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Allyn Young

The Peripatetic Economist

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  • © 1995

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Authors:
  1. Charles P. Blitch

    1. Old Dominion University, Norfolk, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in the History of Economics (SHE)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Charles P. Blitch
    Pages 1-2

  3. The Early Years

    • Charles P. Blitch
    Pages 3-14

  4. The Peripatetic Economist

    • Charles P. Blitch
    Pages 15-41

  5. Cornell, Washington and New York

    • Charles P. Blitch
    Pages 42-69

  6. Paris and the Aftermath

    • Charles P. Blitch
    Pages 70-112

  7. The Harvard Years

    • Charles P. Blitch
    Pages 113-163

  8. The London School of Economics

    • Charles P. Blitch
    Pages 164-187

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 188-222
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`This careful and long-overdue biography fills us in on the life and work of an American economist who was important during the first three decades of the century. The book is especially timely because Young's seminal article (1928) on increasing returns is now widely acknowledged to foreshadow much of the modern analysis of edogenous growth and related inquiry.' - James M. Buchanan, George Mason University Allyn Young was one of the most prominent and influential economists in the interwar period. His influence came largely through the work of his students: Frank Knight, Holbrook Working, Edward Chamberlin, Seymour Harris and others. He held professorships at Stanford, Cornell, and Harvard Universities among others. His public service included chief economic advisor to the American delegation at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. This book provides the first full study of Allyn Young's life and work. It presents detailed expositions of his papers on demographics, value theory, depreciation, taxation, index number theory, and increasing returns. It is a straightforward analysis of the life and work of one of the most fascinating economists of this century.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Old Dominion University, Norfolk, USA

    Charles P. Blitch

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