In the Long Run We Are All Dead
Haus Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-913368-57-9 (ISBN)
No one grows up dreaming of becoming an economist. Until the late nineteenth century, economics couldn't even be studied at university and was the preserve of polymathic figures whose radical curiosity drew them to an evolving discipline that was little understood and often derided. Each of the thirteen chapters of this book tells the story of just such a figure. Each of their extraordinary lives is worthy of fiction, and the manner of their deaths, oddly, often illuminates their work. In the Long Run We're All Dead shows us how these economists developed the theories for which they became famous, even if, tragically, much too late for them to enjoy their fame. And these often-complex ideas - of Utilitarianism, of Social Costs, of the Endowment Effect, to name just a few - are explained here with reference to the lives of their creators in a style that is engaging, irreverent, and comic. Though Frank tells us about these lives is true, this is also a book of imaginative speculation that considers how economist's principles might be applied to problems of today and of the future. 'In the long run', said John Maynard Keynes, 'we are all dead.' A blandly straightforward statement but one, when uttered by perhaps the greatest economist of the twentieth century, intriguingly gnomic too. Keynes is but one of the eccentrics, radical, unconventional, and often revolutionary thinkers who lives Frank entertainingly recounts.
Bjoern Frank is Professor of Economics at the University of Kassel, Germany. His recent publications include the 'economic trhiller', Money Clotting, published in 2017. Jamie Bulloch is a historian and has worked as a professional translator from German since 2001. His works include books by Paulus Hochgatterer and Alissa Walser.
Foreword: About This Book and Why it's Not Longer // 1
1. Cantillon's Last Problem // 5
2. Bentham: Not a Pretty Corpse, But Useful // 13
3. List's Last Economic Triumph // 29
4. Thünen and his Gravestone Formula // 45
5. Chayanov: Death in Hell // 61
6. Keynes: An Economist, Amongst Other Things // 75
7. Stackelberg: The Other Führer // 83
8. Schumpeter Prays to the Rabbits // 89
9. Von Neumann and the Price of Nuclear Deterrence // 103
10. Schmölders' Dream of America // 111
11. Vickrey's Very Brief Delight at the Nobel Prize // 121
12. Coase and the Economic Problems of Eternal Life // 129
13. Variations on Themes by Friedrich List // 141
Notes and Sources // 153
Bibliography // 165
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.07.2023 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 153 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-913368-57-2 / 1913368572 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-913368-57-9 / 9781913368579 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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