Harry Gunnison Brown
An Orthodox Economist and His Contributions
Christopher K Ryan author Laurence S Moss editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published:24th Jan '03
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Harry Gunnison Brown was born in 1880 and died in 1975. He was part of a important group of American economists that included Herbert J. Davenport, E.R.A. Seligman, J. B. Clark, Alvin S. Johnson, Frank A. Fetter, Richard T. Ely and Frank Knight. In some ways Brown represented an orthodoxy in economics that was slipping away as neoclassical economics assumed a particular shape. For example, Brown argued for the separate influences of both land and capital goods on the pricing of goods and services and did not follow the trend in “orthodox” circles of considering land just another form of capital. Brown supported land value taxation at a time when the leading economists of his day rejected Henry George’s ideas and the possibility of Georgist economics.
- Ryan explores the work of Harry Gunnison Brown, one the most important innovators in American economic history
- Summarizes Brown’s theoretical insights as well as the intellectual contexts in which they were developed
ISBN: 9781405111560
Dimensions: 239mm x 165mm x 23mm
Weight: 635g
284 pages
3rd edition