GREAT THINKERS IN ECONOMICS SERIES
The famous historian E.H. Carr once said that in order to understand history it is necessary to understand the historian writing it. The same could be said of economics. Famous economists often remark that specific episodes in their lives, or particular events that took place in their formative years attracted them to economics. This new series Great Thinkers in Economics is designed to illuminate the economics of some of the great historical and contemporary economists by exploring the interaction between their lives and work, and the events surrounding them.
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Dennis Robertson
Gordon Fletcher
This book provides a comprehensive overview of Robertson’s life and work. Uncovering the sources of Robertson’s inspiration and ideas and the all-important causal relationship between the man and his work, this fascinating account is a must-read for all interested in rediscovering this great economist. Please click here for more information. Click here for more information.
Hardback £60.00
978-1-4039-9934-4 July 2008
This book presents the authentic Adam Smith and explores his underlying approach and radical thinking, aiming to re-establish his original intentions. The book provides a crucial reminder of how relevant Adam Smith was in his own time, and how relevant he remains as we experience the worldwide spread of opulence today. Click here for more information.
Hardback £60.00
978-1-4039-9948-1 July 2008
Franco Modigliani
Michael Szenberg and Lall Ramrattan
Starting with an overview of his Modigliani's life, the authors explain and assess Franco's influential theories, including his theory of the life-cycle hypothesis of saving; the famous Modigliani-Miller theorem in corporate finance; stabilisation policy; econometric model building and forecasting, and his legacy and influence on contemporary economics. Click here for more information.
Hardback £60.00
978-0-230-00789-5 Jan 2008
Alfred Marshall
Peter
Groenewegen
This thought-provoking biographical work explores the influences on the theories and writings of Alfred Marshall. He was undoubtedly the doyen of British economics for three and a half decades and is perhaps best known for his famous work 'Principles in Economics', first published in 1890. This succinct overview of Marshall's life and work as an economist sets his major economic contributions in perspective, by looking at his education, his travel, his teaching at Cambridge, Oxford and Bristol, his policy views as presented to government inquiries and his political and social opinions. Click here for more information.
Hardback £55.00
978-1-4039-9620-6 November 2007
Gunnar Myrdal
William J. Barber
Over the course of an extended career, Gunnar Myrdal - a Nobel Memorial Prize Laureate in Economics in 1974 - made brilliantly original contributions to monetary theory and policy and to the methodology of economics and social science. This study examines the manner in which his intellectual style left an impact on the shaping of Sweden's welfare state, on race relations in the United States, on post-World War Two economic cooperation in Europe, and on the analysis of Third World economic development. Click here for more information.
Hardback £55.00
978-1-4039-9944-3 November 2007
John Maynard Keynes
Paul
Davidson
This book examines the work of John Maynard Keynes, explores his influential writings and theories, and assesses his legacy. Davidson looks at the life of Keynes leading up to the writing of his seminal General Theory and traces the roots of this work in Keynes's early influences, examines the General Theory in detail and explores how it differs from classical theory. The impact of Keynes's work on the economy postwar and up to the present day is also assessed. Click here for more information.
Hardback £55.00
978-1-4039-9623-7 August 2007
Forthcoming Volumes
Joseph A. Schumpeter
Esben Andersen
Karl Marx
Michael Lebowitz
Piero Sraffa
A. Roncaglia
Roy Harrod
W. Young and E. Perez
James McGill Buchanan
C. Rowley
Michal Kalecki
J. Lopez and S. Assous
Arthur C. Pigou
G. Ambrosi
Adam Smith
G. Kennedy
Dennis Robertson
G. Fletcher
Nicholas Kaldor
J. King
J.K. Galbraith
J.R. Stanfield
Joan Robinson
G.C Harcourt and P. Kerr
Robert Solow
R. Middleton
Arthur Lewis
P. Mosley and B. Ingham
PROFESSOR
TONY THIRLWALL, of the University of Kent, is the series editor. He is
currently looking for authors to write on Paul Samuelson, Kenneth Arrow,
Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, James Meade, John Hicks, F. von Hayek, David
Ricardo and James Tobin. Other names will also be considered. Interested
parties should contact the series editor at at4@kent.ac.uk.
If you would like further information regarding these or any related titles texts please contact Eleanor Russell at e.russell@palgrave.com.
