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   The Macroeconomics of William Vickrey, in Challenge » Read Now

   by Timothy Canova. 15 pgs.

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   Frontiers of Economics: Nobel Laureates of the Twentieth Century (Chap. 41 "William Vickrey (1914-1996)") » Read Now

   by Abu N. M. Wahid. 422 pgs.

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   Economics Nobel laureates are the pioneers of the science of economics. They are the most brilliant products of the discipline and have made enormous original contributions to the field of economics, and oftentimes history, political science, business, and other subjects. Their works, struggles...

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   Economics Nobel laureates are the pioneers of the science of economics. They are the most brilliant products of the discipline and have made enormous original contributions to the field of economics, and oftentimes history, political science, business, and other subjects. Their works, struggles, successes and failures are fascinating, and readers are given a glimpse into each laureate's life, where and when they were born and raised, what schools they attended, and who influenced their intellectual development. Most importantly, each laureate's often complex corpus of work is described as succinctly as possible without losing the work's original flavor: what it contributed to the field, and how it was received by peers, and how it affected the world. A list of selected further readings concludes each entry, directing the reader to the primary and secondary works essential to understanding the works of these towering figures.

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   Today's Task for Economists, in Challenge » Read Now

   by William S. Vickrey. 11 pgs.

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   ...Todays task for economists by William S. Vickrey There is no reason inherent in the real resources...goods was "lets just assume we have a can-opener." WILLIAM VICKREY...
   
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   Retrospectives on Public Finance (Chap. 7 "The Corporate Income Tax and How to Get Rid of It" by William Vickrey) » Read Now

   by Lorraine Eden. 410 pgs.

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   Vickrey, Eisner, the Budget, and the Goal of Chock-Full Employment, in Journal of Economic Issues » Read Now

   by Robert W. Dimand, Robert H. Koehn. 8 pgs.

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   ...important problem s of today are unemployment...proposed by Sir William Beveridge in Britain...published in Challenge, Vickrey condemned the...Abba Lerner and William...
   
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   Macroeconomics: Was Vickrey Ten Years Ahead?, in Challenge » Read Now

   by David Colander. 15 pgs.

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   ...theory. It accepts, as Vickrey did, that current standard...Given the current U.S. economys structural...Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Vickrey, William. 1992. "Chock-full...
   
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   The Other Side of the Coin, in American Economist » Read Now

   by William S. Vickrey. 12 pgs.

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   ...The other side of the coin. by William S. Vickrey A major decision-maker is reported to have pleaded...provokes, we must look at the "real" side of the coin. William...
   
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   Privatizing Transportation Systems (Chap. 13 "Privatization and Marketization of Transportation" by William Vickrey) » Read Now

   by Gary W. Bowman, Simon Hakim, Paul Seidenstat. 346 pgs.

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   Privatization began in the 1970s with Carter's deregulation of some business, and increased with the Thatcher administration in the United Kindgom, the Reagan administration in the United States, and many communist and socialist countries. One area of concern in privatization is...

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   Privatization began in the 1970s with Carter's deregulation of some business, and increased with the Thatcher administration in the United Kindgom, the Reagan administration in the United States, and many communist and socialist countries. One area of concern in privatization is transportation--airports, water ports, roads, and mass transit. Privatization can be implemented in financing, construction, operation, and maintenance of the transportation system, the main motives being the belief that the private sector can be more efficient than the public sector, and because public funds are becoming less plentiful for a variety of reasons. These original essays, contributed by a distingushed group that includes the 1996 Nobel Prize in Economics co-recipient William Vickrey, focus on ideas and innovations for expanding the private role in transportation.

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   Public Debt and Future Generations ("The Burden of The Public Debt: Comment" by William Vickrey begins on p. 74) » Read Now

   by James M. Ferguson. 238 pgs.

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    Transportation Economics: A Conference of the Universities-National Bureau Committee for Economic Research ("Pricing as a Tool in Coordination of Local Transportation" begins on p. 275) » Read Now

    by National Bureau Of Economic Research, Inc. 464 pgs.

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