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Essays on the Intellectual History of Economics

By: Jacob Viner

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Essays on the Intellectual History of Economics

By: Jacob Viner

Ranking among the most distinguished economists and scholars of his generation, Jacob Viner is best remembered for his work in international economics and in the history of economic thought. Mark Blaug, in his Great Economists Since Keynes (Cambridge, 1985) remarked that Viner was "quite simply the greatest historian of economic thought that ever lived." Never before, however, have Viner's important contributions to the intellectual history of economics been collected into one convenient volume. This book performs this valuable service to scholarship by reprinting Viner's classic essays on such topics as Adam Smith and laissez-faire, the intellectual history of laissez-faire, and power versus plenty as an objective of foreign policy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Also included are Viner's penetrating and previously unpublished Wabash College lectures. "Jacob Viner was one of the truly great economists of this century as both teacher and scholar. This collection ... covers a wide range with special emphasis on the history of thought. Today's economists will find [the essays] just as thought-provoking and as illuminating as did his contemporaries. They have aged very well indeed."--Milton Friedman, Hoover Institution "Jacob Viner was a great and original economic theorist. What is rarer, Viner was a learned scholar. What is still rarer, Viner was a wise scientist. This new anthology of his writings on intellectual history is worth having in every economist's library--to sample at intervals over the years in the reasoned hope that Viner's wisdom will rub off on the reader and for the pleasure of his writing."--Paul A. Samuelson, MIT "I am frankly jealous of those who will be reading Viner's essays for the first time, marvelling at his learning, amused by his dry wit, instructed by his wisdom. But although I cannot share their joy of discovery, I shall be able to savor the subtleties that emerge from rereading these splendid essays."--George J. Stigler, University of Chicago "This volume will be a treat for the reader who appreciates scholarship, felicitous use of language, and the workings of a great mind. The Wabash lectures are gems, and the introduction by Douglas Irwin contributes significantly to our understanding of Viner's accomplishments."--William J. Baumol, Princeton University/New York University Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Jacob Viner

Lectures in Economics 301

By: Jacob Viner

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Lectures in Economics 301

By: Jacob Viner

This book presents, for the first time, a detailed transcription of Jacob Viner's Economics 301 class as taught in 1930. These lecture notes provide insight into the legacy of Jacob Viner, whose seminal contributions to fields such as international economics and the history of economics are well known, but whose impact in sparking the revival of Marshallian microeconomics in the United States via his classroom teaching has been less appreciated. Generations of graduate students at the University of Chicago have taken Economics 301. The course has been taught by such luminaries as Milton Friedman and Gary Becker, and remains an introduction to the analytical tools of microeconomics and the distinctive Chicago way of thinking about the market system. This demanding and rigorous course first became famous in the 1930s when it was taught by Jacob Viner. When read in tandem with the Transaction editions of Milton Friedman's Price Theory, Frank Knight's The Economic Organization, and Gary Becker's Economic Theory, Viner's lectures provide the reader with important insights into the formative period of Chicago price theory. These recently discovered notes from Viner's class will be important for historians of economic thought and anyone interested in the origins of the Chicago School of Economics.

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1412851661

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The Role of Providence in the Social Order

An Essay in Intellectual History

By: Jacob Viner

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The Role of Providence in the Social Order

An Essay in Intellectual History

By: Jacob Viner

The essays in this book were originally presented by Professor Viner as the 1966 Jayne Lectures of the American Philosophical Society. The relationship between religious doctrines and economic theory and behavior had long interested Professor Viner, and the conclusions he discussed represented years of thoughtful study. They focus in particular on the way in which providence was used to justify existing economic and social conditions. The author points out that providence favors trade among peoples in order to promote universal brotherhood; providence also creates social inequality because it is part of the divine plan. Providence designed a world in which commerce was necessary, in which good business benefited not only the individual, but all mankind, in which inequality in rank and income was part of the scheme of things. Why, then, the evils of over-rigid mercantilism, or selfish profiteering, of undeserved and hopeless poverty? Professor Viner shows that in discussing such questions the Fathers of the Church, the scholastics, the theologians of the seventeenth century, and the philosophers of the eighteenth laid the foundations for modern economic thought. Originally published in 1977. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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1400868866

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Lectures in Economics 301

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Lectures in Economics 301

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The Customs Union Issue

By: Jacob Viner

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The Customs Union Issue

By: Jacob Viner

Jacob Viner's The Customs Union Issue is indispensible for international economists, political scientists, and historians. This new edition places the book in the context of Viner's work and the post-WWI economic and political situation, traces the reception of Viner's work, and discusses its continuing relevance

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Oxford University Press

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0199756120

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Essays on the Intellectual History of Economics

By: Jacob Viner

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Canada's Balance of International Indebtedness, 1900-1913

By: Jacob Viner

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Canada's Balance of International Indebtedness, 1900-1913

