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The social science imperialists / G.C. Harcourt ; edited by Prue Kerr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harcourt, G. C. (Geoffrey Colin), 1931- author.
- Series:
- Routledge library editions. Economics
- Keynesian & post-Keynesian economics ; III
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economics.
- Social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (730 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The essays in this volume present a comprehensive view of modern economics. They range from technical papers on a specific issue, such as that devoted to a critique of Kaldor's model of income distribution, through evaluation of a wide-ranging literature, with special emphasis on the Cambridge controversies in the theory of capital.<BR> <BR> * Intellectual portraits of Eric Russell, Joan Robinson and Lorie Tarshis are also included.<BR> * The concluding essay 'The Social Science Imperialists' gives an overview of the issues and trends that have dominated economics in recent years.
- Contents:
- part I. Inflation, accountants' procedures and company behaviour
- part II. Post-Keynesian economic theory
- part III. Salter's contributions, investment-decision rules, investment incentives and related econometric issues
- part IV. Sraffa's production of commodities and Marxian economics
- part V. The capital theory controversies
- part VI. Intellectual biographies
- part VII. Conclusion: The social science imperialists.
- Notes:
- First published in 1982.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 28, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 1-136-51646-8
- 1-136-51653-0
- 1-315-01679-6
- 9781315016795
- OCLC:
- 863823174
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