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Economic Theory, Welfare and the State

Essays in Honour of John C. Weldon

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Athanasios Asimakopulos

    1. McGill University, Canada

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  2. Robert D. Cairns

    1. McGill University, Canada

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  3. Christopher Green

    1. McGill University, Canada

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • Robert D. Cairns
    Pages 1-11

  3. Economics: The Trunk and the Branches

    • Kenneth E. Boulding
    Pages 12-27

  4. The Rise and Fall of the Public Sector in the Estimation of the Economists

    • Dan Usher
    Pages 28-62

  5. Group Self-interest: The Positive Analysis of Cooperative Behaviour

    • Gideon Rosenbluth
    Pages 63-86

  6. Probability and Rationality in Economics

    • Robin Rowley
    Pages 87-99

  7. On the Publicness of Fiat Money

    • Thomas K. Rymes
    Pages 100-120

  8. The Role of Information in Trade Theory

    • Murray C. Kemp, Shigemi Yabuuchi
    Pages 121-129

  9. Metzler’s Tariff Paradox and the Transfer Problem

    • John S. Chipman
    Pages 130-142

  10. On Models of the Wheat Boom in Canadian Economic History

    • John H. Dales
    Pages 143-155

  11. Can We Avoid Another Great Depression?

    • Clarence Lyle Barber
    Pages 156-175

  12. The Rise of Unemployment since the 1950s

    • David Schwartzman
    Pages 176-199

  13. Public Pensions: A Social Response or a Misuse of Individual Saving?

    • Louis Ascah, Athanasios Asimakopulos
    Pages 200-217

  14. Intergenerational Redistribution

    • Peter Howitt
    Pages 218-237

  15. Pension Reform and Elderly Women: Some Evidence for Ontario Urban Centres

    • John Burbidge
    Pages 238-259

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 261-268
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Written to honour the memory of J.C. Weldon, this collection of essays seeks to reflect Weldon's professional interest in economic history and theory, including their relevance to social and political problems.

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  • McGill University, Canada

    Athanasios Asimakopulos, Robert D. Cairns, Christopher Green

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