F. Y. Edgeworth's Mathematical Psychics and Further Papers on Political Economy

by Newman, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780198287124
• ISBN10: 0198287127
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-07-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

F. Y. Edgeworth made major contributions in the early stages of the development of contract and game theory which have had a fundamental impact on economics. This volume brings together a number of his writings on political economy edited by Peter Newman, the leading authority on Edgeworth's life and works. In addition to journal and dictionary articles and book reviews, the volume notably includes his monograph contribution Mathematical Psychics .

Author Biography

Professor Peter Newman was born in Mitcham, Surrey and educated at University College, London and Nuffield College, Oxford. He held posts at the Admiralty's Department of Operational Research and in the Planning Secretariat of Ceylon before becoming a lecturer at the University of West Indies. From 1966 until his retirement in 1990 he was Professor of Political Economy at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and later Emeritus Professor. He died in New Zealand in November 2001.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Peter Newman (1928-2001)	ix
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1845-1926)	xiii
PART I Mathematical Psychics (1881)	1	(174)
PART II New and Old Methods of Ethics (1877)	175	(80)
PART III Articles	255	(154)
PART IV Palgrave's Dictionary of Political Economy, selected contributions	409	(96)
PART V Book reviews, with an introductory essay by Peter Newman	505	(116)
PART VI Bibliography of Edgeworth's writings by Alberto Baccini	621	(27)
Index	648