Economic Science and Political Economy
Selected Articles
Published on 4. August 1997
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Hardback
464 pages
978-0-333-56674-9 (ISBN)
Description
Lionel Robbins, Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, 1929-61, was the foremost British economist of his generation as well as being an influential public figure. Although he wrote many articles and books on economic theory, on contemporary issues of economic policy and in the history of economics, many of his academic articles, especially his early ones, have not been reprinted. This volume contains a selection of his major and most influential articles, in theory, policy and history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 141 mm
Weight
729 gr
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978-0-333-56674-9 (9780333566749)
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Content
Introduction - The Representative Firm (September 1928) - The Economic Effects of Variations of Hours of Labour (March 1929) - The Present Position of Economic Science (March 1930) - On a Certain Ambiguity in the Conception of Stationary Equilibrium (June 1930) - On the Elasticity of Demand for Income in Terms of Effort (June 1930) - The Economic Works of Philip Wickstead (November 1930) - Economic Notes on Some Arguments for Protection (February 1931) - Consumption and the Trade Cycle (November 1932) - Remarks upon Certain Aspects of the Theory of Costs (March 1934) - Remarks on the Relationship between Economics and Psychology (December 1934) - The Place of Jevons in the History of Economic Thought (April 1936) - How to Mitigate the Next Slump (May 1937) - Live and Dead Issues in the Methodology of Economics (August 1938) - Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility: a Comment (December 1938) - Inquest on the Crisis (October 1947) - The Sterling Problem (October 1949) - The Balance of Payments (November 1951) - The International Economic Problem (January 1953) - Robertson on Utility and Scope (May 1953) - Schumpeter's History of Economic Analysis (February 1955) - Notes on Public Finance (October 1955) - Thoughts on the Crisis (April 1958) - Hayek on Liberty (February 1961) - The International Monetary Problem (July 1968) - On Latsis's Method and Appraisal in Economics: a Review Essay (September 1979) - Economics and Political Economy (May 1981) - Bibliography - Index