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1 online resource (353 pages) |
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Front Cover; Generations of Economists; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Generations of economists and the economics of generations; Part I Pigou and Cambridge: contexts; 2 Pigou's place in the history of economics; 3 Pigou and modern business cycle theory; 4 Pigou on expectations and the cycle; 5 Cambridge after Marshall; 6 The Cambridge Economics Tripos 1957-60: a memoir; Part II Classical utilitarianism and welfare: contexts; 7 Utility and utilitarianism in economics: ancient and modern; 8 Research on well-being: some advice from Jeremy Bentham |
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9 Malthus, population and the generational bargainPart III General equilibrium: contexts; 10 The founding fathers: Walras and Edgeworth; 11 Léon Walras and the Cambridge caricature; 12 Walras, Patinkin and the money tâtonnement; 13 Edgeworth's propositions on altruism; 14 The production of commodities; 15 High Hicks, deep Hicks and equilibrium; Part IV Neglect: contexts; 16 An optimistic note on neglect; 17 Tozer: introduction to a mathematical investigation; 18 Alfred Russel Wallace and the political economists; Part V Inter-generational economics: contexts |
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19 Pigou and future generations: a Cambridge tradition20 Ramsey, saving and the generations; 21 Cooperation between overlapping generations; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
This book focuses on the interaction between practising economists and previous generations of economists. Because economic problems, such as crashes, tend to recur and are only partially understood, it may be profitable read the work of previous generations in a collaborative spirit. Sometimes this can offer a different perspective on current preoccupations and cause us to reconsider the scope of our much criticised subject. The book gathers together earlier work by the author which appeared in various academic books and journals with the addition of six new chapters. The collection makes |
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Print version record |
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Economics -- Great Britain -- History
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Neoclassical school of economics -- History
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Economists -- Great Britain
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Economics
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Economists
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Neoclassical school of economics
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Great Britain
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136866333 |
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1136866337 |
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