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František Ladislav Rieger - zakladatel české ekonomické literatury
[František Ladislav Rieger - a founder of czech economic literature]

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  • Jaroslav Krameš

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In the Czech society, the tradition of modern economic theory written in the Czech language was started by František Ladislav Rieger (1818 - 1903). He laid foundations of the Czech economic terminology in his work. He can be called a founder of modern economic literature written in Czech. He presented a complex view of economic liberalism and its role in society development at that time. He was convinced that free competition connected with industrial revolution was a guarantee of affluence growth in the society, of decreasing prices, growth of the consumption of the population, and mainly of working people. Free competition is the main lever of progress. He sharply criticized Engels's work about the position of working class in England, which was popular in the Czech lands. On the other hand, he understood free competition as a rule that did not have to be implemented absolutely. Rieger inclined to support some reforms in distribution of wealth in the society. But he only outlined the main trends of changes in distribution and problems related to distribution. He considered intangible goods and intellectual work as very important for the society and economic development. He argued against A. Smith's concept of productive and nonproductive labor.

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  • Jaroslav Krameš, 1999. "František Ladislav Rieger - zakladatel české ekonomické literatury [František Ladislav Rieger - a founder of czech economic literature]," Politická ekonomie, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 1999(6).
    • Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlpol:v:1999:y:1999:i:6:id:89
    DOI: 10.18267/j.polek.89
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