Foundations Economic Analysis by Samuelson Paul, First Edition (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8th printing; dj w/lite wear only, unclipped price, in mylar; owner's name; 447 clean, unmarked pages/index.

Hardcover. First Edition. First edition, first printing. xii, 447 pp. Bound in publisher's crimson cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Lacking dust jacket. Copy of Elmus R. Wicker, a noted historian of banking panics and monetary policy; his signature on title page and the text has a few of his brackets and notes in margins. Spine a bit dulled, upper corners bumped, light foxing to edges. Sturdy binding. Very Good condition overall. A milestone in the history of economics, showing the value of the field's adoption of advanced mathematics.

127 S., mehr. Abb. u. Fig., Pp. -- Einbandtitel: Paul A. Samuelsons "Foundations of Economic Analysis". - Kommentarband zum Faksimile-Nachdruck der 1947 erschienenen Erstausgabe. --Bertram Schefold: Zum Geleit. Paul A. Samuelson: How "Foundations" came to be - Die Entstehung von "Foundations of Economic Analysis". Jürg Niehans: Samuelsons "Foundations": Ein nichtmathematischer Leitfaden. C. Christian von Weizsäcker: Paul Samuelsons wissenschaftliche Wirkung.- [ Wirtschaftswissenschaft Volkswirtschaft historie Biographie LandUS Zeit1947 P| Paul Samuelson " Klassiker der Nationalökonomie J| 1997 | 52164 ].

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition, 2nd Printing. 447 pages in very good condition; edges slightly yellowed. Previous owner's name on the ffep. Burgundy cloth with gold titles on the spine. Very light wear on the corners, head/tail of spine. Beige DJ with brown titles. Spine and edges darkened. Tears and chips on the corners, head/tail of spine. VG+/FAIR. Book.

Third printing of the Nobel Prize-winning economistâs magnum opus and one of the most influential economic texts of the twentieth century. Octavo, original burgundy cloth with titles in gilt. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "Paul A. Samuelson MIT" on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, uncommon signed. Paul Samuelson is one of the developers of both neo-Keynesian and neoclassical economics, the latter of which still dominates mainstream economics. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1970 for having written considerable parts of economic theory. The title of this work "was meant to be exactly as ambitious as it sounds, and the book's impact on the profession has largely justified it For the first time in a book in English on economic principles, the mathematics, instead of being relegated to an appendix, provided the skeleton of the argument Fifty years after it was written, the Foundations (together with Hicks' Value and Capital) is still one of the most inspiring classics of general equilibrium economics (Niehans, History of Economic Theory, 423).

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economistâs magnum opus and one of the most influential economic texts of the twentieth century as published in Harvard Economic Studies as volume LXXX in the series. Octavo, original burgundy cloth. In near fine condition with light toning to the spine. Harvard College library bookplate to the pastedown, where this book was printed. An exceptional example with noted provenance. Based on Samuelson's 1941 doctoral dissertation at Harvard University, Foundations of Economic Analysis "drastically redirected the advanced study of economics toward greater and more productive use of mathematics" (Cooper, 1997). Through the work, Samuelson sought to demonstrate a common mathematical structure underlying multiple branches of economics from two basic principles: maximizing behavior of agents (such as of utility by consumers and profits by firms) and stability of equilibrium as to economic systems (such as markets or economies). Among other contributions, it advanced the theory of index numbers and generalized welfare economics. The title of this work "was meant to be exactly as ambitious as it sounds, and the bookâs impact on the profession has largely justified it. For the first time in a book in English on economic principles, the mathematics, instead of being relegated to an appendix, provided the skeleton of the argument. Fifty years after it was written, the Foundations (together with Hicksâ Value and Capital) is still one of the most inspiring classics of general equilibrium economics (Niehans, History of Economic Theory, 423).

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing of Samuelson's classic work on economics, in RARE dust jacket. Original red cloth with bright gilt lettering at spine, Near Fine, sun fading at top edge of spine, slight toning at gutters. In a Very Good dust jacket, 1/4" loss of paper at head of spine, small chips at base of spine, spine faded yet title still legible, 2" tears at front spine crease with horizontal tear just below title. Harvard Economic Studies No. 80. Samuelson was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1970 for having written considerable parts of economic theory. "Fifty years after it was written, the Foundations (together with Hicks' Value and Capital) is still one of the most inspiring classics of general equilibrium economics (Niehans, History of Economic Theory, 423). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. Crimson library binding with white lettering. Good condition. No jacket. An ex-library copy, rebound with typical library stamps, plates, etc. Clean text and sturdy binding. A reading copy of the first appearance of Nobel Prize laureate Paul Samuelson's extremely influential work.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economistâs magnum opus and one of the most influential economic texts of the twentieth century. Octavo, original burgundy cloth with titles in gilt. Signed by the author on the title page, "Paul A. Samuelson MIT." In near fine condition with light rubbing. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very nice example, uncommon signed. Paul Samuelson is one of the developers of both neo-Keynesian and neoclassical economics, the latter of which still dominates mainstream economics. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1970 for having written considerable parts of economic theory. The title of this work "was meant to be exactly as ambitious as it sounds, and the book's impact on the profession has largely justified it For the first time in a book in English on economic principles, the mathematics, instead of being relegated to an appendix, provided the skeleton of the argument Fifty years after it was written, the Foundations (together with Hicks' Value and Capital) is still one of the most inspiring classics of general equilibrium economics (Niehans, History of Economic Theory, 423).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Very Good. Fading to cloth at spine, rubbing at corners and spine ends, light marks to cloth with faint cup ring stain to front board. Pages lightly toned, with a few faint stains at prelims. Carl Kaysen's copy, with name and date written on front free end paper. A distinguished professor and policy advisor to John F. Kennedy nicknamed "Vice President in charge of the rest of the world" during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kaysen worked with Samuelson at MIT on Project Charles, an air-defense study. He was also the father of Susanna Kaysen, author of Girl, Interrupted. Laid in is a signed post card from Samuelson.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economistâs magnum opus and one of the most influential economic texts of the twentieth century. Octavo, original burgundy cloth with titles in gilt. Signed "Paul A. Samuelson MIT" on the title page. An excellent example with light wear to the cloth, some toning to the spine, near fine. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Paul Samuelson is one of the developers of both neo-Keynesian and neoclassical economics, the latter of which still dominates mainstream economics. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1970 for having written considerable parts of economic theory. The title of this work "was meant to be exactly as ambitious as it sounds, and the book's impact on the profession has largely justified it For the first time in a book in English on economic principles, the mathematics, instead of being relegated to an appendix, provided the skeleton of the argument Fifty years after it was written, the Foundations (together with Hicks' Value and Capital) is still one of the most inspiring classics of general equilibrium economics (Niehans, History of Economic Theory, 423).

