`Here is a feast of diagrams, presented by many expert authors in a
context of history of thought. It will be very useful for
researchers, students and textbook writers.' - Max Corden,
University of Melbourne, Australia `Francis Collins oversaw the
human genome project. Mark Blaug and Peter Lloyd have done the same
for economics, demonstrating that figures and diagrams are the DNA
building blocks of the discipline. This book has them all:
backward-bending labor supply, cobweb diagram, circular flow,
production possibility frontier, Stolper-Samuelson box, IS/LM, the
Phillips curve and many more. Each is portrayed, its importance
explained, its origin revealed, and the reader often encounters
Stigler's Law of Eponymy (No scientific discovery is named after
its original discoverer).' - Kenneth G. Elzinga, University of
Virginia `Both students and professors will welcome this original
and unique collection. Analytically tighter and more complete
expositions than much existing literature should be very welcome in
graduate theory courses. Authors of history of economic thought
texts will have to clarify and correct the historical record
regarding who said what and when, and both reconfigure the
assignment of credit and question use of the term "precursor":
early users did more than hint at the full development; often
creating tools.' - Warren Samuels, Michigan State University This
is a unique account of the role played by 58 figures and diagrams
commonly used in economic theory. These cover a large part of
mainstream economic analysis, both microeconomics and
macroeconomics and also general equilibrium theory. The
authoritative contributors have produced a well-considered and
definitive selection including some from empirical research such as
the Phillips curve, the Kuznets curve and the Lorenz curve. Almost
all of them are still found in contemporary textbooks and research.
Each entry presents an accurate and concise record of the history
of the figure or diagram, including later developments and any
controversy that arose in its development. As a whole, the book
highlights how the use of geometric methods has played a central
part in the development of economic theory and analysis; as a
method of discovery, more commonly as a method of exposition and
occasionally as a method of proof of propositions in economic
theory and analysis. This highly anticipated book will appeal to
theorists in microeconomics or macroeconomics, scholars of economic
theory and analysis, as well as students in microeconomics, general
equilibrium theory or macroeconomics at the advanced undergraduate
or graduate level who want a definitive account of some figure or
diagram. Historians of economic thought and methodologists will
also find this book an invaluable resource. Contributors: S. Ashok,
R.E. Backhouse, W.J. Baumol, M. Blaug, R. Boyer, L. Cameron, J.S.
Chipman, A.J. Cohen, J.S. Cramer, J. Creedy, A.V. Deardorff, R.W.
Dimand, A. Dixit, R. Dixon, B.C. Eaton, J. Eichberger, N. Erkal, R.
Fare, L. Gangadharan, N. Giocoli, Y. Giraud, S. Grosskopf, H.
Haller, D.W. Hands, G.C. Harcourt, T.M. Humphrey, R.W. Jones, N.
Kakwani, M. Kemp, J.E. King, A.O. Krueger, D. Laidler, C. Lee, R.G.
Lipsey, P. Lloyd, F. Maclachlan, R. Middleton, M. Nerlove, Y.-K.
Ng, A. Panagariya, P. Rodenburg, R. Rothschild, M. Schneider, H.-l.
Shi, A. Skinner, B.J. Spencer, H. Thompson, J. Whalley, R.
Williams, W.C. Woo, A.D. Woodland, W. Young
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