The Palgrave Companion to Cambridge Economics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Themes in Cambridge Economics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Cambridge’s Contribution to the Revival of Classical Political Economy

      • Nuno Ornelas Martins

      Pages 3-25

   3. Cambridge’s Contribution to Methodology in Economics

      • Sheila C. Dow

      Pages 27-49

   4. Cambridge Theories of Welfare Economics

      • Rogério Arthmar, Michael McLure

      Pages 51-71

   5. Cambridge and Development Economics

      • Shachi Amdekar, Ajit Singh

      Pages 73-92

   6. Cambridge and Econometrics

      • Jim Thomas

      Pages 93-109

   7. Cambridge in Mind: Economics and Psychology on the Cam

      • Vincent Barnett

      Pages 111-133

   8. Post Keynesian Economics in Cambridge

      • John E. King

      Pages 135-155

   9. Cambridge and Economic History

      • Martin Daunton

      Pages 157-186

   10. Theories Came and Went, Good Data Endured: Accounting at Cambridge

       • Geoff Meeks

       Pages 187-205

3. Some Cambridge Economists

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207

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   2. William Paley (1743–1805)

      • A. M. C. Waterman

      Pages 209-231

   3. Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834)

      • Samuel Hollander

      Pages 233-256

   4. George Pryme (1781–1868)

      • Robert A. Cord

      Pages 257-274

   5. Charles Babbage (1791–1871)

      • Renee Prendergast

      Pages 275-296

   6. Henry Fawcett (1833–1884)

      • Bart Schultz

      Pages 297-318

   7. Henry Sidgwick (1838–1900)

      • Bart Schultz

      Pages 319-348

   8. Alfred Marshall (1842–1924)

      • Neil Hart

      Pages 349-377

   9. Herbert Somerton Foxwell (1849–1936)

      • Rogério Arthmar, Michael McLure

      Pages 379-399

Cambridge University has and continues to be one of the most important centres for economics. With nine chapters on themes in Cambridge economics and over 40 chapters on the lives and work of Cambridge economists, this volume shows how economics became established at the university, how it produced some of the world's best-known economists, including John Maynard Keynes and Alfred Marshall, plus Nobel Prize winners, such as Richard Stone and James Mirrlees, and how it remains a global force for the very best in teaching and research in economics. With original contributions from a stellar cast, this volume provides economists – especially those interested in macroeconomics and the history of economic thought – with the first in-depth analysis of Cambridge economics.

• Cambridge University
• Economists
• History of economic thought
• Macroeconomics
• Methodology
• Welfare economics
• Econometrics
• Development economics
• Accounting
• Economic history

• Researcher in Economics, United Kingdom

  Robert A. Cord

Robert A. Cord holds a PhD from Cambridge University, UK, and his areas of interest include the history of economic thought and, within this, the history of macroeconomics. His publications include Reinterpreting the Keynesian Revolution (2012) and, as co-editor, Milton Friedman: Contributions to Economics and Public Policy (2016).   

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