Irving Fisher
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Irving Fisher
(Great thinkers in economics / series editor, A.P. Thirlwall)
Palgrave Macmillan, c2019
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Acclaimed by Joseph Schumpeter as 'The greatest economist the United States has ever produced', this book examines the life and work of American economist and statistician Irving Fisher (1867-1947). Fisher's reputation suffered for decades after his incorrect predictions for the stock market in October 1929 and the impact of Keynesian macroeconomics, but the importance of his work came to be recognized through the advocacy of many prestigious scholars including Milton Friedman, Hyman Minsky and James Tobin. With pivotal contributions including his Debt-Deflation Theory, Fisher Diagram and Ideal Index Number, his research in neoclassical economics influenced policymaking in his own day as well as during the recent financial crisis. This volume will be of interest to all those interested in the twentieth century transformation of economics.
Table of Contents
1. Economic Scientist, Economic and Social Reformer2. Indifference Curves and a Hydraulic Model of General Equilibrium3. Revitalizing the Quantity Theory of Money: From the Fisher Relation to the Fisher Equation4. The Fisher Diagram and the Neoclassical Theory of Interest and Capital5. Taming the "Dance of the Dollar": from the Compensated Dollar to 100% Money6. Fighting Money Illusion: The Fisher Ideal Index Number7. Hubris, Nemesis and Analysis: "Stock Prices appear to have reached a Permanently High Plateau"8. The Debt-Deflation Theory of Great Depressions9. Changing Economics: Fisher, the Cowles Commission, and the Econometric Society10. Fisher's Legacy in Economics
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