The Legacy of Sir John Hicks: His Contributions to Economic Analysis

✍ Scribed by Harald Hagemann, Omar Hamouda

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 286
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Sir John Hicks made a major contribution to almost every aspect of modern economic theory. His diverse and inventive work has left a huge impression on the discipline. Contributors: Christopher Bliss, Oxford University; John S. Chipman, University of Minnesota; Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Vanderbilt University; Richard Goodwin, University of Siena; Frank H. Hahn, Cambridge University; John D. Hey, University of York; Charles M. Kennedy, University of Kent; David Laidler, University of Western Ontario; Axel Leijonhufvud, University of California, Los Angeles; Robin C.O. Matthews, Cambridge University; Michio Morishima, London School of Economics; Kurt W. Rothschild, Vienna; Robin Rowley, McGill University; Roberto Scazzieri, University of Bologna.

✦ Table of Contents

BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 3
COPYRIGHT......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 5
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 7
INTRODUCTION......Page 10
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 19
1 IN MEMORIAM......Page 20
I......Page 24
II......Page 25
III......Page 28
IV......Page 32
REFERENCES......Page 33
I......Page 36
II......Page 37
III......Page 39
IV......Page 41
V......Page 42
VI......Page 44
VII......Page 47
VIII......Page 49
NOTES......Page 50
REFERENCES......Page 51
4 CAPITAL THEORY......Page 52
II......Page 53
III......Page 59
IV......Page 61
VI......Page 63
REFERENCES......Page 65
I A BOOK AND ITS FATE......Page 66
II LABOUR ECONOMIST—ECONOMIC THEORIST......Page 67
III MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY......Page 69
IV SUBSTITUTION, DISTRIBUTION, CAPITAL......Page 72
V REAL AND MONEY WAGES......Page 74
VI TRADE UNIONS, BARGAINING, UNEMPLOYMENT......Page 76
NOTES......Page 78
REFERENCES......Page 79
6 A REFORMULATION AND EXTENSION OF HICKSIAN DYNAMICS......Page 80
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 90
I THE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM PROBLEM IN GENERAL......Page 92
II THE EXISTENCE PROBLEM......Page 93
III COMPARATIVE STATICS......Page 95
IV THE STABILITY QUESTION......Page 96
V HOW DO UNSTABLE ECONOMIES BEHAVE?......Page 97
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 99
INTRODUCTION......Page 102
1 THE FOUNDATIONS OF WELFARE ECONOMICS......Page 103
2 THE MEASUREMENT OF REAL NATIONAL INCOME......Page 108
3 THE REHABILITATION OF CONSUMERS’ SURPLUS......Page 126
4 THE FOUR CONSUMERS’ SURPLUSES......Page 138
NOTES......Page 140
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 145
I......Page 152
II......Page 153
III......Page 154
IV......Page 155
V......Page 157
VI......Page 159
VII......Page 160
VIII......Page 161
IX......Page 163
NOTES......Page 164
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 166
I INTRODUCTION......Page 168
II LIQUIDITY PREFERENCE AND IS—LM......Page 169
III MARKETS, MONEY AND LIQUIDITY......Page 170
IV INFLATION......Page 173
V CONCLUSIONS......Page 174
NOTES......Page 176
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 177
11 IN TIME WITH HICKS Probability......Page 180
Early days......Page 182
Narrower characterizations......Page 184
Incomplete orderings......Page 187
II ABSTRACTION, EVIDENCE AND ECONOMIC THEORY......Page 188
REFERENCES......Page 190
12 RISK AND UNCERTAINTY......Page 192
REFERENCES......Page 203
I INTRODUCTION......Page 204
II THE NEO—AUSTRIAN VISION OF THE PRODUCTION PROCESS......Page 208
III HICKS’S NEW CLASSIFICATION OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE......Page 210
IV THE FIXWAGE PATH......Page 212
V THE FULL EMPLOYMENT PATH......Page 214
VI WAYS AHEAD......Page 219
NOTES......Page 223
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 225
I INTRODUCTION......Page 228
II FLOWS, STOCKS AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS......Page 229
III FIXPRICE, FLEXPRICE AND THE NATURE OF BUSINESS INCOME......Page 232
IV MONEY, THE STRUCTURE OF PRODUCTION AND SEQUENTIAL CAUSALITY......Page 237
NOTES......Page 240
REFERENCES......Page 242
15 TIME IN ECONOMICS......Page 244
NOTES......Page 259
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 260
PUBLISHED WRITINGS— JOHN RICHARD HICKS......Page 262
NAME INDEX......Page 274
SUBJECT INDEX......Page 280