Theory Consumption Function by Friedman Milton (103 results)

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780691138862.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In this groundbreaking work, a Nobel Prize-winning economist addresses the consumption behavior of individuals and how it can be defined in a way that is supported by empirical evidence and useful for research and planning. Milton Friedman introduced a distinction between "measured income," what an individual earns in a specific period, and "permanent income," a view that takes into account a longer period in an active economic life. He was thus able to suggest that consumption tends to be, on average, the same fraction of permanent income regardless of the income's extent and that the magnitude of the fraction depends on many variables, including interest rates and family size. Dr. Friedman was among the most prominent American economists of the twentieth century, a powerful advocate of free market capitalism, and one of the founders of the well-known Chicago School of Economics. The concepts he introduced in this thought-provoking book achieved broad acceptance, stimulating further study and developing far-reaching effects on economic theory. AUTHOR: Milton Friedman (19122006) was one of the most prominent American economists of the 20th century, a powerful advocate of free market capitalism, and one of the founders of the well-known Chicago School of Economics. He received his PhD from Columbia University in 1946 and taught at the University of Chicago for 30 years. After retiring from Chicago he was a Senior Research Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. His other books include Capitalism and Freedom and A Monetary History of the United States, 18671960. In 1976, Friedman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for "his achievements in the field of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory, and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilisation policy." This thought-provoking and influential book by a distinguished economist examines whether consumption behavior can be defined in a way that's supported by empirical evidence and useful for research and planning. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. A Theory Of The Consumption Function 1.21. Book.

Blue cloth covered boards. 6th printing. Blue cloth, lacking dust jacket. Inked in name, lightly rubbed, still fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this major early work by one of the most influential economists of the second half of the 20th Century, Milton Friedman. In this volume, Friedman introduces the concept of the "permanent income," a then-contrarian theory on how people perceive their income in making economic decisions. Cloth, 243. No dust jacket. Has a previous owner name inked on the front endpaper. Otherwise, no sign of previous use.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "Published 1957 by Princeton University Press" with no additional printings mentioned; the first printing. Not price clipped; original $4.75 price showing. This was the copy of Wayne E. Ruhter (1947-2023), a frequent expert witness in civil litigation, who taught economics at the University of Texas in Dallas -- his seal blind-stamped to bottom of the half title-page. The blank Free front Endpaper has been removed; otherwise the book is very good; the complete jacket is good-plus with a sun-darkened spine. Titles listed to rear flap and to rear panel pre-date this 1957 publication. 243 pp. including Index. Reduced from $1,400.

Early Printing. hardcover in jacket, very good with bookplate (name inked out), owner name inked out, light shelf wear. While the book states no printings beyond 1957, the jacket references books published in 1962, hence an early reprint.

Hb in Dw xvi,243pp diagrams and graphs A Vg/Vg copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Ex-library w/usual stamps & stickers. Writing & underlining to 5 pages, else pages clean; binding sound; moderate wear to covers; lacks a dustjacket. 243 pages. First edition, first printing. Inquiries welcome. Size: 6" x 9".

Handsomely bound in dark blue cloth and stamped in gold on the spine. Clean and tight throughout. With a bump to the lower right-hand corner of the front boards.In a crisp, clean dust jacket with the price of $6.00. A lovely copy of the uncommon 4th printing. Princeton 4th printing, 1966. With 1957 on the title and copyright pages in addition to the printing statement.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 3rd Edition. Very fine copy in the original cloth of the 3rd issue of Friedman's masterpiece. In the scarce very fine dust jacket under brodart. This landmark study of the consumption function or the relation between aggregate savings, aggregate income, and aggregate consumption laid the foundation for his future work and Nobel Prize. Rare in this condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. '.Presents a new theory of the consumption function, tests it against extensive statistical material, and suggests some of its significant implications." - dust jacket. xvi, 243 pages. Index. Copyright page suggests a 1957 printing date but a book advertised on the back dust jacket flap is dated 1964, suggesting this copy is a 1964 third printing. Book clean and tight with very light wear to handsome original navy cloth adorned in gilt upon backstrip. Ink markings to approximately eighteen pages. Moderate wear to price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this significant work.; National Bureau of Economic Research Number 63, General Series; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

HARD BACK BLUE. Condition: Very Good. JACKET: VERY GOOD. Book has light shelf wear, lightly rubbed extremities, tiny amount of pencil marking on front end paper, else, good binding, clean body and unmarked text. Dust jacket has general shelf wer, age toned extremities, tanned spine, small chip in foot of spine, NOT price clipped. DATE PUBLISHED: 1957 EDITION: 243.

