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(1919- )
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Editor/Trans.
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First Pub. Date
1934
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Publisher/Edition
New York: New York University Press
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Pub. Date
1981
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Comments
Collected essays, various authors, 1934-1973. First published as a collection 1973 for the London School of Economics. Includes essays by Ronald H. Coase, Friedrich A. Hayek, Lionel Robbins, and more.
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| TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| Cover Table of Contents |
| About the Book and Author |
| Acknowledgements |
| Preface |
| Essay 1 Introduction: L.S.E. cost theory in retrospect, by James M. Buchanan (1973) |
| Essay 2 Remarks upon certain aspects of the theory of costs, by Lionel Robbins (1934) |
| Essay 3 Economics and knowledge, by F. A. von Hayek (1937) |
| Essay 4 The rationale of cost accounting, by R. S. Edwards (1937) |
| Essay 5 Business organization and the accountant, by R. H. Coase (1938/1973) |
| Essay 6 The subjective theory of value and accounting 'cost', by G. F. Thirlby (1946) |
| Essay 7 The Ruler, by G. F. Thirlby (1946) |
| Essay 8 The economist's description of business behaviour, by G. F. Thirlby (1952) |
| Essay 9 Uncertainty, costs, and collectivist economic planning, by Jack Wiseman (1953) |
| Essay 10 The theory of public utility price—an empty box, by Jack Wiseman (1957) |
| Essay 11 Economists' cost rules and equilibrium theory, by G. F. Thirlby (1960) |
| Footnotes |
The cuneiform inscription in the Liberty Fund logo is the earliest-known written appearance of the word "freedom" (amagi), or "liberty." It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.