F.Y. Edgeworth : mathematical psychics and further papers on political economy
By: edited by Peter Newman.
Contributors: Newman, Peter K., 1928-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 653
Subjects: Economics, Mathematical; Economics
Description: "This volume commences with two youthful monographs, Mathematical Psychics (1881), Edgeworth's best-known work, and New and Old Methods of Ethics (1879), which is reprinted for the first time. Both are complemented by extensive editorial notes. Edgeworth's mature views, however, are to be found in his lectures, journal articles and reviews. He himself edited the three volumes of his Papers Relating to Political Economy in 1925, a project which led to some surprising omissions.

This volume includes the most significant articles not previously reprinted - among them his seminal work on the theory of banking and the application of mathematical theory to political economy, his reviews of Walras and Marshall, his lectures On the Relations of Political Economy to War (1915) and Equal Pay to Men and Women for Equal Work (1922), together with his most important contributions to Palgrave's Dictionary."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The present volume was commissioned by the Royal Economic Society to complete the three volumes of Edgeworth's, "Papers Relating to Political Economy." -- pref.