Readings in Business Cycle Theory

ISBN: 0404153305

Book Description: Ams Pr Inc, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A., 1976. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, Black cloth with gilt title to spine, REPRINTED by AMS Press in 1976 from the edition of 1951.

Book Condition: Very Good, some very light rubbing to boards and a very small (1/8") blemish on back board, some slightest soiling to text block, otherwise internal pages are clean and free of marks. No Dust Jacket.

Contents: Preface, Introduction, PART I. OVER-ALL PICTURE OF THE BUSINESS CYCLE AND METHOD OF ANALYSIS - The Analysis of Economic Change by Joseph A. Schumpeter. 2. The Long Waves in Economic Life by Nikolai D. Kondratieff. 3. Business Cycles by Wesley C. Mitchell. 4. Econometric Business Cycle Research by Jan Tinbergen. PART II. SAVING, INVESTMENT AND NATIONAL INCOME - 5. Some Notes on the Stockholm Theory of Saving and Investment by Bertil Ohlin. 6. The Outcome of the Saving-Investment Discussion by Friedrich A. Lutz. 7. Saving and Investment: Definitions, Assumptions, Objectives by Abba P. Lerner. 8. The Rate of Interest and the Optimum Propensity to Consume by Oscar Lange. 9. PART III. THE MULTIPLIER, ACCELERATION PRONCIPLE AND GOVERNMENT SPENDING - 9. Mr. Keynes' Theory of the "Multiplier": A Methodological Criticism. 10. Period Analysis and Mutliplier Theory by Gottfried Haberler. 11. Business Acceleration and the Law of Demand: A technical Factor in Economic Cycles by John M. Clark. 12. Interactions Between the Multiplier Analysis and the Principal of Acceleration by Paul A. Samuelson. 13. Deficit Spending by John H. Williams. 14. An Appraisal of the Workability of Compensatory Devices by John M. Clark. PART IV. MONETARY THEORY OF THE BUSINESS CYCLE - 15. A Survey of Modern Monetary Controversy by Dennis H. Robertson. 16. The Trade Cycle by Ralph G. Hawtrey. 17. Price Expectations, Monetary Disturbances and Maladjustments by Friedrick A. Hayek. PART V. UNDERCONSUMPTION THEORY AND SECULAR STAGNATION THESIS - 18. Economic Progress and Declining Population Growth by Alvin H. Hansen. 19. General Overproduction by Hans Neisser. 20. Monetary Policy and Investment by Howard S. Ellis. PART VI. SPECIAL COMMODITY CYCLES - 21. The Cobweb Theorem by Mordecai Ezekiel. Bibliography of the Literature on Business Cycle Theory by Harold M. Somers. Index to Bibliography. -- This is a great collection of articles by some of the highest respected Economist and scholars of their time in 1951. This 1976 REPRINT is a great value and may make a wonderful addition to your trading library. Recommended. 494 pages, indexed.

Status: SOLD, 10 November 2012 to Private Collector in the UK.