Capital and Growth by John Hicks was published in 1965 and rapidly established itself as a landmark in economic theory. This book takes earlier work and examines it critically for its present-day value. The theme, now more clearly identified, is a comparative study of the economics of change, and brings in many of Hicks's subsequent developments and refinements — in particular a ‘neo-Austrian’ theory of capital which he developed in Capital and Time (1973). A new chapter on Keynes's methods has been added. This book presents a complete classification of the family of models approp ... More
Keywords: Capital and Growth, economic theory, economics of change, neo-Austrian, theory of capital, Capital and Time, Keynes, dynamic economics
Print publication date: 1987 | Print ISBN-13: 9780198772873 |
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003 | DOI:10.1093/0198772874.001.0001 |