Essays in Economic History (eBook)

Purchasing Power Parity, Standard of Living, and Monetary Standards

Lawrence H. Officer (Autor)

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2022 | 1st ed. 2022
XXVII, 542 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-95925-8 (ISBN)

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This book is the culmination of and a collection of distinguished scholar Lawrence Officer's principal research over 50 years of scholarly activity. The collection consists primarily of three topics on which the author has spent the major part of his research: purchasing power parity, standard of living, and monetary standards. There is also a unique chapter on economics and economic history in science fiction. This volume is ideal for academics, graduate and undergraduate students, and practitioners.

Lawrence H. Officer is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Among his many publications are three other books published by Palgrave: A New Balance of Payments for the United States, 1790-1919 (2021); Everyday Economics (2009); and Two Centuries of Compensation for U.S. Production Workers in Manufacturing (2009).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.10.2022
• Zusatzinfo: XXVII, 542 p. 14 illus., 5 illus. in color.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Schlagworte: Anglo-American monetary standards • Economic History • Fixed-rate monetary standards • Monetary-standard behavior • Monetary standards • Purchasing Power Parity • standard of living
• ISBN-10: 3-030-95925-2 / 3030959252
• ISBN-13: 978-3-030-95925-8 / 9783030959258