Trevor Winchester Swan, Volume I: Life and Contribution to Economic Theory and Policy

ISBN-13: 9783031137365 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 348 str.

Peter Swan

Opis

This book, the first of two volumes, explores the legacy of Trevor Winchester Swan, often described as Australia’s greatest ever economist. An insightful biography is accompanied with Swan’s most prominent articles to provide a broad view of his life and work. Particular attention is given to the famous Swan Diagram, known among macroeconomists worldwide, Swan’s four zones of economic unhappiness, his view of how economies grew based on capital deepening and technical progress, and the Solow-Swan model of economic growth.This book aims to shed light on the enigmatic and influential life of Trevor Winchester Swan. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in the history of economic thought.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Australian War Finance and Banking Policy”, The Economic Record, 16, (June, 1940).- Chapter 3 Some Notes on the Interest Controversy, The Economic Record, 17, (December, 1941), 153-165.- Chapter 4 Price Flexibility and Employment”, The Economic Record, 21, (December, 1945), 236-253.- Chapter 5 Price Flexibility and Employment, Rejoinder”, The Economic Record, 22, (December, 1946), 282-284.- Chapter 6 Progress Report on the Trade Cycle”, The Economic Record, 26, No.51, (December 1950) 186-200.- Chapter 7 Measures for International Economic Stability”, A Report by a Group of Experts Appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, New York, 1951, vii+48pp. (Part Author).- Chapter8 Australia after the Import Cuts, The Banker (April 1952), 205-210.- Chapter 9 The Economic Development of Malaya. Report of a mission organised by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (part author); Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1955.- Chapter 10 Economic Growth and Capital Accumulation, The Economic Record, 32, No. 63, (1956), 334-361.- Chapter 11 Reprinted in Peter Newman (ed.) Readings in Mathematical Economics, Volume 2, Capital and Growth, 172-199, Baltimore: John Hopkins Press, 1968.- Chapter 12 Also reprinted in Macroeconomic Theory: Selected Readings. Harold R. Williams and John D. Huffnagle, eds. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1969: 477-86.- Chapter 13 Economic Control in a Dependent Economy”, The Economic Record, 36 (March 1960), 51-66. First presented at a seminar, 30 June 1953.- Chapter 14 Circular Causation, The Economic Record, (December 1962).- Chapter 15 Obituary: Wilfred Edward Graham Salter: 1929-1963”, The Economic Record, 39, No. 88 (December 1963), 486-87.- Chapter 16 Of Golden Ages and Production Functions”, in K. Berrill (ed.,) Economic Development with Special reference to South East Asia. London. Macmillan.- Chapter 17 International Monetary Issues and the Developing Countries”, in Report of a Group of United Nations Experts, 1965 (part-author).- Chapter 18 Longer Run Problems Of the Balance of Payments”, in H.W. Arndt and W.M. Corden (eds.), The Australian Economy, Sydney: Cheshire, 1963. Originally mimeographed and circulated in May 1955.- Chapter 19 Reprinted in R.E. Caves and H.G. Johnson (eds.), Readings in International Trade (selected by a Committee of the American Economic Association).- Chapter 20 Obituary: “Horace Plessay Brown: 1916-71” The Economic Record, (March 1971).- Chapter 21 Overseas Investment in Australia; Treasury Economic Paper No. 1”, The Economic Record, 48. No. 122, (1972).- Chapter 22 Perceptions in Kalediscope, a Review of a book by H.W. Arndt”, The Australian Economic Review, 4^th Qtr 1986.- Chapter 23 The Principle of Effective Demand – A ‘Real Life Model”, The Economic Record 65(1), (December, 1989).- Chapter 24 Economic Growth”, The Economic Record 78 No.243 December 2002, 375-380.

 

O autorze

Peter Swan is Professor of Banking and Finance at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Business School, Australia.

Blurb

This book, the first of two volumes, explores the legacy of Trevor Winchester Swan, often described as Australia’s greatest ever economist. An insightful biography is accompanied with Swan’s most prominent articles to provide a broad view of his life and work. Particular attention is given to the famous Swan Diagram, known among macroeconomists worldwide, Swan’s four zones of economic unhappiness, his view of how economies grew based on capital deepening and technical progress, and the Solow-Swan model of economic growth.

This book aims to shed light on the enigmatic and influential life of Trevor Winchester Swan. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in the history of economic thought.

Peter Swan is Professor of Banking and Finance at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Business School, Australia.