Samuelsonian economics and the twenty-first century / / edited by Michael Szenberg, Lall Ramrattan, Aron A. Gottesman ; foreword by Kenneth J. Arrow

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xxx, 350 p
• Disciplina: 330.1
• Classificazione: 83.01
• Altri autori: SzenbergMichael RamrattanLall <1951-> GottesmanAron A
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Ten Ways to Know Paul A. Samuelson -- Introduction -- PART I. Analysis of Samuelson's Specific Contributions -- Overlapping Generation Models -- 1. Overlapping Generations -- 2. Paul Samuelson's Amazing Intergenerational Transfer -- 3. Social Security, the Government Budget, and National Savings -- Expectation, Uncertainty and Public Goods -- 4. Prospective Shifts, Speculative Swings: "Macro" for the Twenty-First Century in the Tradition Championed by Paul Samuelson -- 5. Paul Samuelson and Global Public Goods -- Preference and Consumer Behavior -- 6. Revealed Preference -- 7. Samuelson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mrs. Jekyll" Problem: A Difficulty in the Concept of the Consumer -- Marx -- 8. Paul Samuelson on Karl Marx: Were the Sacrificed Games of Tennis Worth It? -- Stability -- 9. Paul Samuelson and the Stability of General Equilibrium -- Keynes & -- Post Keynesians -- 10. Paul Samuelson and Piero Sraffa-Two Prodigious Minds at the Opposite Poles -- 11. Paul Samuelson as a "Keynesian" Economist -- 12. Samuelson and the Keynes/Post Keynesian Revolution -- International Economics and Finance -- 13. Paul Samuelson and International Trade Theory Over Eight Decades -- 14. Paul Samuelson's Contributions to International Economics -- 15. Protection and Real Wages: The Stolper-Samuelson Theorem -- Finance and Portfolio Theory -- 16. Samuelson and the Factor Bias of Technological Change: Toward a Unified Theory of Growth and Unemployment -- 17. Samuelson and Investment for the Long Run -- 18. Paul Samuelson and Financial Economics -- PART II. Samuelson's Relevance -- Relevance to Mathematical Economics -- 19. Multipliers and the LeChatelier Principle -- Relevance to the Natural Sciences -- 20. The Surprising Ubiquity of the Samuelson Configuration: Paul Samuelson and the Natural Sciences. ; 21. Paul Samuelson's Mach -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume illuminates and critically assesses Paul A. Samuelson's voluminous and groundbreaking contributions to the field of economics. The volume includes contributions from eminent scholars, including 6 Nobel Laureates, covering the extraordinary depth and breadth of Samuelson's contributions. Ideal as a reference, this is a must-have for students and academics alike.
• Titolo autorizzato: Samuelsonian economics and the twenty-first century
• ISBN: 9780191538353; 0191538353
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818032403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II