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    Economics, welfare policy, and the history of economic thought : essays in honour of Arnold Heertje (1999)
    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
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    ISBN: 9781035304042
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 443 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Economics, welfare policy and the history of economic thought
    DDC: 330
    Keywords: Heertje, Arnold ; Economics ; Economics History ; Welfare economics ; Technological innovations Economic aspects
    Abstract: In this book, internationally renowned scholars, including two Nobel Laureates, have been drawn together to celebrate Arnold Heertje's rich contribution to the field of economics. Their essays reflect his influence in the areas of economic theory and policy. In particular, they follow in the tradition of his work on oligopoly and price theory, welfare theory and policy, growth theory, environmental economics, technical change and the history of economic thought and methodology. The contributors offer penetrating insights into the structure and functioning of different types of market structures and the character of technical change. In addition, they address current topics such as the recent problems in East Asian economies, the money supply in the European Monetary Union and economic development. Finally, they pay tribute to Arnold Heertje's work on the history of economic thought, discussing the writings of David Ricardo, the German historical school, Herbert Robinson, Alfred Marshall and Herbert Foxwell. This book will attract economic theorists, and scholars and students who are interested in the history of economic thought or in empirical subjects such as the policy implications of studies of labour markets, property rights and European Monetary Union
    Description / Table of Contents: Full Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Economic theory -- 1. A cooperative theory of duopoly -- 2. A commodity flow model of flexible exchange rates with overshooting in response to inflation -- 3. The market for oranges -- 4. Complications in the model of a perfectly competitive firm and industry -- 5. Models of the market -- 6. Revisiting the schumpeter-hypotheses: Firm size, market structure and technological regime -- 7. Technical change and economic growth: The case of "catch-up" -- 8. Coordination, technical progress and economic growth -- 9. Reswitching: Simplifying a famous example -- Part II: Economic policy and applied economics -- 10. Labour market 'flexibility' and welfare -- 11. On substitutability among domestic money and cross-border deposits -- 12. The role of international financial institutions in the current global economy -- 13. The coase theorem and the cooperative nash bargaining game -- 14. On property rights and their modification -- 15. Economic development in Europe, 1960-1996 -- 16. Different data sources for studying behaviour -- 17. Economy and morality: A conceptual framework -- Part III: History of economic thought -- 18. -- Ricardo's misunderstood value theory and the readability of the principles -- 19. Sherlock holmes and the swarthy German: The case of inanely 'transforming' mehrwert to prices -- 20. Alfred marshall and herbert somerton foxwell: A tale of two libraries -- 21. The after-glow of the German historical school, 1945-1960 -- 22. An economist turned entrepreneur -- 23. Authority systems and schools of economic thought -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Bioeconomics and sustainability : essays in honor of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (1999)
    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
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    ISBN: 9781781959817
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 417 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Bioeconomics and sustainability
    DDC: 333.7
    Keywords: Environmental economics ; Sustainable development ; Economics ; Human ecology ; Entropy
    Abstract: Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen was described by Paul Samuelson as 'an economist's economist'. This book honors him by discussing his theories on a wide range of issues but particularly on environmental and energy economics. It is a dynamic tribute which extends his work to address the problems the human race will face in the 21st century. The book shows how Georgescu-Roegen constructed nothing less than an almost complete theoretical alternative to neoclassical economics. Although best-known for his later work as an environmentalist and his work on energy and material transformation, Georgescu-Roegen also made seminal contributions to the economic theory of utility and production and is considered to be one of the founders of modern mathematical economics. In this book an internationally acclaimed group of contributors including Joan Martinez-Alier, William H. Miernyk, Herman Daly and Cutler Cleveland present discussions on environmental and energy economics as well as mathematical economics, economic development and peasant economies, and bioeconomics. This book serves as an excellent all-inclusive introduction to the work of one of the great economists of the 20th century. This celebration of the contributions made by Georgescu-Roegen will be of interest to environmental and natural resource economists, as well as social and economic theorists. With a dedication by Wassily Leontief and a foreword by Paul Samuelson
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword by Paul Samuelson -- 1. Introduction -- 2. How long can neoclassical economists ignore the contributions of Georgescu-Roegen? -- 3. From political economy to political ecology -- 4. Georgescu-Roegen's evolutionary economics -- 5. Economic growth theory and the georgescu-roegen paradigm -- 6. Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen's approach to economic value -- 7. Georgescu-Roegen on consumer theory -- 8. Biophysical economics -- 9. From agrarianism to entropy -- 10. Embodied energy analysis, Sraffa's analysis, Georgescu-Roegen's flow-fund model and viability of solar technology -- 11. Production and time -- 12. A theory of resilient flow-fund linkages -- 13. The passage from entropy to thermodynamic indeterminacy -- 14. Biophysical roots of 'enjoyment of life' according to Georgescu-Roegen's bioeconomic paradigm -- 15. The role of entropy and energy in natural resource economics -- 16. Five conditions for sustainable living systems -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Economics and its discontents : twentieth century dissenting economists (1998)
    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
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    ISBN: 9781035303250
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 289 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Economics and its discontents
