Collected Works of Edwin Cannan

ISBN-13: 9780415152198 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 3664 str.

Edwin Cannan; Alan O. Ebenstein

Opis

Cannan's name is linked with two economic institutions: Adam Smith and the London School of Economics. Cannan played a fundamental role in England in shaping the alternative to Marshallian economics that bore fruit at the LSE during the 1930s. This work brings together his major contributions to the theory of distribution, quantity theory and the definition of Classical Economics. It includes: an introductory volume on Cannan's life and works by Alan Ebenstein; 40 book reviews, chapters and articles on Cannan; and 10 of Cannan's works.

Recenzje

'...Simple presentation that never loses touch with concrete reality.' - Friedrich Hayek

'...I'm a great admirer of Cannan...Cannan was a first-rate economist.' - Milton Friedman

'...Nobody can peruse his lively short tracts on money and monetary policy without pleasure and profit.' - Joseph Schumpeter

Spis treści

Volume 1 Edwin Cannan: Liberal Doyen by Alan Ebenstein; Volume 2 Elementary Political Economy, The History of Local Rates in Britain: In Relation to the Proper Distribution of the Burden of Taxation; Volume 3 a History of the Theories of Production and Distribution in English Political Economy from 1776 to 1848; Volume 4 The Economic Outlook; Volume 5 Wealth: A Brief Explanation of the Causes of Economic Welfare; Volume 6 An Economist's Protest; Volume 7 Money: Its Connection with rising and Falling Prices, Modern Currency and the Regulation of its Value, Economic Scares; Volume 8 A Review of Economic Theory