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The Beginnings of Political Economy

Johann Heinrich Gottlob von Justi

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Editors:
  1. Jürgen Georg Backhaus

    1. University of Erfurt Krupp Chair in Public Finance and Fiscal Sociology, Erfurt, Germany

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  • Biography of Johann Heinrich Gottlob von Justi
  • Focuses on both his personal life and economic philosophy, and how one gave rise to the other
  • Underlines the development of economics as a separate science
  • Ten authors document Justi's thoughts on a range of issues including moral and health economics, taxation, and the good society

Part of the book series: The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences (EHES, volume 7)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. From Wolff to Justi

    • Jürgen G. Backhaus
    Pages 1-18

  3. A Bibliography of J.H.G. von Justi

    • Erik S. Reinert, Hugo Reinert
    Pages 19-31

  4. Johann Heinrich Gottlob von Justi - The Life and Times of an Economist Adventurer

    • Erik S. Reinert
    Pages 33-74

  5. Justi and the Post-Montesquieu French Debate on Commercial Nobility in 1756

    • Ulrich Adam
    Pages 75-98

  6. The International Aspects of Justi’s Work

    • Marcel van Meerhaeghe
    Pages 99-110

  7. Justi and Japan

    • Shigenari Kanamori
    Pages 111-116

  8. Justi’s Concept of Moral Economics and the Good Society

    • Helge Peukert
    Pages 117-132

  9. Cameralism and Labour in von Justi’s Economic Thinking

    • Hans Frambach
    Pages 133-145

  10. J.H.G. Justi in Austria: His Writings in the Context of Economic and Industrial Policies of the Habsburg Empire in the 18th Century

    • Günther Chaloupek
    Pages 147-156

  11. Justi’s Concept of Taxation

    • Karl Heinz Schmidt
    Pages 157-170

  12. Johann Heinrich Gottlob von Justi (1717-1771): Health as Part of a State’s Capital Endowment

    • Ursula Backhaus
    Pages 171-195
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Ju¨ rgen G. Backhaus 1 Johann Heinrich Gottlob (von) Justi was born in 1702 in Bru¨ cken in Prussia (county of Sangerhausen), studied law and cameral sciences in Wittenberg and Jena, yet had to leave the university, entered the Prussian military service, was captured during the Austrian war of succession by the Austrians but escaped to Leipzig (Saxony) where he studied mineral sciences. In 1750 he was called to a chair ‘‘Cameral Sciences and Rhetorics’’ at the new Theresian Academy of Knights in Vienna. There, he gave two important inaugural lectures which are the focal point of this book. In 1754, Justi was appointed a mineral counsellor in Gottingen ¨ (Hanover), and lectured at the Saxonian University on both state sciences and natural sciences. In 1762, Frederic II (the Great) of Prussia appointed him Prussian captain (highest supervisory position) of mines and general supervisor of fiscal-mineral activities. In 1768 he was accused of embezzlement, and before he could prove his innocence, he died in 1771 as a prisoner in the (decaying) fortress of Ku¨ strin. Due to his death, the case was never decided. But Frederic had obviously made his own decision. When he appointed Justi, the appointee pointed out that he was suffering from weak eye sight and could not readily check the bookkeeping. Frederic replied: You may have weak eyes but you have a bright mind. I shall put two eyes by your side.

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  • University of Erfurt Krupp Chair in Public Finance and Fiscal Sociology, Erfurt, Germany

    Jürgen Georg Backhaus

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