ISBN:
9781035303892
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 343 pages)
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DDC:
330.1
Keywords:
Fisher, Irving
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Economists Congresses
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Macroeconomics Congresses
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Economics Congresses Statistical methods
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Econometrics Congresses
Abstract:
This book pays tribute to the late Irving Fisher by discussing a range of issues on which he worked throughout his life. It serves as an excellent introduction to the contributions of one of the great economists spanning the late nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. The book begins with an overview of Irving Fisher's life including his contribution to the economics profession as well as details of his personal interests and beliefs. The contributors then go on to examine, from a modern perspective, some of the major topics Irving Fisher worked on including: * macroeconomics and the quantity theory * the management of monetary policy and reform of the monetary system * debt-deflation and the Great Depression * statistics, econometrics and index numbers * capital, income and the rate of interest * value, prices and financial assets * policy advice to government This book will be of interest to those working in the fields of the history of economic thought, monetary economics and economics and statistics
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Irving fisher's works and correspondence -- Part II: Macroeconomics and the quantity theory -- Part III: Monetary policy, monetary reform, and constructive income taxation -- Part IV: Debt-deflation and the great depression -- Part V: Statistics, econometrics, and Index numbers -- Part VI: Capital, income, and interest -- Part VII: Value, prices, and financial assets.
Note:
A collection of 14 papers presented at a conference of the Irving-Fisher Gesellschaft held May 22-24, 1997, Königstein, Germany, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Fisher's death, with the addition of some reprints of non-conference papers
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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