First edition of Friedman's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth, graphs and charts throughout. Association copy, inscribed by the author to the British economist Lionel Robbins on the front free endpaper, "To Lionel, in place of a work of art Milton." The recipient, Lionel Robbins, along with J.M. Keynes, was the leading British economist during the inter-war period at the London School of Economics, he "dominated the economics department for thirty years and built it up to its pre-eminent position in British economics" (ODNB). Milton Friedman was less shaped by Robbins's thought and teachings than many of his British contemporaries, but all economic thought in the period was deeply affected by Robbins's work. Friedman and Robbins were both founding members at the Mont Pelerin Society in 1947, and in his and Rose's memoirs Milton praises Robbins's "genius" in drafting the statement of aims that was acceptable to all members, save Maurice Allais (Two Lucky People, p. 161). Aside from their shared economics profession, the Friedman and Robbins couples were friends for many years - Rose recalls in the memoirs that "I had met Lionel Robbins, not yet a Lord, many years earlier [from 1953] when he was visiting Aaron [Rose's brother] in Washington. Lionel and Iris visited us in Cambridge and we had many visits with them in London" (IBID., p. 249). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional association copy linking these two giants of twentieth century economics. This economist's masterpiece of economic theory "reinterpreted that Keynesian concept of the consumption function by relating it to lifetime instead of current income. For its ingenious manipulation of data and its reconciliation of apparently conflicting evidence, this book must rank as one of the masterpiece of modern econometrics" (Blaug, 63). "Milton Friedman offered conservative answers to the great questions of economics, at the same time challenging economic thought since Keynes. In this book, Friedman disputes Keynes' idea that aggregate spending and income are directly linked (and therefore open to government influence). Rather, he writes, consumer spend independent of government policy, based on their expected long-term, or 'permanent' income. In all his writing, Friedman embraces a laissez-faire approach that celebrates individual freedom. He sees the ideal role for government as 'umpire', not 'parent' (NYPL Books of the Century 144).

First edition of Friedman's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth, graphs and charts throughout. Boldly signed by Milton Friedman on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed. This economist's masterpiece of economic theory "reinterpreted that Keynesian concept of the consumption function by relating it to lifetime instead of current income. For its ingenious manipulation of data and its reconciliation of apparently conflicting evidence, this book must rank as one of the masterpiece of modern econometrics" (Blaug, 63). "Milton Friedman offered conservative answers to the great questions of economics, at the same time challenging economic thought since Keynes. In this book, Friedman disputes Keynes' idea that aggregate spending and income are directly linked (and therefore open to government influence). Rather, he writes, consumer spend independent of government policy, based on their expected long-term, or 'permanent' income. In all his writing, Friedman embraces a laissez-faire approach that celebrates individual freedom. He sees the ideal role for government as 'umpire', not 'parent' (NYPL Books of the Century 144).

First edition of Friedman's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. A superior example. This economist's masterpiece of economic theory "reinterpreted that Keynesian concept of the consumption function by relating it to lifetime instead of current income. For its ingenious manipulation of data and its reconciliation of apparently conflicting evidence, this book must rank as one of the masterpiece of modern econometrics" (Blaug, 63). "Milton Friedman offered conservative answers to the great questions of economics, at the same time challenging economic thought since Keynes. In this book, Friedman disputes Keynes' idea that aggregate spending and income are directly linked (and therefore open to government influence). Rather, he writes, consumer spend independent of government policy, based on their expected long-term, or 'permanent' income. In all his writing, Friedman embraces a laissez-faire approach that celebrates individual freedom. He sees the ideal role for government as 'umpire', not 'parent' (NYPL Books of the Century 144).

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. First printing in first issue jacket. With the Correct titles and price on jacket. (4.75) Navy cloth in gilt lettering. Price sticker to bottom front panel. ; 243 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing with "Published 1957 by Princeton University Press" and no later printings stated on the copyright page; slightest wear to book; bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettered spine; tight binding; light spotting to page edges; one closed tear on rear panel of dust jacket and tiny chips at top of lightly darkened spine, as well as several small chips on rear dust jacket fold; dust jacket price is $6.50 which indicates a later state dust jacket; signed by Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman on a bookplate which is loosely laid in book; pictures available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. First edition, first printing. (Correct jacket: jacket's titles all predate publication date, unlike later issue jackets.) In Very Good condition, in original blue cloth binding with gilt stamping to the spine. