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The Economics of Welfare (Classics in Economics) [Paperback]

Arthur Cecil Pigou (Author), Nahid Aslanbeigui (Introduction)
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Classics in Economics December 24, 2001
The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: London : Macmillan and co., limited; Publication date: 1920; Subjects: Welfare economics; Welfare economics; Business
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ARTHUR CECIL PIGOU (1877-1959) was a Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University from 1908 to 1943. He is best known for the development of "The Pigou Effect," an economics term, which refers to the stimulation of output & employment caused by increasing consumption. Pigou served on a number of royal commissions, including the 1919 committee on income tax. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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  • Paperback: 876 pages
  • Publisher: Transaction Publishers (December 24, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0765807394
  • ISBN-13: 978-0765807397
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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When labour and equipment in the whole or any part of an industry are rendered idle by a strike or lock-out, the national dividend must suffer in a way that injures economic welfare. Read the first page
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practicable bargains, decreasing supply price, increasing supply price, constant supply price, marginal net product, national dividend, marginal supply price, neutral transferences, differential transferences, marginal social net product, deterrent conditions, dismissal method, equilibrium firm, absolute share, casual method, discriminating monopoly, industrial remuneration, unfair wages, aggregate real income, simple monopoly, ideal output, ration scale, additive cost, premium plans, marginal occupations
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Royal Commission, Poor Laws, New Zealand, Board of Trade, United Kingdom, Economic Journal, Bureau of Labour, Labour Gazette, New South Wales, Trade Board, Bulletin of Labour, Conciliation Board, Great Britain, Great War, Industrial Commission, Llewellyn Smith, Ministry of Labour, Wages Boards, Minority Report, National Union, Principles of Economics, Professor Moore, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Want of Employment, Aged Poor
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