Lionel Robbins on the Principles of Economic Analysis The 1930s Lectures by Lionel Robbins

By:

Lionel Robbins, [Author]

Contributor(s):

Susan Howson

Publication details: New York, Routledge, 2018.Description: xx, 339 pages; illustration: 24 cmISBN:

9781138654198

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

330.01

Contents:

EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION PART I 1929-31 INTRODUCTION 1. The framework of economic analysis 2. The conception of equilibrium GENERAL OUTLINE OF EQUILBRIUM ANALYSIS 3. Equilibrium of simple exchange 4. Equilibrium of simple exchange (continued) 5. Equilibrium of multiple exchange 6. Equilibrium of production: Factors fixed 7. Equilibrium of production: Factors fixed (continued) 8. Production: Factors flexible 9. Production: Factors flexible: labour supply (continued) 10. Equilibrium of production: Factors flexible: material factors 11. Equilibrium of production: Factors flexible: material factors (continued) 12. Interest rates, capitalization & the equilibrum of production through time 13. The supply of material factors (continued) 14. Supply of material factors (continued) 15A. General view of equilibrium theory 15B. Price relationships in the economic equilibrium [1931/2] SPECIAL TOPICS 16. Consumers surplus 17. The laws of returns 18. Returns and costs 19. Costs: Definitions and the conditions of equilibrium 20. Costs: The supply curve and variations in demand 21. Rent, quasi rent and costs 22. Profits PART II 1932/3-1934/5 INTRODUCTION 1. Preliminary injunctions 2. Nature of economic analysis 3. The divisions of equilibrium analysis GENERAL OUTLINE OF EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS 4. Valuation and exchange: Individual disposition of goods 5. Valuation and exchange: Simple exchange 6. Production: Introduction 7. Production: Factors fixed (Acapitalistic) 8. Multiple exchange Valuation and exchange: Capitalistic production 9. The theory of interest 10. The theory of capital PART III 1935/6-1939/40 INTRODUCTION 1. The development of scientific economics 2. XIXth century economics 3. The subject matter of economics (1934/5) 4. Ends and Means STATICS 5. Valuation and Exchange: Introduction 6. Individual valuation 7. Exchange continued: Barter between two individuals 8. Multiple exchange 9. Production: Factors Fixed: Simple 10. Production: Non competing groups 11. Joint Production: Fixed Coefficients 12. Joint Production: The Laws of Returns 13. Joint Production 14. Monopoly 15. Monopoly and Distribution 16. Complex Production (continued): Joint Supply 17. Complex Production: Oligopoly 18. Capitalist Production: Conceptual 19. Time Preference 20. Capitalistic Production: Conditions equilibrium 21. Equilbrium Capitalist Production 22. Production: Labour Supply 23. The Theory of Rent COMPARATIVE STATICS 24. Differences in Demand for particular commodities: A. Commodity Price 25. Differences in Demand for particular commodities: B. Factor Prices 26. Differences in Conditions of Supply: (a) Differences in Commodity Supply 27. Differences in Conditions of Supply: (b) Differences in Commodity Supply (continued) 28. Comparative Statics: Inventions 29. Comparative Statics: Changes in Factor Supply: Labour 30. Comparative Statics: Differences in Capital Supply DYNAMICS FINAL EDITORIAL NOTE

Summary: Lionel Robbins (1898-1984) is best known to economists for his Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science (1932 and 1935). To the wider public he is well known for the 'Robbins Report' of the 1960s on Higher Education, which recommended a major expansion of university education in Britain. However, throughout his academic career - at Oxford and the London School of Economics in the 1920s, and as Professor of Economics at the School from 1929 to 1961 - he was renowned as an exceptionally gifted teacher. Generations of students remember his lectures for their clarity and comprehensiveness and for his infectious enthusiasm for his subject

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EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

PART I 1929-31

INTRODUCTION

1. The framework of economic analysis

2. The conception of equilibrium

GENERAL OUTLINE OF EQUILBRIUM ANALYSIS

3. Equilibrium of simple exchange

4. Equilibrium of simple exchange (continued)

5. Equilibrium of multiple exchange

6. Equilibrium of production: Factors fixed

7. Equilibrium of production: Factors fixed (continued)

8. Production: Factors flexible

9. Production: Factors flexible: labour supply (continued)

10. Equilibrium of production: Factors flexible: material factors

11. Equilibrium of production: Factors flexible: material factors (continued)

12. Interest rates, capitalization & the equilibrum of production through time

13. The supply of material factors (continued)

14. Supply of material factors (continued)

15A. General view of equilibrium theory

15B. Price relationships in the economic equilibrium [1931/2]

SPECIAL TOPICS

16. Consumers surplus

17. The laws of returns

18. Returns and costs

19. Costs: Definitions and the conditions of equilibrium

20. Costs: The supply curve and variations in demand

21. Rent, quasi rent and costs

22. Profits

PART II 1932/3-1934/5

INTRODUCTION

1. Preliminary injunctions

2. Nature of economic analysis

3. The divisions of equilibrium analysis

GENERAL OUTLINE OF EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS

4. Valuation and exchange: Individual disposition of goods

5. Valuation and exchange: Simple exchange

6. Production: Introduction

7. Production: Factors fixed (Acapitalistic)

8. Multiple exchange Valuation and exchange: Capitalistic production

9. The theory of interest

10. The theory of capital

PART III 1935/6-1939/40

INTRODUCTION

1. The development of scientific economics

2. XIXth century economics

3. The subject matter of economics (1934/5)

4. Ends and Means

STATICS

5. Valuation and Exchange: Introduction

6. Individual valuation

7. Exchange continued: Barter between two individuals

8. Multiple exchange

9. Production: Factors Fixed: Simple

10. Production: Non competing groups

11. Joint Production: Fixed Coefficients

12. Joint Production: The Laws of Returns

13. Joint Production

14. Monopoly

15. Monopoly and Distribution

16. Complex Production (continued): Joint Supply

17. Complex Production: Oligopoly

18. Capitalist Production: Conceptual

19. Time Preference

20. Capitalistic Production: Conditions equilibrium

21. Equilbrium Capitalist Production

22. Production: Labour Supply

23. The Theory of Rent

COMPARATIVE STATICS

24. Differences in Demand for particular commodities: A. Commodity Price

25. Differences in Demand for particular commodities: B. Factor Prices

26. Differences in Conditions of Supply: (a) Differences in Commodity Supply

27. Differences in Conditions of Supply: (b) Differences in Commodity Supply (continued)

28. Comparative Statics: Inventions

29. Comparative Statics: Changes in Factor Supply: Labour

30. Comparative Statics: Differences in Capital Supply

DYNAMICS
FINAL EDITORIAL NOTE

Lionel Robbins (1898-1984) is best known to economists for his Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science (1932 and 1935). To the wider public he is well known for the 'Robbins Report' of the 1960s on Higher Education, which recommended a major expansion of university education in Britain. However, throughout his academic career - at Oxford and the London School of Economics in the 1920s, and as Professor of Economics at the School from 1929 to 1961 - he was renowned as an exceptionally gifted teacher. Generations of students remember his lectures for their clarity and comprehensiveness and for his infectious enthusiasm for his subject

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