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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781400885206
035 _a(DE-B1597)479693
035 _a(OCoLC)984642987
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082 0 4 _a330.1556092
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aKumekawa, Ian
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe First Serious Optimist :
_bA. C. Pigou and the Birth of Welfare Economics /
_cIan Kumekawa.
264 1 _aPrinceton, NJ :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[2017]
264 4 _c©2017
300 _a1 online resource (352 p.) :
_b6 halftones.
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tIntroduction. History and Economics --
_tChapter 1. Beginnings --
_tChapter 2. Ethics, Politics, and Science --
_tChapter 3. Bearing Fruit as Well as Light --
_tChapter 4. War, Peace, and Disillusionment --
_tChapter 5. Retreat to the Ivory Tower --
_tChapter 6. Paradigms Lost --
_tChapter 7. Another War and a Fresh Start --
_tChapter 8. To "Really Do a Little Good" --
_tEpilogue --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aA groundbreaking intellectual biography of one of the twentieth century's most influential economistsThe First Serious Optimist is an intellectual biography of the British economist A. C. Pigou (1877-1959), a founder of welfare economics and one of the twentieth century's most important and original thinkers. Though long overshadowed by his intellectual rival John Maynard Keynes, Pigou was instrumental in focusing economics on the public welfare. And his reputation is experiencing a renaissance today, in part because his idea of "externalities" or spillover costs is the basis of carbon taxes. Drawing from a wealth of archival sources, Ian Kumekawa tells how Pigou reshaped the way the public thinks about the economic role of government and the way economists think about the public good.Setting Pigou's ideas in their personal, political, social, and ethical context, the book follows him as he evolved from a liberal Edwardian bon vivant to a reserved but reform-minded economics professor. With World War I, Pigou entered government service, but soon became disenchanted with the state he encountered. As his ideas were challenged in the interwar period, he found himself increasingly alienated from his profession. But with the rise of the Labour Party following World War II, the elderly Pigou re-embraced a mind-set that inspired a colleague to describe him as "the first serious optimist."The story not just of Pigou but also of twentieth-century economics, The First Serious Optimist explores the biographical and historical origins of some of the most important economic ideas of the past hundred years. It is a timely reminder of the ethical roots of economics and the discipline's long history as an active intermediary between the state and the market.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
650 0 _aEconomics
_xHistory.
650 0 _aEconomists
_zGreat Britain.
650 0 _aWelfare economics.
650 7 _aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History.
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653 _aA Study in Public Finance.
653 _aA. C. Pigou.
653 _aAlfred Marshall.
653 _aArthur Cecil Pigou.
653 _aAustin Robinson.
653 _aBritish economist.
653 _aCambridge.
653 _aClarence Pigou.
653 _aGreat Depression.
653 _aIndustrial Fluctuations.
653 _aJohn Maynard Keynes.
653 _aLabour Party.
653 _aNora Lees.
653 _aOscar Browning.
653 _aPhilip Noel-Baker.
653 _aThe General Theory.
653 _aWealth and Welfare.
653 _aWorld War I.
653 _aWorld War II.
653 _aacademic economics.
653 _aacademic journals.
653 _aatrocity.
653 _abureaucracy.
653 _acarbon taxes.
653 _aclimate crisis.
653 _acommon people.
653 _adeath.
653 _adisillusionment.
653 _aeconomic ideas.
653 _aeconomic science.
653 _aeconomics journals.
653 _aeconomics.
653 _aethics.
653 _agovernment.
653 _ahistorical reformer.
653 _ainfluence.
653 _ainterwar period.
653 _alegacy.
653 _aliberalism.
653 _amorals.
653 _aobjectivity.
653 _aoptimism.
653 _aoptimist.
653 _apolitical advocacy.
653 _apolitical economy.
653 _apolitical involvement.
653 _apolitics.
653 _apollution.
653 _apublic welfare.
653 _aretirement.
653 _ascience.
653 _asocial reform.
653 _asocietal wellbeing.
653 _astate action.
653 _astate apparatus.
653 _awelfare economics.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
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