First edition, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "This book was written for economists like Roman Weil, Paul A. Samuelson, AB Chicago '35. MIT, June 2001". Weil (1940-2023) was a faculty member of the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago from 1965 to 2008, where he was especially known for his work on bond duration. He has inserted a pencilled slip, noting, "His textbook & my freshman Yale teacher, G. G. Gaul, turned me on to economics. I didn't look at this till I was a graduate student in the mid 1960s. Didn't mean much to me then or now. Still 1st book by 1st USA Econ. Nobelist, RLW 07/01". Samuelson's inscription refers to his graduation from Chicago in 1935. Foundations is the Nobel prize-winning economist's first book, based on his Harvard doctoral dissertation, which established mathematics as the foundation of economics. "More than anyone else he [Samuelson] bears responsibility for the mathematical bent of economics in the late 20th century" (Pressman, pp. 162-3). Samuelson shows that the common mathematical structure underlying multiple branches of economics is based on a set of basic principles: the optimizing behaviour of agents and the stability of equilibrium for economic systems. Fundaburk 2039; Mattioli 3186. Steven Pressman, Fifty Major Economists, 1999. Octavo. Tables, graphs, and formulas in the text. Original red cloth, spine lettered and with publisher's device in gilt, covers panelled in blind. Housed in custom brown quarter cloth solander box. Spine very slightly sunned, extremities very slightly rubbed, contents clean and unmarked. A very good copy.

First edition, first printing. 8vo. xii, 447, [1] pp. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, covers panelled in blind (internally clean and unmarked; spine only the slightest shade faded, light shelf wear to tips of spine and corners, notwithstanding a really excellent copy). Cambridge, MA; Harvard University Press. Samuelson's seminal first book, based on his doctoral dissertation at Harvard, one of the most influential economic texts of the twentieth century in which he established mathematics as the foundation of economics, rather than a mere addendum. Samuelson's 'brilliant doctoral dissertation? was a 'milestone in the conversion of modern economists to the view that all economic behaviour can be fruitfully studied as the solution to a maximisation problem explicitly or implicitly employing the mathematics of differential and integral calculus. In addition, his formulation of the correspondence principle marked the beginning of the modern interest in economic dynamics, the study of price formation out of equilibrium' (Blaug). 'Samuelson more than anyone else brought economics from its pre-1930s verbal and diagrammatic mode of analysis to the quantitative mathematical style and methods of reasoning that have dominated for many decades' (New Palgrave). From the library of the American Marxist economist and Stanford professor Paul A. Baran (1909-1964), with his ownership inscription dated 'April 1948' in black ink to the front free endpaper.

First edition, first printing, with a loosely inserted slip signed by Samuelson at MIT in 1979, and formerly belonging to Ragnar Nurkse (1907-2007), a key founder of development economics, with his ink signature on the front free endpaper. In 1947, Nurkse had just joined Columbia University as an associate professor of economics. Interestingly, Samuelson does not appear to have been sympathetic to development economics, warning in 2004 that continued economic integration of global markets would damage high-wage jobs in more highly developed countries. Foundations is the Nobel Prize-winning economist's first book, which established mathematics as the foundation of economics, rather than an addendum. It is based on Samuelson's doctoral dissertation at Harvard. "Regarded by most economists as providing the mathematical foundations for contemporary economics. more than anyone else he bears responsibility for the mathematical bent of economics in the late 20th century" (Pressman, pp. 162-3). Samuelson demonstrates that the common mathematical structure underlying multiple branches of economics is based on a set of basic principles: the optimizing behaviour of agents and the stability of equilibrium for economic systems. Fundaburk 2039; Mattioli 3186. Steven Pressman, Fifty Major Economists, 1999. Octavo. Tables, graphs, and formulas in the text. Original red cloth, spine lettered and with publisher's device in gilt, covers panelled in blind. Short pencil annotation on p. x. Cloth bright, minimal bumping and rubbing, faint toning to spine, minor browning and foxing to outer leaves: a very good copy indeed.