Studies in the theory of money and capital / by Erik Lindahl.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: engswe Series: The library of economics ; Section 2: New worksPublication details: New York : Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. [1939]Edition: First editionDescription: 391 pages: diagrams ; 22cmOther title:
  • The library of economics [Cover title]
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HB 501 .L5 1939
Partial contents:
Part One. The dynamic approach to economic theory Introduction to the study of dynamic theory -- Algebraic discussion of the relations between some fundamental concepts -- Part Two. The rate of interest and the price level (1930) I. Introduction -- II. The cumulative process caused by lowering or raising the level of interest rates -- II. The significance of interest rate differentiation -- IV. The rate of interest as an instrument for the maintenance of an unchanged price level -- V. The rate of interest as an instrument for regulating the price level in inverse proportion to productivity -- VI. Wicksell's concept of a "normal rate of interest" -- Part Three. The place of capital in the theory of price (1929) I. The traditional setting of the pricing problem -- II. Perfect foresight and stationary conditions -- III. Perfect foresight and dynamic conditions -- IV. Imperfect foresight .
Summary: "Synopsis: It is well-known that the Swedish experiment in practical economic control was inspired by a simultaneous development of economic thought in Sweden. Despite Swedish economics being known globally, until this book was originally published in 1939 there was little except second-hand descriptions of what the Swedes were really saying. This volume remedied that and explained hitherto hidden contemporary Swedish monetary theory." -- from the internet
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks The Karl H. Niebyl Collection HB 501 .L5 1939 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML19110011

The greater part of the book has been translated by Tor Fernholm.

"Ex Libris Niebyl" label at front of book.

Includes index (pages 385 - 391)

Part One. The dynamic approach to economic theory Introduction to the study of dynamic theory -- Algebraic discussion of the relations between some fundamental concepts -- Part Two. The rate of interest and the price level (1930) I. Introduction -- II. The cumulative process caused by lowering or raising the level of interest rates -- II. The significance of interest rate differentiation -- IV. The rate of interest as an instrument for the maintenance of an unchanged price level -- V. The rate of interest as an instrument for regulating the price level in inverse proportion to productivity -- VI. Wicksell's concept of a "normal rate of interest" -- Part Three. The place of capital in the theory of price (1929) I. The traditional setting of the pricing problem -- II. Perfect foresight and stationary conditions -- III. Perfect foresight and dynamic conditions -- IV. Imperfect foresight .

"Synopsis: It is well-known that the Swedish experiment in practical economic control was inspired by a simultaneous development of economic thought in Sweden. Despite Swedish economics being known globally, until this book was originally published in 1939 there was little except second-hand descriptions of what the Swedes were really saying. This volume remedied that and explained hitherto hidden contemporary Swedish monetary theory." -- from the internet

Donation from Karl and Elizabeth Niebyl.

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