Celebrating Irving Fisher: The Legacy of a Great Economist
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Paperback. Consists of papers explaining Fisher's contributions to econometrics, a reassessment of his textbook on economics, his theories of capital and interest, debt-deflation theory of depression, the financial devices he developed to improve governance and policy-making, and his crusades for the prohibition of alcoholic beverages and healthy diets. Editor(s): Dimand, Roger W.; Geanakoplos, John. Series: Economics and Sociology Thematic Issue. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 678.
Irving Fisher (1867-1947), economist, Yale University teacher, inventor, mathematician and activist reformer, was one of the most important American economists of the first half of the 20th century. On the 50th anniversary of his death in May of 1998, a large gathering of economists met at Yale to reassess Fisher’s enormous scientific contribution. Such a reevaluation was facilitated by welcomed republication of all of Fisher’s books and articles in 14 volumes the previous year. The offices of the Cowles Foundation at Yale University were made available for the presentations and the Cowles Foundation directors and administrators assisted with the preparation ... Read more
Irving Fisher (1867-1947), economist, Yale University teacher, inventor, mathematician and activist reformer, was one of the most important American economists of the first half of the 20th century. On the 50th anniversary of his death in May of 1998, a large gathering of economists met at Yale to reassess Fisher’s enormous scientific contribution. Such a reevaluation was facilitated by welcomed republication of all of Fisher’s books and articles in 14 volumes the previous year. The offices of the Cowles Foundation at Yale University were made available for the presentations and the Cowles Foundation directors and administrators assisted with the preparation ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Economics and Sociology Thematic Issue
Number of Pages
476
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405133074
SKU
V9781405133074
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About Dimand
Robert W. Dimand is a Professor of Economics at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, where he holds a Chancellor's Chair for Research Excellence. His research is on the history of macroeconomics, of game theory, and of women in economics. John Geanakoplos is the James Tobin Professor of Economics at Yale University, New Haven, CT, where he is the Director ... Read more
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