The Foundations of Welfare Economics First Edition
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First Separate Edition of John Richard Hicks' The Foundations of Welfare Economics; Inscribed by him to Lionel Charles Robbins
HICKS, John Richard. [J.R.] [Lionel Robbins].
The Foundations of Welfare Economics.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1939.
First separate edition of Hicks' seminal contribution to welfare economics which established the foundations for what would become the so-called 'Hicks-Kaldor compensation test'. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front panel to fellow economist and mentor Lionel Charles Robbins "J.M. Keynes from J.R.H." The recipient, British economist Lionel Charles Robbins, was a prominent member of the economics department at the London School of Economics. Robbins and the wider “Robbins circle” at the LSE during 1930s had an extraordinary influence on the Hicks’ development as he matured into one of leading pure economic theorists…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 101542