Uncertainty in Economics and Other Reflections

Name: Uncertainty in Economics and Other Reflections
Author: G. L. S. Shackle

1955

by G. L. S. Shackle

UncertaintyInterest RatesMultiplierGunnar MyrdalJohn Maynard KeynesLiquidityInsuranceMathematical EconomicsExpectationsIndifference CurvesMethodologyEntrepreneurshipEquilibriumLeon WalrasProfit and LossG.L.S. ShackleProductivityTime PreferenceBanknotesEffective DemandInvestmentMonetary PolicyTaxationDiscount RateIrving FisherKeynesian EconomicsInfrastructureJoan RobinsonUnemploymentBusiness CyclesJohn HicksSavingCapital TheoryFriedrich A. HayekKnut WicksellMonetary EquilibriumNatural Rate of InterestDeficit SpendingDeflationFiscal PolicyInflationBusiness Cycle TheoryVilfredo ParetoAnthropologyEconomic HistoryGame TheoryPolitical Philosophy

Table of Contents · 34 segments

Front Matter: Title Pages, Publication Data, and Publisher’s Notechapter

Contentschapter

Prefacechapter

Author’s Note for C.U.P.L.E. Reprintchapter

Acknowledgementschapter

Bibliography of Discussions and Applications of Expectation in Economicsbibliography

Part I, Chapter I: Probability and Uncertaintyessay

Part I, Chapter II: On the Meaning and Measure of Uncertainty: I (Beginning)essay

On the Meaning and Measure of Uncertainty: I — Conclusion on Potential Surpriseessay

On the Meaning and Measure of Uncertainty: IIessay

The Logic of Surprise — Opening Analysisessay

The Logic of Surprise (Conclusion)essay

‘Expectation in Economics’: Some Critics Answeredessay

A Non-Additive Measure of Uncertaintyessay

Three Versions of the φ-Surface: Some Notes for a Comparisonessay

The Economist’s View of Profitessay

The Nature and Role of Profit (Beginning)essay

The Nature and Role of Profit: Ex Ante and Ex Post Profit (conclusion)essay

The Nature of Interest-Rates: Introductory Framework and Asset Definitionsessay

The Nature of Interest-Rates: Portfolio Choice, Marginal Efficiency, and Savingtheoretical

The Nature of Interest-Rates: Yield Curves and the Cheap-Money Driveessay

Interest-Rates and the Pace of Investment: Theoretical Casetheoretical

Interest-Rates and the Pace of Investment: Business Evidence, Risk, and Doubtessay

The Multiplier in Closed and Open Systemsessay

Twenty Years On: Historical Survey of the Multiplier Doctrineessay

Twenty Years On: Analytical Problems of Propensity, Expectations, and Multiplier Dynamicstheoretical

Footnote Table I: Residual Saving with Lagged Consumptionfootnotes

Theory of the Multiplier (conclusion)essay

Myrdal's Analysis of Monetary Equilibriumessay

The Deflative or Inflative Tendency of Government Receipts and Disbursementsessay

Part IV: A Chart of Economic Theoryessay

Economics and Sincerityessay

What Makes an Economist?essay

Index and Library Back Matterbibliography