{"product_id":"irving-fisher-isbn-9781557863058","title":"Irving Fisher","description":"Irving Fisher was one of the greatest and certainly one of the most colorful American economists. Widely acknowledged as the chief architect of modern neo-classical economics, he was a writer and teacher of prodigious scope and output whose business career included the earning of a fortune from the invention of a card index system, and its subsequent loss in the Great Crash. He was also an active campaigner for numerous causes, including world peace, prohibition, and 100 percent deposit reserve money. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis biography, focusing both on Fisher's personal life, as well as on his intellectual contributions, will be of wide interest to economists and of particular interest to American economics scholars who regard him as their pre-1950 giant of the discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e Foreword vii \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChronology xiii \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Irving Fisher: Scientist and Crusader 1 \u003cp\u003eChapter 2. The Making of a Scientist (1867-91) 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3. The Scientist Matures and Expands (1891-8) 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4. The Crusader Joins the Scholar (1898-1910) 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Completing the Foundation (1910-15) 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Tilting with Windmills (1916-24) 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Making and Losing Money (1925-9) 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8. Theorist, Reformer, Loser (1930-2) 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9. Activist, Advisor, Politician (1933-9) 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10. Moving into the Shadows (1940-7) 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11. Epilogue 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eRobert Loring Allen\u003c\/b\u003e is the late Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri. His career as a professor of international economics and economic history spanned over 45 years. He wrote ten other books during his lifetime, including his most recent two-volume biography of Joseph Schumpeter.  Irving Fisher was one of the greatest and certainly one of the most colorful American economists. Widely acknowledged as the chief architect of modern neo-classical economics, he was a writer and teacher of prodigious scope and output whose business career included the earning of a fortune from the invention of a card index system, and its subsequent loss in the Great Crash. He was also an active campaigner for numerous causes, including world peace, prohibition, and 100 percent deposit reserve money. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis biography, focusing both on Fisher's personal life, as well as on his intellectual contributions, will be of wide interest to economists and of particular interest to American economics scholars who regard him as their pre-1950 giant of the discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989479211237,"sku":"NP9781557863058","price":45.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781557863058.jpg?v=1761784268","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/irving-fisher-isbn-9781557863058","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}