    DDC: 330
    Keywords: Economics ; Economists
    Abstract: Dissenters have a common dissatisfaction with economics as it is currently practised, and they recognise that twentieth century economics has failed to explain real world economic phenomena. This major book focuses on the work and lives of seventeen of the most influential dissenting economists who have shaped twentieth century economics and who continue to make economics more relevant. In Economics and its Discontents each chapter explains what it means to be a dissenting economist and examines how and why the work of the featured economist constitutes dissent. It demonstrates that dissent in the profession extends beyond ideology and that dissenters can come from radical, liberal or conservative backgrounds. Dissent is considered in many respects, including how economics is taught, the methodology of economic analysis, the lack of attention economists pay to the real world behaviour of individuals, the narrow and limited assumptions made by economists, the inappropriate attempt of economics to dominate all social sciences, and the policy conclusions reached by standard economic analysis. The dissenters featured in this book suggest that there is a better way to do economics, and a better way to be an economist, and each has helped keep economics honest by constantly questioning traditional thinking. This book salutes and celebrates these dissenters who exemplify the very best of the discipline. If economics is again to be a respected field and a highly regarded profession, we must look to these dissenters to point the way forward. This book will be welcomed by professional economists, researchers and postgraduate students, especially those interested in the history of economic thought, and economic methodology and philosophy
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction: Dissent in twentieth century economics / (R.P.F. Holt and S. Pressman) -- 1. The seditious dissent of barbara r. Bergmann / (E.A. Paulin) -- 2. James m. Buchanan and the rebirth of political economy / (P.J. Boettke) -- 3. John r. Commons and the compatibility of neoclassical and institutionalist economics / (J.E. Biddle and W.J. Samuels) -- 4. The tenacious dissent of milton friedman / (D. Colander) -- 5. Friedrich a. Hayek: Super-dissenter / (L.S. Moss) -- 6. John a. Hobson: Dissenting labour economist / (J.E. King) -- 7. The policy dissent of nicholas kaldor / (S. Pressman) -- 8. The positive dissent of michal kalecki / (M. Sawyer) -- 9. Dissent and continuity: John maynard keynes / (V. Chick) -- 10. Frank knight's dissent from progressive social science / (R.B.Emmett) -- 11. Oskar lange's dissent from market capitalism and state socialism / (C. Rider) -- 12. Imagining the possibilities: The dissent of adolph lowe / (M. Forstater) -- 13. Gardiner means and the dissent of administered prices / (F. Lee) -- 14. The theoretical, methodological and pedagogical dissent of joan robinson / (Z. Emami) -- 15. Thomas schelling's dissent from the narrow scope of economics / (D. Latzko) -- 16. Piero sraffa and mainstream theory / (H.D. Kurz and N. Salvadori) -- 17. Thorstein bunde veblen: The quintessential dissenter / (C.M.A. Clark) -- Index.
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    Puzzles and paradoxes in economics (1997)
    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
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    ISBN: 9781800886483
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 215 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Skousen, Mark, 1947 - Puzzles and paradoxes in economics
    DDC: 330
    Keywords: Economics ; Microeconomics ; Macroeconomics ; Finance ; Marketing ; Paradox ; Puzzles
    Abstract: Economics is full of puzzles and paradoxes that often frustrate and challenge everyone, including economists. This engaging book includes fifty puzzles and focuses on three types of paradox. First, everyday observations that appear to belie common sense (such as, why do some supermarket items sell for more per ounce in larger sizes?). Secondly, those paradoxes which have perplexed economists in the past but have since been fairly resolved (such as, the diamond-water paradox). Finally, empirical or conceptual anomalies that remain unresolved and present a challenge to today's economists (such as the voting paradox). Fifty puzzles and paradoxes are analysed in a clear framework. Examples include: the fairness of market wages, the alleged gold absurdity, Giffin goods and the Irish potato famine, the paradox of thrift, the supposed perversity of Wall Street, the leisure paradox, why the best Washington apples are shipped out of state (the Alchian-Allen theorem), the question of whether teachers are underpaid, whether studying economics makes people immoral and whether war is good for the economy. This original and unusual book will have a wide appeal, ranging from the lay person with an interest in everyday economic puzzles, to the student and teacher wishing to develop their understanding of some of the paradoxes that have existed and continue to exist in economics. It will serve as an ideal source for teachers who want to challenge their students with unusual economic problems
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Cases and concepts -- 1. The adam smith paradox -- 2. The diamond-water paradox -- 3. The water problem -- 4. The case of the fourth egg -- 5.profiting from pants -- 6. The price of quality -- 7. The rationality and risk puzzle -- 8. Gold's backward wupply curve -- 9. The positive sloping demand curve? -- 10. The leisure paradox -- 11. The price discrimination dilemma -- 12. A hot vacation spot -- 13. The rare case of a giffen good? -- 14. The case of the costly catsup -- 15. The mail order question -- 16. The businessman's query -- 17. Are teachers underpaid? -- 18. The pollution puzzle -- 19. Are market wages fair? -- 20. The highly valued occupation nobody wants -- 21. The stock market puzzler -- 22. Apples and the alchian-allen theorem -- 23. The perfect-market puzzle -- 24. The starvation of buridan's ass -- 25. Does studying economics make one immoral? -- 26. The savers' dilemma -- 27. Keynes's banana plantation -- 28. Producing cars that don't sell -- 29. The feckless forecast and policy purveyor puzzle -- 30. The growing but declining gap puzzle -- 31. The perpetual poverty puzzle -- 32. The paradox of thrift -- 33. The gold absurdity -- 34. The wager over wages -- 35. The voting behaviour puzzle -- 36. The voting paradox -- 37. A taxing debate -- 38.the blessings of destruction -- 39. The interest rate dilemma -- 40. The population puzzler -- 41. The efficiency versus equality puzzle -- 42. The national debt: Asset or liability? -- 43. The leontief paradox -- 44. The perversity of wall street -- Index.
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