A.C. Pigou and the 'Marshallian' Thought Style A Study in the Philosophy and Mathematics Underlying Cambridge Economics /

• Main Author: Lovejoy Knight, Karen (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought,
• Subjects: Economic history.; Philosophy.; Economic theory.; Welfare economics.; History of Economic Thought/Methodology.; History of Philosophy.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy.; Economic History.

This book provides a study of the forces underlying the development of economic thought at Cambridge University during the late nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. The primary lens it uses to do so is an examination of how Arthur Cecil Pigou's thinking, heavily influ...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: A.C. Pigou and the Cambridge Tradition
• Chapter 2: The Elusive A.C. Pigou
• Chapter 3: The "Prof" and Marshallian Economics
• Chapter 4: The 'Marshallian' Thought Collective and Thought Style
• Chapter 5: Balancing the Material and the Ideal
• Chapter 6: Mathematics and Formalism in Economic Theory
• Chapter 7: Conclusion.