Alfred Marshall [electronic resource] : Economist 1842-1924 /
Groenewegen, P.author.
This succinct overview of Marshall's life and work as an economist sets his major economic contributions in perspective, by looking at his education, his travel, his teaching at Cambridge, Oxford and Bristol, his policy views as presented to government inquiries and his political and social opinions.
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Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: Alfred Marshall, a Giant Among Economists; 2 Family, Childhood and Education (1842-65); 3 Marshall's Moral Sciences Apprenticeship and Search for a New Vocation (1866-77); 4 Bristol and Oxford (1877-84) and Two 'Small' Books (1879); 5 Professor at Cambridge (1885-1908) and Adviser to Governments; 6 Writing and Revising the Principles (1882-1922); 7 Political and Social Thought: 'A Youthful Tendency to Socialism';  Changing Views on the Women's Issue;  and a Taste for Advocacy and Occasional Controversy
8 Retirement and Industry and Trade (1919): An Important Companion Volume to the Principles9 Final Years and Some Further Volumes (1919-24); 10 A Rich and Enduring Legacy; Bibliography; Chronological Bibliography of Marshall's Writings; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This succinct overview of Marshall's life and work as an economist sets his major economic contributions in perspective, by looking at his education, his travel, his teaching at Cambridge, Oxford and Bristol, his policy views as presented to government inquiries and his political and social opinions.
Economic history.
Macroeconomics.
Industrial organization.
Political economy.
Economic theory.
History of Economic Thought/Methodology.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
Industrial Organization.
International Political Economy.
Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.
Economic History.