Capital and Time
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Capital and Time is an influential economic work by John R. Hicks that analyzes the role of capital, interest, and intertemporal choice in dynamic economic theory.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Capital and Time Context triple: [John R. Hicks, notableWork, Capital and Time]
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Spending Time
"Spending Time" is a track featured on the album *King of Stage* by American R&B singer Bobby Brown.
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Past and Present
Past and Present is a 19th-century historical and social critique by Thomas Carlyle that contrasts medieval monastic life with the industrial age to condemn modern social injustices and moral decay.
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Between Past and Future
"Between Past and Future" is a collection of political and philosophical essays by Hannah Arendt that examines the crises of modernity and the challenges of freedom, authority, and tradition in contemporary society.
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D.
The World’s Progress
The World’s Progress is a comprehensive reference work compiled by American publisher George Palmer Putnam that surveys major events, discoveries, and developments throughout world history.
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Time
Time is a 1995 song by the American rock band Screaming Trees, featured on their album "Dust."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Capital and Time Target entity description: Capital and Time is an influential economic work by John R. Hicks that analyzes the role of capital, interest, and intertemporal choice in dynamic economic theory.
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A.
Spending Time
"Spending Time" is a track featured on the album *King of Stage* by American R&B singer Bobby Brown.
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B.
Past and Present
Past and Present is a 19th-century historical and social critique by Thomas Carlyle that contrasts medieval monastic life with the industrial age to condemn modern social injustices and moral decay.
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C.
Between Past and Future
"Between Past and Future" is a collection of political and philosophical essays by Hannah Arendt that examines the crises of modernity and the challenges of freedom, authority, and tradition in contemporary society.
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D.
The World’s Progress
The World’s Progress is a comprehensive reference work compiled by American publisher George Palmer Putnam that surveys major events, discoveries, and developments throughout world history.
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E.
Time
Time is a 1995 song by the American rock band Screaming Trees, featured on their album "Dust."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
economic treatise ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | economic theory ⓘ |
| author |
John R. Hicks
ⓘ
John Richard Hicks ⓘ
linked to:
John R. Hicks
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| contributor | John R. Hicks ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | John R. Hicks ⓘ |
| describedBySource | economic literature ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
economics
ⓘ
macroeconomics ⓘ microeconomics ⓘ |
| genre | economics literature ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
capital as dated inputs
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interest as a price of time ⓘ intertemporal equilibrium ⓘ time structure of production ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
economic methodology
ⓘ
macroeconomic policy analysis ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of interest rates
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analysis of intertemporal equilibrium ⓘ discussion of investment and saving decisions ⓘ theoretical analysis of capital ⓘ |
| hasTheoreticalApproach |
dynamic analysis
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neo-classical ⓘ |
| influenced |
intertemporal general equilibrium theory
ⓘ
macroeconomic growth theory ⓘ modern capital theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Austrian capital theory
ⓘ
linked to:
The Pure Theory of Capital
John Maynard Keynes ⓘ neo-classical economics ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
advanced students of economics
ⓘ
economists ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
capital theory
ⓘ
dynamic economic theory ⓘ interest theory ⓘ intertemporal choice ⓘ |
| notableFor |
formalizing intertemporal choice in economics
ⓘ
influence on post-war economic theory ⓘ integrating capital and time in dynamic analysis ⓘ |
| publicationType | scholarly monograph ⓘ |
| workOf | John R. Hicks ⓘ |
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