Theory of the Consumption Function
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- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
30 April 2020
Summary
In this groundbreaking work, a Nobel Prize-winning economist addresses the consumption behavior of individuals and how it can be defined in a way that is supported by empirical evidence and useful for research and planning. Milton Friedman introduced a distinction between “measured income,” what an individual earns in a specific period, and “permanent income,” a view that takes into account a longer period in an active economic life. He was thus able to suggest that consumption tends to be, o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780486841816 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0486841812 |
| Author: | Milton Friedman |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Imprint: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 30 April 2020 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 5mm x 210mm x 275mm |
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Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman (1912-2006) was one of the most prominent American economists of the 20th century, a powerful advocate of free market capitalism, and one of the founders of the Chicago School of Economics. He received his PhD from Columbia University in 1946 and taught at the University of Chicago for 30 years. After retiring from Chicago he was a Senior Research Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. His other books include Capitalism and Freedom and A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960. In 1976, Friedman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for “his achievements in the field of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory, and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy.”
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