Commercial economy

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According to Max Weber, commercial economy is a form of economic activity that is opposed to the demand economy and based on the scarcity of goods by means of production and exchange towards the goal of profit .

General

The achievement of income occurs due to the acquisition; hence the term commercial economy. Depending on who earns the income, one speaks of self-employed ( entrepreneur , entrepreneur's wages ) or dependent gainful economy ( employee , income from work ). Social associations for the purpose of meeting demand are called business communities after Weber . Historical developments from the demand economy to the commercial economy ( English Great Transformation ) is referred to as development towards modern capitalism .

Scientific origin of the term

The trigger for the definition of Max Weber was u. a. Werner Sombart's work Genesis of Capitalism . In his study of economic systems, Sombart speaks in this context of the principle of acquisition in modern capitalism. This principle follows the satisfaction of an instinct for profit that is otherwise self-sufficient. In 1902, Sombart described the establishment of the principle of acquisition with the words: "Today we can hardly imagine the tremendous sophistication involved in conceiving the idea: to earn money by doing business."

Theories

Theories on the function of the commercial economy can be found in Karl Marx , in the economists and in the classical and neoclassical economic theories .

The household economy is different depending on the time extent of the acquisition economic activity between primary, secondary and additional acquisition .

literature

  • Max Weber: § 1. Nature of the economy. Economic, economic and economic regulatory community . 1922 [2] .
  • Eugen Buß: textbook of economic sociology. Berlin / New York 1995.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Willi Prion: The theory of business operations. 1935, p. 12 .
  2. ↑ Max Weber: § 1. Nature of the economy. Economic, economic and economic regulatory community. 1922 [1] .
  3. ^ Eugen Buß: Textbook of economic sociology. Berlin / New York 1995, pp. 18-22.
  4. ↑ Werner Sombart: The modern capitalism . 1902, p. 388.