Twentieth-Century Economics by Warren J Samuels

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This archival collection has two parts. The first presents correspondence between the economists Alfred S. Eichner and Joan Robinson, and the second presents documents pertaining to the nature, rise and limits of quantitative methodology in economics.

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Twentieth-Century Economics by Warren J Samuels

The archival collection has two parts. The first presents correspondence between the American economist, Alfred S. Eichner, and the English economist, Joan Robinson, and related documents. The correspondents were major contributors to Post Keynesian economics in terms of both ideas and creating self-consciousness. The second presents hitherto unpublished correspondence and documents pertaining to the nature, rise and limits of quantitative methodology in economics. The materials are from Wesley C. Mitchell, Henry Schultz, and Arthur F. Burns. They examine many issues that remain in contention today.
Frederic S. Lee is a senior lecturer at Leicester Polytechnic, Leicester, England. He has written articles on Post Keynesian price theory, Gardiner C. Means, and the marginalist controversy, which have appeared in The Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Journal of Economic Issues, and Review of Social Economy, among others. He is also preparing two books, one on Oxford economists and Oxford economics, and the second on the foundations of Post Keynesian price theory., Warren J. Samuels is currently professor of economics at Michigan State University. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Wisconsin. Professor Samuels has written extensively on the history of economic thought, Post Keynesian economics, and institutionaI economics.
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ISBN 13 9780762306541
ISBN 10 0762306548
Title Twentieth-Century Economics
Author Warren J Samuels
Series Research In The History Of Economic Thought And Methodology
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
Year published 2000-08-16
Number of pages 378
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