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Twelve Contemporary Economists

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  • © 1981

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Editors:
  1. J. R. Shackleton

    1. King’s College, Cambridge, UK
      School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, UK

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  2. Gareth Locksley

    1. Polytechnic of Central London, UK
      University of Southern California, USA
      New South Wales Institute of Technology, Australia

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • J. R. Shackleton, Gareth Locksley
    Pages 1-11

  3. Gary S. Becker: the Economist as Empire-builder

    • J. R. Shackleton
    Pages 12-32

  4. Individuals, Contracts and Constitutions: the Political Economy of James M. Buchanan

    • Gareth Locksley
    Pages 33-52

  5. Positively Milton Friedman

    • John Burton
    Pages 53-71

  6. The Dissenting Economist: J. K. Galbraith

    • David Reisman
    Pages 72-86

  7. Re-stating the Liberal Order: Hayek’s Philosophical Economics

    • Norman P. Barry
    Pages 87-107

  8. Sir John Hicks’s Contributions to Economic Theory

    • Brian Morgan
    Pages 108-140

  9. Michal Kalecki: A Comprehensive Challenge to Orthodoxy

    • Josef Poschl, Gareth Locksley
    Pages 141-159

  10. Wassily Leontief: Input—Output and Economic Planning

    • Martin Cave
    Pages 160-182

  11. Lionel Robbins: Methodology, Policy and Modern Theory

    • Maurice Peston
    Pages 183-198

  12. The Economics of Joan Robinson

    • Thanos Skouras
    Pages 199-218

  13. Paul Samuelson and the Scientific Awakening of Economics

    • Adrian Kendry
    Pages 219-239

  14. Piero Sraffa’s Contribution to Political Economy

    • Alessandro Roncaglia
    Pages 240-256

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 257-263
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Editors and Affiliations

  • King’s College, Cambridge, UK

    J. R. Shackleton

  • School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, UK

    J. R. Shackleton

  • Polytechnic of Central London, UK

    Gareth Locksley

  • University of Southern California, USA

    Gareth Locksley

  • New South Wales Institute of Technology, Australia

    Gareth Locksley

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Twelve Contemporary Economists

  • Editors: J. R. Shackleton, Gareth Locksley

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05498-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1981

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-05498-5Published: 18 June 1981

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 263

  • Topics: Economics, general

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