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Centenary Essays on Alfred Marshall

Centenary Essays on Alfred Marshall

Centenary Essays on Alfred Marshall

John K. Whitaker, University of Virginia
November 2005
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    This collection of twelve original essays commissioned by Britain's Royal Economic Society commemorates the 1990 centennial of the first publication of Alfred Marshall's Principles of Economics, one of the truly seminal works in the history of economics. The essays deal with various aspects of Marshall's life, work, and legacy and throw much new light on his thought and influence, placing the Principles in a fuller perspective. Sponsored by the Royal Economic Society

    Reviews & endorsements

    "This is an admirable collection of essays....an important contribution to understanding many significant aspects of this most eminent economist..." James P. Henderson, History of Political Economy

    "Whitaker thoroughly knows the manuscript material and brings Marshall to life as a human being." Gerard M. Koot, Albion

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    Product details

    November 2005
    Paperback
    9780521022262
    312 pages
    229 × 154 × 19 mm
    0.466kg
    12 b/w illus.
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Introduction
    • List of abbreviated titles
    • 1. The place of Marshall's Principles in the development of economics George J. Stigler
    • 2. Marshall and the labour market Robin C. O. Matthews
    • 3. Alfred Marshall and the development of monetary economics David E. W. Laidler
    • 4. Marshall and international trade John Creedy
    • 5. Firms, markets, and the principles of continuity Brian J. Loasby
    • 6. Marshall's work in relation to classical economics Denis P. O'Brien
    • 7. Cambridge after Marshall David A. Collard
    • 8. What happened to the second volume of the Principles? The thorny path to Marshall's last books John K. Whitaker
    • 9. Alfred Marshall and the theory of capital Christopher Bliss
    • 10. An aspect of Marshall's perios analysis A. K. Dasgupta
    • 11. The great barter controversy Peter Newman
    • 12. Marshall's consumer's surplus in modern perspective John S. Chipman
    • Index.
      Contributors
    • George J. Stigler, Robin C. O. Matthews, David E. W. Laidler, John Creedy, Brian J. Loasby, Denis P. O'Brien, David A. Collard, John K. Whitaker, Christopher Bliss, A. K. Dasgupta, Peter Newman, John S. Chipman

    • Editor
    • John K. Whitaker , University of Virginia