Milton Friedman: Contributions to Economics and Public Policy

Herausgeber: Cord, Robert A.; Hammond, J. Daniel

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book brings together experts on Milton Friedman's life and thought. They draw on their experiences to present original insights into Friedman's method of working, his ability to communicate ideas to the general public, his influence on other economists, and the continuing role that his ideas have had during the present economic crisis.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 832
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 180mm x 51mm
• Gewicht: 1610g
• ISBN-13: 9780198704324
• ISBN-10: 0198704321
• Artikelnr.: 47867865

Autorenporträt

Robert A. Cord is a researcher in economics. His specialist area of interest is the history of economic thought and, within this, the history of macroeconomics. He is the author of Keynes (Haus 2007), and Reinterpreting the Keynesian Revolution (Routledge, 2012). Dr Cord holds a Ph.D. from Cambridge University. J. Daniel Hammond is Hultquist Family Professor of Economics and Department Chair at Wake Forest University. His research is on the history of economics, especially economics at the University of Chicago. He has also done work on T.R. Malthus and the formation of Malthusian ideas regarding population and resource use. He is currently working on a history of scientism in economics and related fields. He is Past President of the History of Economics Society (2001-02), and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Part 1. Reflections on Friedman
* 1: Robert E. Lucas, Jr.: Milton Friedman as Teacher and Scholar
* 2: Arnold C. Harberger: Milton Friedman: An Appreciation
* 3: Gregory C. Chow: Remembering Milton Friedman
* 4: Bennett T. McCallum: The Place of Milton Friedman in the History
of Economic Thought
* 5: Allan H. Meltzer: Milton Friedman's Public Life After Retirement,
1976-1988
* Part 2. Monetary Theory and Policy
* 6: Neil R. Ericsson, David F. Hendry, and Stedman B. Hood: Milton
Friedman as an Empirical Modeler
* 7: Michael D. Bordo: Milton Friedman and US Monetary History
* 8: Richard Selden: Reflections on Friedman's Macroeconomics
* 9: Eugene Lerner: Reflections on Milton Friedman, the South during
the Civil War, and Current Events
* 10: James R. Lothian: Milton Friedman's Monetary Economics: Theory
and Empirics
* 11: Harris Dellas and George S. Tavlas: Friedman, Chicago, and
Monetary Rules
* 12: Sylvie Rivot: Why and How Should a Monetary Economy be
Stabilised? The Forgotten Lessons of Milton Friedman
* 13: K. Vela Velupillai: Friedman's Characterization of the Natural
Rate of Unemployment
* 14: Scott B. Sumner: What Would Milton Friedman Have Thought of
Market Monetarism?
* 15: William A. Barnett: Friedman and Divisia Monetary Measures
* 16: Robert L. Hetzel: Arthur Burns and Milton Friedman: Why did the
Master (Burns) and the Disciple (Friedman) Understand Inflation in a
Diametrically Opposed Way?
* 17: Edward Nelson: Milton Friedman and the Federal Reserve Chairs in
the 1970s
* 18: Selwyn Cornish: Monetary Targeting in Australia: Problems of
Control and Prediction
* 19: Vincent Barnett: Milton Friedman, the Quantity Theory and
Hyperinflation in Russia
* Part 3. Consumption Theory, Fiscal Policy, and Public Policy
* 20: John J. Seater: Friedman's Theory of Income and Consumption, Then
and Now
* 21: Michael J. Boskin: Milton Friedman's Contributions to Fiscal
Economics
* 22: Robert D. Auerbach: Friedman and the Income Effects of Financing
Government Deficits
* 23: Nicholas Barr: Milton Friedman and the Finance of Higher
Education
* 24: Mark Thornton: Milton Friedman, Drug Legalization, and Public
Policy
* 25: Morris M. Kleiner: Milton Friedman and Occupational Licensing
* 26: John D. Singleton: Slaves or Mercenaries? Milton Friedman and the
Institution of the All-Volunteer Military
* 27: Paul Turpin: Straining the Social Bond: Government Policy vs.
Social Custom in Capitalism and Freedom
* Part 4. Methodology
* 28: Lawrence A. Boland: On Reading and Misreading Friedman's 1953
Methodology Essay
* 29: Patrick Minford: Milton Friedman's Methodology, Macroeconomics,
and the Great Recession
* 30: Gerald P. Dwyer: Milton Friedman: A Bayesian?
* 31: Marcel Boumans: Friedman and the Cowles Commission
* Part 5. Friedman and Other Economists
* 32: Craig Freedman, G.C. Harcourt, Peter Kriesler, and J.W. Nevile:
Milton Friedman: Constructing an Anti-Keynes
* 33: Thomas I. Palley: The Economics and Political Economy of Milton
Friedman: An Old Keynesian Critique
* 34: Russell S. Boyer: Friedman and his Collegial Detractors
* 35: J. Daniel Hammond: Milton Friedman and George J. Stigler: Early
Interactions and Connections
* 36: Roger W. Garrison: Friedman and the Austrians
* 37: Peter J. Boettke and Rosolino Candela: Milton Friedman, James
Buchanan and Constitutional Political Economy
* 38: Susan Howson: Friedman and Robbins
* 39: Douglas A. Irwin: Friedman and Viner
* 40: Robert A. Cord: Economists as forecasters: Milton Friedman and
Paul Samuelson, 1970-1974