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1、TheoryofBusinessEnterprisebyThorsteinB.VeblenPreface1:Introductory2:TheMachineProcess3:BusinessEnterprise4:BusinessPrinciples5:ValueofLoanCredit6:ModernBusinessCapital7:TheoryofModernWelfare8:BusinessPrinciplesinLawandPolitics9:CulturalIncidenceofMachineProcess10:DecayofBusinessEnterprisePrefaceI
2、nrespecttoitspointofdeparture,thefollowinginquiryintothenature,causes,utility,andfurtherdriftofbusinessenterprisediffersfromotherdiscussionsofthesamegeneralrangeoffacts.Anyunfamiliarconclusionsareduetothischoiceofapointofview,ratherthantoanypeculiarityinthefacts,articlesoftheory,ormethodofargumen
3、temployed.Thepointofviewisthatgivenbythebusinessman'swork,--theaims,motives,andmeansthatconditioncurrentbusinesstraffic.Thischoiceofapointofviewisitselfgivenbythecurrenteconomicsituation,inthatthesituationplainlyisprimarilyabusinesssituation.Amuchmoreextendedanddetailedexaminationoftheramificatio
4、nsandconsequencesofbusinessenterpriseandbusinessprincipleswouldfeasible,andshouldgiveinterestingresults.Itmightconceivablyleadtosomethingofarevision(modernization)ofmorethanonepointinthecurrentbodyofeconomicdoctrines.Butitshouldapparentlyprovemoreparticularyinterestingifitwerefollowedupatlargeint
5、hebearingofthismodernforceuponculturalgrowth,apartfromwhatisofimmediateeconomicinterest.Thisculturalbearingofbusinessenterprise,however,belongsratherinthefieldofthesociologistthaninthatoftheprofessedeconomist;sothatthepresentinquiry,initslaterchapters,sinsratherbyexceedingthelegitimateboundsofeco
6、nomicdiscussiononthisheadthanbyfallingshortofthem.Inextenuationofthisfaultitissaidthatthefeaturesofgeneralculturetoucheduponinthesechaptersbeartoointimatelyontheeconomicsituationpropertoadmittheirbeingleftentirelyononeside.Ofthechaptersincludedinthevolume,thefifth,onLoanCredit,istakenwithoutsubst
7、antialchange,fromVolumeIVoftheDecennialPublicationsoftheUniversityofChicago,whereitappearsasamonograph.ChapterOneIntroductoryThematerialframeworkofmoderncivilizationistheindustrialsystem,andthedirectingforcewhichanimat
