Robinson E a G Editors (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Very Good- dust. First Edition. With library stamps & labels. Dustjacket in removable plastic cover. Slight wear to spine, cover, corners & dustjacket.; Ex-Library; 781 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Volume 3 number 11, February 1936 68pp, bound in original blue card covers. Articles include Corn Yields in medieval England, Marshall and Dutch Shipbuilding by JH Clapham, C18 traffic in livestock by GE Fussell,; Large Octavo.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Volume 4 number 15, February 1940, 108pp, bound in original blue card covers. Articles include Firm of Boutlon & Watt etc; Large Octavo.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 609 Pp. The First Textbook Of Occupational Research, With Specific Chapters With Detailed Analysis Of 24 Occupations. Fine, Bright, Clean, Gilt Brilliant, No Fading. This Book With The Ownership Signature Of Mabel Liljidahl Of The Society, And Additionally Signed By The Editors And Almost All Authors Of The Articles In This Volume, Also By A Few Other Members Of The Society, All On The Front Endpaper. A Great Copy Of A Very Scarce Book. Signed by Author(s). …

An offprint of the December 1954 issue of the The Economic Journal, containing R.G. Hawtrey's article "Keynes and Supply Functions." A response to F.J. DeJong's article "Supply Functions in Keynesian Economics" from the March 1954 issue. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Keynes spearheaded a revolution in economic thinking, challenging the ideas of neoclassical economics that held that free markets would, in the short to medium term, automatically provide full employment, as long as workers were flexible in their wage demands. He argued that aggregate demand (total spending in the economy) determined the overall level of economic activity, and that inadequate aggregate demand could lead to prolonged periods of high unemployment, and since wages and labor costs are rigid downwards the economy will not automatically rebound to full employment. Keynes advocated the use of fiscal and monetary policies to mitigate the adverse effects of economic recessions and depressions. He detailed these ideas in his magnum opus, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, published in late 1936. By the late 1930s, leading Western economies had begun adopting Keynes's policy recommendations. Almost all capitalist governments had done so by the end of the two decades following Keynes's death in 1946.…

Rare offprint of the December 1954 issue of the The Economic Journal, containing F.J. DeJong's article "Keynes and Supply Functions: A Rejoinder," cut out and pasted over R.G. Hawtrey's original offprint article "Keynes and Supply Functions." Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Ink notation to the front panel. Accompanied by an unsigned copy of a typed letter from Hawtrey to DeJong responding to the rejoinder laid in. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Keynes spearheaded a revolution in economic thinking, challenging the ideas of neoclassical economics that held that free markets would, in the short to medium term, automatically provide full employment, as long as workers were flexible in their wage demands. He argued that aggregate demand (total spending in the economy) determined the overall level of economic activity, and that inadequate aggregate demand could lead to prolonged periods of high unemployment, and since wages and labor costs are rigid downwards the economy will not automatically rebound to full employment. Keynes advocated the use of fiscal and monetary policies to mitigate the adverse effects of economic recessions and depressions. He detailed these ideas in his magnum opus, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, published in late 1936. By the late 1930s, leading Western economies had begun adopting Keynes's policy recommendations. Almost all capitalist governments had done so by the end of the two decades following Keynes's death in 1946.…