Economic theory and economic thought : essays in honour of Ian Steedman / / edited by John Vint. [and others]

• Pubblicazione: New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (417 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.1
• Soggetto topico: Production (Economic theory); Economics - Methodology
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SteedmanIan VintJohn <1946->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I The significance of time; 1 Consumption takes time: Some implications for happiness; 2 Exploitation takes time; 3 How to give up 'wrestling with time': The case of horizontal innovation models; Part II The theory of international trade; 4 The notion of national competitiveness in a global economy; 5 Samuelson, Sraffa and Steedman on comparative advantage; 6 Complete specialization in classical economics; 7 Normative trade theory under Gossenian assumptions ; 8 Trade equilibrium amongst growing economies: Some extensionsPart III Staffian themes; 9 Families of strongly curved and of nearly linear wage curves: A contribution to the debate about the surrogate production function; 10 "Perverse cases" and the debate on neo-classical theory of distribution: Recent contributions on an open issue; 11 'Capital reversals' in a limited- substitutability technology framework; 12 Testing whether the "capital reversal" syndrome mandates deadweight loss in competitive intertemporal equilibrium; 13 Some notes on the notion of production prices ; 14 Sraffa and the labour theory of value: A few observations15 On some puzzles in rent theory; 16 Malfunction of a market in a transaction of waste: A reason for the necessity of an upstream policy in waste management; Part IV History of economic thought and methodology; 17 Piero Sraffa in his family: 1898 to 1916; 18 Sraffa's great passion: The postmistress, the traveller's guide, the chess- player, and the fair Circassian; 19 Albert Schäffle's critique of socialism; 20 Henry Sidgwick and economic socialism ; 21 Does economic growth ultimately lead to a nobler life?: A mathematical formulation of Mill's stationary state22 On Marshallian evolutionary dynamics, entry and exit; 23 Collective dynamics of Faustian agents; Ian Steedman's publications; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Ian Steedman is recognised internationally as one of the leading economic theorists of his time and has made major contributions to the development of economic theory and economic thought, as substantiated by his work on Marx, Sraffa, Marshall, Jevons and Wicksteed. His contributions to economic theory include his work on time, international trade, capital theory and growth and distribution. This collection reflects the wide ranging interests of Ian Steedman and is a tribute to his outstanding contributions.This edited collection brings together twenty two new essays by distin
• Titolo autorizzato: Economic theory and economic thought
• ISBN: 1-135-18299-X; 1-135-18300-7; 1-282-57608-9; 9786612576089; 0-203-86304-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459390003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in the history of economics ; ; 107.