The Invisible Hand by John Eatwell
This is an excerpt from the 4-volume dictionary of economics, a reference book which aims to define the subject of economics today. 1300 subject entries in the complete work cover the broad themes of economic theory. This extract concentrates on the theory of the invisible hand.John Eatwell has taught economics at Cambridge since 1970, and became President of Queens' College, Cambridge, in 1997. From 1980 to 1996 he was also a Professor in the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research, New York. He was co-editor of the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics.
Recent books include Global Finance at Risk: The Case for International Regulation, Hard Budgets and Soft States: Social Policy Choices in Central and Eastern Europe, and Global Governance of Financial Systems: The Legal and Economic Regulation of Systemic Risk. He is a member of the House of Lords. Murray Milgate is a writer and academic economist best known as co-creator and co-editor of the celebrated New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and for his work on classical economic thought and Keynesianism. He taught economics at Harvard University and then the University of Cambridge, where he is
Fellow and Director of Studies in Economics at Queens' College. He is a past recipient of Columbia University's Eccles Prize for Excellence in Economic Writing (1992). His many books include: Capital and Employment; The World of Economics; Ricardian Politics; and, most recently, After Adam Smith.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780333495339 |
| ISBN 10 | 0333495330 |
| Title | The Invisible Hand |
| Author | John Eatwell |
| Series | The New Palgrave |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Year published | 1989-10-15 |
| Number of pages | 283 |
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