F. Y. Edgeworth's Mathematical Psychics and Further Papers on Political Economy / Edition 1

by Peter Newman

Overview

F. Y. Edgeworth made major contributions in the early stages of the development of contract and game theory which have had a fundamental impact on economics. This volume brings together a number of his writings on political economy edited by Peter Newman, the leading authority on Edgeworth's life and works. In addition to journal and dictionary articles and book reviews, the volume notably includes his monograph contribution Mathematical Psychics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198287124
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/17/2003
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	712
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.10(h) x 1.80(d)

About the Author

Professor Peter Newman was born in Mitcham, Surrey and educated at University College, London and Nuffield College, Oxford. He held posts at the Admiralty's Department of Operational Research and in the Planning Secretariat of Ceylon before becoming a lecturer at the University of West Indies. From 1966 until his retirement in 1990 he was Professor of Political Economy at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and later Emeritus Professor. He died in New Zealand in November 2001.

Table of Contents

I. MonographsMathematical Psychics (1881)New and Old Methods of EthicsOn the Relations of Political Economy to WarII. Journal ArticlesMatthew Arnold of Butler's Doctrine of Self-LoveThe Rationale of ExchangeThe Mathematical Theory of BankingPoints at which Mathematical Reasoning is Applicable to Political EconomyLa théorie mathématique de l'offre et de la demande et le côut de production (translated)Osservazioni sulla teoria matematica dell'economia politica con riguardo speciale ai Principia di Economia de Alfredo Marshall (translated)Ancora a proposito della teoria del Baratto; A. Berry: Alcune brevi parole sulla teoria del Baratto di A. Marshall (translated)The Mathematical Economics of Professor AmorosoEqual Pay to Men and Women for Equal WorkThe Revised Doctrine of Marginal Social ProductIII. Selected Articles in Palgrave's Dictionary of Political EconomyAttwood and the Birmingham SchoolBarter and ExchangeCompetition and RegulationCournot, Antoine AugustinCurvesDemand CurvesDe Quincey, ThomasDifficulty of AttainmentDistance in Time as an Element of ValueExchange, Value inGossen, Hermann HeinrichHigglingIndifference, Law ofJenkin, Henry Charles FleemingMargin (in economics)Mathematical Method in Political EconomyPareto's LawPareto, VilfredoPleasure and PainIV. Book ReviewsW. Stanley Jevons: The State in Relation to LabourW. Stanley Jevons: Methods of Social ReformW. Stanley Jevons: Investigations in Currency and FinanceJournal and Letters of W. Stanley Jevons, edited by his wifePhilip H. Wicksteed: The Alphabet of Economic ScienceEugen von Böhm-Bawerk: Kapital und KapitalzinsCharles Booth (ed.): Life and Labour, Vol. 1—-East LondonLéon Walras: Eléments d'economie politique pureRobert Perceval Graves: Life of Sir William Rowan HamiltonAlfred Marshall: Principles of Economics, Vol. 1Alfred Marshall: Principles of Economics, Vol. 1Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk: Capital and InterestJames Bonar: Philosophy and Political Economy in some of their Historical RelationsC. F. Bastable: The Theory of International Trade, with some of its Applications to Economic PolicyHenry Ludwell Moore: Laws of Wages: An Essay in Statistical EconomicsW. E. Zawadski: Les mathémathiques appliquées à l'économie politiqueV: Bibliography