Viner, Jacob 1892-1970

The customs union issue by Jacob Viner( )

39 editions published between 1950 and 2014 in English and held by 1,455 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Jacob Viner's The Customs Union Issue was originally published in 1950 by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. It set the framework for the contemporary debate over the benefits or otherwise of preferential trading agreements such as the European Union, NAFTA, and APEC. Viner developed the concepts of trade creation and diversion in this work as he pioneered the analysis of the global politics of trade agreements. This revival of Viner's classic work includes an introduction that places this book in the context of his own intellectual development and the economic and political situa

The role of providence in the social order : an essay in intellectual history by Jacob Viner( )

26 editions published between 1972 and 2016 in English and held by 1,378 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The essays in this book were originally presented by Professor Viner as the 1966 Jayne Lectures of the American Philosophical Society. The relationship between religious doctrines and economic theory and behavior had long interested Professor Viner, and the conclusions he discussed represented years of thoughtful study. They focus in particular on the way in which providence was used to justify existing economic and social conditions. The author points out that providence favors trade among peoples in order to promote universal brotherhood; providence also creates social inequality because i

Studies in the theory of international trade by Jacob Viner( Book )

81 editions published between 1936 and 2018 in 3 languages and held by 1,174 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"First edition." Bibliography: p. 602-631

Essays on the intellectual history of economics by Jacob Viner( Book )

17 editions published between 1991 and 2016 in English and held by 798 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ranking among the most distinguished economists and scholars of his generation, Jacob Viner is best remembered for his work in international economics and in the history of economic thought. Mark Blaug, in his Great Economists Since Keynes (Cambridge, 1985) remarked that Viner was "quite simply the greatest historian of economic thought that ever lived." Never before, however, have Viner's important contributions to the intellectual history of economics been collected into one convenient volume. This book performs this valuable service to scholarship by reprinting Viner's classic essays on such topics as Adam Smith and laissez-faire, the intellectual history of laissez-faire, and power versus plenty as an objective of foreign policy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Also included are Viner's penetrating and previously unpublished Wabash College lectures. "Jacob Viner was one of the truly great economists of this century as both teacher and scholar. This collection ... covers a wide range with special emphasis on the history of thought. Today's economists will find [the essays] just as thought-provoking and as illuminating as did his contemporaries. They have aged very well indeed."--Milton Friedman, Hoover Institution "Jacob Viner was a great and original economic theorist. What is rarer, Viner was a learned scholar. What is still rarer, Viner was a wise scientist. This new anthology of his writings on intellectual history is worth having in every economist's library--to sample at intervals over the years in the reasoned hope that Viner's wisdom will rub off on the reader and for the pleasure of his writing."--Paul A. Samuelson, MIT "I am frankly jealous of those who will be reading Viner's essays for the first time, marvelling at his learning, amused by his dry wit, instructed by his wisdom. But although I cannot share their joy of discovery, I shall be able to savor the subtleties that emerge from rereading these splendid essays."--George J. Stigler, University of Chicago "This volume will be a treat for the reader who appreciates scholarship, felicitous use of language, and the workings of a great mind. The Wabash lectures are gems, and the introduction by Douglas Irwin contributes significantly to our understanding of Viner's accomplishments."--William J. Baumol, Princeton University/New York UniversityOriginally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905

Life of Adam Smith. With an introd.: "Guide to John Rae's Life of Adam Smith" by John Rae( Book )

33 editions published between 1965 and 1977 in English and Undetermined and held by 744 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Learn more about Adam Smith, the groundbreaking philosopher who played an important role in originating the study of economics and gave us many of the concepts that still govern the market today. Written by John Rae, this biography details Smith's early life in Scotland and his later rise to academic renown, as well as the events and influences that led him to produce masterworks like The Wealth of Nations

Dumping : a problem in international trade by Jacob Viner( Book )

50 editions published between 1923 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 697 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The long view and the short; studies in economic theory and policy by Jacob Viner( Book )

14 editions published in 1958 in English and Undetermined and held by 663 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Religious thought and economic society : four chapters of an unfinished work by Jacob Viner( Book )

13 editions published in 1978 in English and held by 663 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Canada's balance of international indebtedness, 1900-1913; an inductive study in the theory of international trade by Jacob Viner( Book )

32 editions published between 1924 and 2014 in English and held by 629 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This volume is a pioneering study of a free school in an eastern Canadian city. The author describes the attempts of a small group of people to set up a school, bound in some ways to the conventional system, yet reaching beyond it with different ideals. One great value of the study is its careful description of the day-to-day activities as order and organization emerge from amorphous beginnings and develop in spite of threats from within and without. Further, the history of this specific free school is related to broader currents of North American life and to broader issues in social action and education

International trade and economic development; lectures delivered at the National University of Brazil by Jacob Viner( Book )

48 editions published between 1952 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 628 WorldCat member libraries worldwide