Essays on Economics and Economists
University of Chicago Press, 1994
Cloth: 978-0-226-11102-5 | Paper: 978-0-226-11103-2 | Electronic: 978-0-226-05134-5
DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226051345.001.0001
Cloth: 978-0-226-11102-5 | Paper: 978-0-226-11103-2 | Electronic: 978-0-226-05134-5
DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226051345.001.0001
ABOUT THIS BOOKTABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK
How do economists decide what questions to address and how to choose their theories? How do they tackle the problems of the economic system and give advice on public policy? With these broad questions, Nobel laureate R. H. Coase, widely recognized for his seminal work on transaction costs, reflects on some of the most fundamental concerns of economists over the past two centuries.
In fifteen essays, Coase evaluates the contributions of a number of outstanding figures, including Adam Smith, Alfred Marshall, Arnold Plant, Duncan Black, and George Stigler, as well as economists at the London School of Economics in the 1930s.
Ronald H. Coase was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Science in 1991.
In fifteen essays, Coase evaluates the contributions of a number of outstanding figures, including Adam Smith, Alfred Marshall, Arnold Plant, Duncan Black, and George Stigler, as well as economists at the London School of Economics in the 1930s.
Ronald H. Coase was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Science in 1991.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Economics
One. The Institutional Structure of Production
Two. How Should Economists Choose?
Three. Economics and Contiguous Disciplines
Four. Economists and Public Policy
Five. The Market for Goods and the Market for Ideas
Six. The Wealth of Nations
Seven. Adam Smith's View of Man
Economists
Eight. Alfred Marshall's Mother and Father
Nine. Alfred Marshall's Family and Ancestry
Ten. The Appointment of Pigou as Marshall's Successor
Eleven. Marshall on Method
Twelve. Arnold Plant
Thirteen. Duncan Black
Fourteen. George J. Stigler
Fifteen. Economics at LSE in the 1930s: A Personal View
Index