Stability and Progress in the World Economy.: The First Congress of the International Economic Association.
by HAGUE, Douglas (ed.)
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About This Item
London: Macmillan & Co.; St Martin's Press, New York,, 1958. First edition, first impression, of this collection of papers delivered at the IEA's first congress, by such figures as Sir Dennis Robertson, Jacob Viner, François Perroux, Gottfried Haberler, and Erik Lundberg. The International Economic Association was formed in 1950. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Very light bumping, minor marks to covers, faint browning to endpapers: a near-fine copy.
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- Peter Harrington (GB)
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- Title
- Stability and Progress in the World Economy.
- Author
- HAGUE, Douglas (ed.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Macmillan & Co.; St Martin's Press, New York,
- Date Published
- 1958
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Peter Harrington
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