The Political Economy of The Art of War

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ID11222528
AutoresMatthew McCaffrey (0000-0002-2234-5240, University of Illinois at Springfield, autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume33
Fascículo4
Páginas354-371
Data de publicação2014-08-08
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoComparative Strategy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0149-5933 • E-ISSN: 1521-0448
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01495933.2014.941725
OpenAlexW1978448023
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas10

Sun Tzu's The Art of War deals with the economic aspects of military operations as well as some more general economic principles. This article studies several of its economic ideas in turn: on war and the state, the effect of war on economic affairs, and the role of incentives in promoting desired behavior within military organizations. It also discusses how the text treats ideal military strategy as a matter of opportunity discovery, analogous to entrepreneurship in the work of Israel Kirzner

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