ESSAYS IN THEORY OF ECONOMIC GROWTH by Robinson, Joan - 1968

London: Macmillan. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1968. Second Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover has very light wear to edges & corners. Interior is clean & unmarked other than two very small pen marks seen. Front cover tilts up a bit. Jacket has edgewear and several small tears & chips, small peel on front, rubbing to edges, light soiling, price clipped but old price sticker on flap. Age tanning of edges. These essays mark an important step on the road 'towards a dynamic economics. '.....Sketches in outline a generalization of Keynes's General Theory into which elaborations of detail (including the cycle of the trade cycle) can be fitted in a coherent way.....Comes to terms with the old-fashioned laws of 'supply and demand'. .... In the 'Neo-neoclassical Theorem', the author deduces from the main argument an interesting and far-reaching line of thought. (*shipping will be reduced to most locations) Based to a large extent on mathematics, the author's ideas are set out in straightforward prose, and while the treatment is abstract, it is by no means theory for its own sake. Its whole aim is to bring theory to bear upon the urgent problems of the present day....; 8vo .