismus
Zu Entwicklungsproblemen der spätantiken thrakischen und niedermösischen Städte
Article Zu Entwicklungsproblemen der spätantiken thrakischen und niedermösischen Städte was published on March 1, 1980 in the journal Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook (volume 21, issue 3)
Produktivkräfte und Gesellschaftsformationen in vorkapitalistischer Zeit
Lexikon früher Kulturen
Memories de historia antigua
Adam Smith's "Two Distinct Benefits" From Trade: The Dead End of "Vent-for-Surplus" Interpretations
Hla Myint interpreted Adam Smith's "two distinct benefits" from foreign trade as a vent-for-surplus gain and a productivity gain. This classification has been adopted widely, but the vent-for-surplus gain has caused some debates. In this article, I show that Myint's categorization is based on a misinterpretation. Smith's two distinct benefits consist of exports and imports. Additionally, Smith does not expound a vent-for-surplus theory. Besides S…
The vigorous and doux soldier: David Hume’s military defence of commerce
If war is an inevitable condition of human nature, as David Hume suggests, then what type of societies can best protect us from defeat and conquest? For David Hume, commerce decreases the relative cost of war and promotes technological military advances as well as martial spirit. Commerce therefore makes a country militarily stronger and better equipped to protect itself against attacks than any other kind of society. Hume does not assume commerc…
Karl Menger as Son of Carl Menger
Relatively little is known about the relationship between Carl Menger, founder of the Austrian school of economics, and his son, Karl Menger, the mathematician, geometer, logician, and philosopher of science, whose mathematical colloquium at the University of Vienna was essential for the development of mathematical economics. Based on Karl Menger’s diaries and correspondence, the present paper considers the development and struggles of the young …
Altering the Pattern of Trade in the Wealth of Nations: Adam Smith and the Historiography of International Trade Theory
There are three different interpretations of Adam Smith’s trade theory in modern literature: first, the neoclassical theory of absolute advantage; second, an interpretation based on increasing returns; third, an interpretation of uneven development. These interpretations come to widely different conclusions, especially considering the development of the pattern of trade in Smith’s theory. I discuss how these three interpretations emerged. They do…
Smith and Hume at war: The differing views of Adam Smith and David Hume on commerce and international warfare
Adam Smith and David Hume strongly support commercial societies. But both do not assume that commerce necessarily promotes peace; it might even lead to more wars. Their respective reasoning, however, is very different. Smith claims that wars arise from the rapacity of merchants and manufacturers chasing monopolies, while Hume attributes them to human nature. Smith assumes that the martial spirit decreases, Hume that it is strengthened. Smith supp…
Political science (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Adam smith (3 works) · History (3 works) · Neoclassical economics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)