As economias políticas nacionais vivenciadas por Georg Friedrich List

Abstract

This dissertation - through research based on the reading of the major works of Georg Friedrich List, Economy American Policy Outline and National Economic Policy System, and recent contributions of economic historians - has as the main objective to describe the development path of England, Germany and the United States of America from the eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century. To achieve this goal was made a comparison between the descriptions and interpretations of different authors. There was a significant similarity between the content presented by List (1983; 2009) and the interpretations of other economic historians regarding the development of national productive forces. The additions to List s reports realize that: a) England was the overflowing source of productive knowledge and capital to the most backward nations; b) tariff protection was not as important to national development as was supposed by List (1983); and c) Tilly's (1978) and Philip s (1980) works provide objective information that allows to specify that German agriculture had its production conditioned by feudal norms from the Middle Ages to the mid-nineteenth century. Among the main aspects of national economies experienced by List are the nation and the productive forces, linking the agricultural, industrial and commercial sectors. List (1983) emphasizes the nation as an intermediary element between the individual economy and the economy of mankind. The productive forces in List s thought do not depend only on capital and labor, but also in mental capital.