{"product_id":"celebrating-irving-fisher-9781405133074","title":"Celebrating Irving Fisher","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIrving Fisher (1867-1947), economist, Yale University teacher, inventor, mathematician and activist reformer, was one of the most important American economists of the first half of the 20th century. On the 50th anniversary of his death in May of 1998, a large gathering of economists met at Yale to reassess Fisher's enormous scientific contribution. Such a reevaluation was facilitated by welcomed republication of all of Fisher's books and articles in 14 volumes the previous year. The offices of the Cowles Foundation at Yale University were made available for the presentations and the Cowles Foundation directors and administrators assisted with the preparation of this important volume.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book consists of original papers explaining Fisher's technical contributions to econometrics, a reassessment of his prescient and much neglected textbook on economics, his theories of capital and interest, his debt-deflation theory of depression, the various financial devices that he develope\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrontispieces. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword (George W. Fisher).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCelebrating Irving Fisher: the Legacy of a Great Economist (Robert W. Dimand and John Geanakoplos).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIrving Fisher (1867-1947 (James Tobin).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIrving Fisher of Yale (William J. Barber).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Compute Equilibrium Prices in 1891 (William C. Brainard and Herbert E. Scarf).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComment on William C. Brainard and Herbert E. Scarf's \"How to Compute Equilibrium Prices in 1891\" (K.R. Sreenivasan).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eControlling the Price Level (Robert E. Hall)'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComment on Robert E. Hall's \"Controlling the Price Level\" (James Tobin).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStable Prices, Money and the Cost of Living (Martin Shubik).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconometric Analysis of Fisher's Equation (Peter C.B. Phillips).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComments on \"Econometric Analysis of Fisher's Equation\" - by Peter C.B. Phillips (Jon Rust).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFisher, Keynes, and the Corridor of Stability (Robert W. Dimand).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFisher's Introductory Text (James Tobin).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFisher's The Nature of Capital and Income (James Tobin).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIrving Fisher's Spending (Consumption) Tax in Retrospect (John B. Shoven and John Whalley).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComments on John B. Shoven and John Whalley's \"Irving Fisher's Spendings (Consumption ) Tax in Retrospect (Alan J. Aurebach).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComments on John B. Shoven and John Whalley's, \"Irving Fisher's Spendings (Consumption) tax in Retrospect\" (Michael J. Graetz).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ideal Inflation-Indexed Bond and Irving Fisher's Impatience theory of Interest with Overlapping Generations (John Geanakoplos).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComments on John Geanakoplos's \"The Ideal Inflation-Indexed Bond and Irving Fisher's Impatience Theory of Interest with Overlapping Generations\" (Robert J. Shiller).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex Number Theory Using Differences Rather Than Ratios (W. Erwin Diewert).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComment on W. Erwin Diewert's, \"Index Number Theory Using Differences Rather Than Ratios\" (Matthew D. Shapiro).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIrving Fisher and the Contribution of Improved Longevity to Living Standards 9William D. Nordhaus).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComments on William D. Nordhaus's, \"Irving Fisher and the Contribution of Improved Longevity to Living Standards\" (Robvert W. Dimand).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComments on William D. Nordhaus's, \"Irving Fisher and the Contribution of Improved Longevity to Living Standards: (T. N. Srinivasan).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHealth, Government, and Irving Fisher (Victor R. Fuchs).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoes \"Health Promotion\" Really Promote Health (Alvan R. Feinstein).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIrving Fisher, Victor Fuchs, and the Health-Government Tangle (Richard Zeckhauser).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407870665047,"sku":"9781405133074","price":37.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405133074.jpg?v=1730500802","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/celebrating-irving-fisher-9781405133074","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}