A century of economics : 100 years of the Royal Economic Society and the Economic journal
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A century of economics : 100 years of the Royal Economic Society and the Economic journal
B. Blackwell, 1990
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This volume celebrates the distinguished history of the society and of the journal and their central contribution to the development of economics. The firt part of the book examines the history of the society lookin gat its founding and early years, Keynes' editorship of the Journal, biographies of the leading figures and a list of the society's publications. The second part relates more directly to the journal and includes distinguished articles on key issues that were prominent in the pages of the journal before the Second World War. Also in this section, Richard Stone, Frank Hahn, Paul Samuelson, David Hendry and Martin Weitzman reconsider key articles of their own which first appeared in the journal.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 History: a century of economics, Donald Winch
- foundation and early years, Alon Kadish and Richard D. Freeman
- gentlemen versus players 1891-1914, John Maloney
- the economic journal and socialism 1890-1920, Ian Steedman
- the attitudes of the economics professions in Britain and the United States to the trust movement 1890-1914, Philip L. Williams
- reviews by Edgeworth, Peter Newman
- Keynes as editor, Donald E. Moggridge. Part 2 Recollection: fifty-five years on the Royal Economic Society Council, Austin Robinson. Part 3 Reassessment: editorial introduction, John Hey
- the theory of games revisited, Richard Stone
- expectations, Frank Hahn
- trimming consumers surplus down to size, Paul A. Samuelson
- the economics of DHSY, David F. Hendry et al
- reflections on macroeconomics and share systems, Martin L. Weitzman.
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