E.E. Slutsky as economist and mathematician : crossing the limits of knowledge / / Vincent Barnett

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781380603321
• Autore: Barnett Vincent <1967-, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-136-73731-6; 1-283-24179-X; 9786613241795; 1-136-73732-4; 0-203-81860-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in the history of economics E.E. Slutsky as economist and mathematician
• Disciplina: 330.092
• Soggetti: Economists - Russia; Economists - Soviet Union; Mathematicians - Russia; Mathematicians - Soviet Union
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [216]-219) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; E.E. Slutsky as Economist and Mathematician; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Note to the reader; Introduction; Part I: Slutsky's life and work; 1. Before the Bolshevik Revolution,1880-1917; Appendix to Chapter 1: Tugan-Baranovsky and Ukraine; Federalism and state sovereignty (1917); 2. From war communism to NEP, 1917-26; 3. At the Conjuncture Institute, 1926-30; 4. The impact of Stalinism, 1930-48; Part II: Slutsky's lesser-known articles; 5. Slutsky on Sir William Petty; An essay on the economic views of Sir William Petty (1914); 6. Slutsky and probability theoryOn the question of the logical foundations of the calculus of probabilities (1922); 7. Slutsky and currency emission; On the question of the calculation of the income received by the state from currency emission (1923); Part III: Summing up Slutsky's effect; Conclusion; Appendix 1 to the translations; The summation of random causes as the source of cyclic processes (1927); ; Appendix 2 to the translations: Slutsky's 1910 dissertation; The theory of marginal utility (1910); Bibliography of Slutsky's published works; Author index; Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: E.E. Slutsky is perhaps the Russian/Ukrainian economist most quoted by mainstream economists today. This is the first research monograph to examine the life and work of the internationally-renowned economist and mathematician. It does so from both a 'history of economics' perspective and a 'history of science' perspective, bringing these two strands together in order to demonstrate Slutsky's enduring legacy as an innovative researcher and an influential intellectual. It also presents some of Slutsky's lesser-known (and hitherto-unavailable) works in English translation.