A teoria da renda da terra no limiar do pensamento neoclássico

Resumo

The current article aims at analysing the way the study of the category "land
rent" was held by the main thinkers of the mairginalist/neoclassical period. It is a
threefold article. The first part is devoted to S. Jevons' thought about the category
"land rent", observing that Jevons actually completed the reaction to Ricardo
defending the thesis that rent is effectively an element in the products cost In the
second part the positions of the authors of the So-called neoclassical Austrian
School, Menger and Bõhm-Bawerk, are examined. These authors' approach was
markedly methodological, trying to set up a clear distinction between land and
capital, more specifically between land rent and interest. In the last part the position
of the founder of the neoclassical theory of value, A. Marshall, is analysed. His
analysis is characterized as attempting to present land rent as a simple payment for
the utilization of land with no proper feature, characterizing it as the main class in
a wide onder of phenomena.