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First published in 1924, this book remains a landmark in empirical economic research and in its analysis of a remarkable period in Canada's economic development.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773591680

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9780773591684

Studies in the Theory of International Trade

By: Jacob Viner

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Studies in the Theory of International Trade

By: Jacob Viner

In this book, originally published in 1937, Jacob Viner traces, in a series of studies of contemporary source-material, the evolution of the modern orthodox theory of international trade from its beginnings in the revolt against English mercantilism in the 17th and 18th centuries, through the English currency and tariff controversies of the 19th century, to the late 20th century. The author offers a detailed examination of controversies in the technical literature centering on important propositions of the classical and neo-classical economists relating to the theory of the mechanism of international trade and the theory of gain from trade.

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Routledge

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1315409593

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The Customs Union Issue

By: Jacob Viner

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Growth determinants in East and Southeast Asian economies

By: Hans-Jacob Krümmel,Simon Koppers

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Growth determinants in East and Southeast Asian economies

By: Hans-Jacob Krümmel,Simon Koppers

Already in the 1960s the four little dragons Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan started their industrialization moving steadily upwards with increasing growth rates, some of them double-digit in the 1980s. Most significant for these results has been their export-oriented growth strategy capitalizing on low labour costs and opening them up to the world market with all its benefits and pressures. Until today they have attracted quite a lot of foreign investors bringing technology and skills beside the pure capital. Thus, all four countries have reached a more sophisticated level of production and partly even developed into service and financial centres.Combining these developments with the already advanced Japan, the entire Asia-Pacific Region must be seen as an extremely dynamic area often also mentioned as the Pacific Challenge. Thus it is of high interest to examine the determinants of growth behind this challenge, behind the economic success.Because of the specific Asian dimension of the success, especially the Asian mentality, a transfer of the growth strategy can only be possible to a very limited degree. But the Asian experiences can at least be helpful to the formulation of a country related development strategy showing up generally important growth factors.The contributors to this book analyze important factors such as development planning, foreign investment, deregulation, government intervention, human capital, finance and banking (service sector), technology transfer and promotion, trade (export promotion), agriculture and regional cooperation. For this purpose experts in Science and Economics report from their experiences.

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Duncker & Humblot

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3428472659

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Davidson's Precedents and Forms in Conveyancing

Vol. 3

By: Charles Davidson,Jacob Waley,Thomas Key

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Davidson's Precedents and Forms in Conveyancing

Vol. 3

By: Charles Davidson,Jacob Waley,Thomas Key

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

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3368186469

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United States Jewry, 1776-1985

Volume 3, the Germanic Period, Part 2

By: Jacob Rader Marcus

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United States Jewry, 1776-1985

Volume 3, the Germanic Period, Part 2

By: Jacob Rader Marcus

The third volume covers the period from 1860 to 1920, beginning with the Jews, slavery, and the Civil War, and concluding with the rise of Reform Judaism as well as the increasing spirit of secularization that characterized emancipated, prosperous, liberal Jewry before it was confronted by a rising tide of American anti-Semitism in the 1920s.

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Wayne State University Press

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0814344720

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City of 201 Gods

IlŽ-If� in Time, Space, and the Imagination

By: Jacob Olupona

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IlŽ-If� in Time, Space, and the Imagination

By: Jacob Olupona

“Olupona does a masterful job of interweaving historical detail, personal interviews and observations. Here, myth becomes lived reality, and one is forced to take pause and ask what and where indeed are the true powers that enable humans to inhabit the modern city.” —Charles H. Long, author of Significations: Signs, Symbols, and Images in the Interpretation of Religion “This book is destined to be the authoritative source on one of the most important religious centers and one of the most fascinating ethnic groups in sub-Saharan Africa. This is a remarkable and engaging piece of research by a first-class scholar who knows his discipline and his native culture.”—Barry Hallen, author of The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful: Discourse About Values in Yoruba Culture

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Book's by Jacob Viner

Essays on the Intellectual History of Economics

Essays on the Intellectual History of Economics

Jacob Viner

Jacob Viner

The Role of Providence in the Social Order

The Role of Providence in the Social Order

Jacob Viner

Jacob Viner

The Customs Union Issue

The Customs Union Issue

Essays on the Intellectual History of Economics

Essays on the Intellectual History of Economics

Canada's Balance of International Indebtedness, 1900-1913

Canada's Balance of International Indebtedness, 1900-1913

Studies in the Theory of International Trade

Studies in the Theory of International Trade

The Customs Union Issue

The Customs Union Issue

Growth determinants in East and Southeast Asian economies

Growth determinants in East and Southeast Asian economies

Davidson's Precedents and Forms in Conveyancing

Davidson's Precedents and Forms in Conveyancing

United States Jewry, 1776-1985

United States Jewry, 1776-1985

City of 201 Gods

City of 201 Gods

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