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Ramesh Chandra Allyn Abbott Young Series: Great Thinkers in Economics

Offers a thematic approach to the life and works of Allyn Young (1876-1929) Reviews Young's contribution to Economics, Theory of Value and Distribution, Growth Theory, Money and Banking and Business Cycles Examines his role as a teacher and a mentor Allyn Young (1876-1929) was a deep thinker and achieved fame during his lifetime. His fame owes more to his style and influence as a teacher than his published work. His greatest fame as an author rests on a single economic paper on increasing returns and economic progress but he contributed much more as a mentor to his graduate students such as , , and at Harvard and to the undergraduate at the School of Economics. He shot into international fame for his role as a member of the American delegation led by President Woodrow Wilson to negotiate peace at Paris after WWI. However, recent interest in Young is more due to his thought than to his contribution to 1st ed. 2020, XIV, 348 p. the economics profession or public service. At the time of his death, he was working on two treatises, one on Money and the other on Economics. The one on Money was at a fairly Printed book advanced stage but no trace of either was found in his family’s hasty departure from London Hardcover after his untimely death. There is a general dearth of published material about Young, his 99,99 € | £89.99 | $119.99 thought and his life. His economic thought, apart from his views on growth theory and [1] 106,99 € (D) | 109,99 € (A) | CHF , is relatively unknown. This volume offers a thematic approach to his 118,00 contributions and biography. Softcover 69,99 € | £59.99 | $84.99 [1]74,89 € (D) | 76,99 € (A) | CHF 82,50 eBook 58,84 € | £47.99 | $64.99 [2]58,84 € (D) | 58,84 € (A) | CHF 66,00 Available from your library or springer.com/shop MyCopy [3] Printed eBook for just € | $ 24.99 springer.com/mycopy

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