Money and Growth: Selected Papers of Allyn Abbott Young

ISBN-13: 9780415191555 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 458 str.

Allyn Abbott Young; Perry G. Mehrling; Roger J. Sandilands

Opis

Allyn Young is one of the central figures in the development of American economic thought, and is one of the originators of modern endogenous growth theory. However it has been difficult to appreciate the full extent of Young's work because many of his most significant contributions are buried in obscure journals and unsigned articles. This volume addresses this by reprinting much of Young's lost work, as well as other, selected pieces that reveal the scope of his vision which encompasses two of the grand themes of economics, growth and money. The biggest finds are 36 encyclopedia articles, originally published anonymously more than 75 years ago. They are important because they shed light on the unity of Young's thought which is based on the single abstract idea that trade is the source of wealth. The volume includes sections on: the socialist movement; World War I and its aftermath; money; and theories of growth. The volume concludes with some writings that are pointers to the nature of the two treatises Young was planning before his untimely death in 1929. A comprehensive bibliography is also provided.

Spis treści

Editors’ preface, Acknowledgements, PART I The nature and scope of economics, PART II Theory and practice, PART III Commerce: The marketplace of the world, PART IV Money and credit, PART V Growth and fluctuations, Index

O autorze

Perry G Mehrling, Roger J Sandilands