Early Mathematical Economics

Compiled from a number of bibliographical sources, this is the first ever collection of journal papers, articles and pamphlets published in English between 1800 and 1900 on mathematical economic themes. These are taken from over twenty sources, and include some rare privately printed material. The collection is printed in facsimile and presented in six volumes alphabetically by sources and chronologically within source.

Contents

Volume 1

A Marshall, 'Mr Jevons' Theory of Political Economy'; J B Clark, 'Pattern dynamics economics'; L Walras, 'Geometrical theory of the determination of prices'; S N Pattern, 'Cost and Utility'; J B Clark, 'Surplus Gain of Labour'; A Marshall, 'Consumer's Surplus'; S N Pattern, 'Cost and Expense'; J A Hobson, 'The Subjective and Objective view of Distribution', W D Lewis, 'The adaption of society to its environment', E R Johnson, 'Relation of taxation to monopolies'; F Fetter, 'The exploitation of theories of value in the discussion of the standard of deferred payments'

Volume 2

T N Carver, 'The ethical basis of distribution and its relation to taxation'; W G L Taylor, 'Values positive and relative'; R P Falkner, Some aspects of the thory of rent'; A De Morgan, 'Book Review'; W E Johson, 'Exchange and distribution'; W E Johson and C P Sanger, 'On certain questions connected with demand'; W Whewell, 'Mathematical exposition of some doctrines of political economy'; W Whewell, 'Mathematical exposition of some of the leading doctrines in Mr Ricardo's Principles of political economy and taxation'; J Tozer, 'Mathematical investigation of the effect of machinery on the wealth of a community in which it is employed, and on the fund for the payment of wages'; J Tozer, 'On the effect of the non-residence of landlords etc. on the wealth of a community'; W Whewall, 'Mathematical expositon of certain doctrines of political economy' (Second memoir); W Whewall, 'Mathematical expositon of certain doctrines of political economy' (Third memoir); H Cunynghame, 'Some improvements in simple gemetrical methods of treating exchange value, monopoly, and rent'; F Y Edgeworth, 'Recent attempts to evaluate the amount of coin circulating in a country'; F Y Edgeworth, 'Professor J S Nicholson on "Consumer's rent"'

Volume 3

F Y Edgeworth, 'Theory of international values', Part I, II and III; A W Flux, Review of P H Wicksteed Essay on the co-ordination of the laws of distribution'; I Fisher, 'The mechanics of bimetallism'; F Y Edgeworth, 'Thoughts on Monetary Reform'; C P Sanger, 'Recent contributions to mathematical economics'; C P Sanger, 'The fair number of apprentices in a trade'; F Y Edgeworth, 'A defence of index numbers'; A L Bowley, 'Import and export index numbers'; F Y Edgeworth, 'The pure theory of taxation', Part I; F Y Edgeworth, 'The pure theory of taxation', Part II; I Fisher, 'Senses of capital'; G H Darwin, 'The theory of exchange value'; W S Jevons, 'The future of political economy'

Volume 4

R F Hoxie, 'The compensatory theory of bimetallism'; I A Hourwich, 'Rate of profits under the law of labour-value'; Anonymous (probably Hourwich),'Examples showing the relation of the rate of profit to surplus-value'; W G L Taylor, 'Some important phases in the evolution of the idea of value'; V Pareto, 'The new theories of economics'; A M Hyde, 'The concept of price-determining rent'; O Ammon, 'Some social applications of the doctrine of probability'; C L Marsden, 'On the law of international telegraph traffic'; W Farr, 'Income and property tax'; W S Jevons, 'Brief account of a general mathematical theory of political economy'; F Y Edgeworth, 'The method of ascertaining a change in the value of gold'; A Marshall, 'On the graphic measures of statistsics'; J S Nicholson, 'The measurement of variations in the monetary standard'; F Y Edgeworth, 'Some methods of mesuring variations in general prices'; F Y Edgeworth, 'The mathematical theory of banking'; F Y Edgeworth, 'On the application of mathematics to political economy'

Volume 5

F Y Edgeworth, 'Points at which mathenatical reasoning is applicable to poltical economy'; F Jenkin, 'Trade Unions. How Far legitimate'; F Y Edgeworth, 'Curves'; F Y Edgeworth, 'Demand curves'; F Y Edgeworth, 'Dupuit'; F Y Edgeworth, 'Average'; A W Flux, 'Diagrams'; P H Wickstead, 'Degree of utility'; P H Wickstead, 'Dimensions of economic quantities'; F Y Edgeworth, 'Functions'; F Y Edgeworth, 'Goosen'; F Y Edgeworth, 'Index numbers'; F Y Edgeworth, 'Least squares'; P H Wickstead, 'Final degree of utility'; F Jenkin, 'On the principles which regulate the incidence of taxes'; F Y Edgeworth, 'Appreciation of gold'; P H Wickstead, 'On certain passages in Jevon's Theory of political economy'; H Bilgrim, 'Comments on Bohm-Bawerk's Positive theory of capital'; T N Carver, The place of abstinence in the theory of interest'; J B Clark, 'A universal law of economic variation'; H L Moore, 'Von Thunen's theory of natural wages', Part I; H L Moore, 'Von Thunen's theory of natural wages', Part II; F Jenkin, 'The graphic representationof the lawws of supply and demand, and their application to labour'

Volume 6

F Y Edgeworth, 'Report of the committee appointed for the purpose of investigating the best methods of ascertaining and measuring variations in the value of the monetary standard', Second report, Third report; F Y Edgeworth, 'Report of the committee appointed for the purpose of inquiring and reporting as to the statistical data available for determining the amount of the precious metals in use as money in the principal countires, the chief forms in which the money is employed, and the amount annually used in the arts'; A Berry' 'The pure theory of distribution'; Anomnymous (possibly G W Hemming), 'Review of Jevons' Theory of political economy'; W S Jevons, 'The progress of the mathematical theory of political economy, with an explanation of the principles of the theory'; T P Thompson, 'On the instrument of exchange'; T P Thompson, 'Postsript to the article on the instrument of exchange'; A Marshall, 'The pure theory of foreign trade'; A Marshall, 'The pure theory of domestic values'

Reviews

‘… a very useful collection. Few libraries will have the complete range of periodicals from which the articles are taken, and in those that do, the periodicals will be exhibiting the symptoms of age. For such libraries these volumes will be an extremely worthwhile acquisition.’
– Roger E Backhouse, The Economic Journal

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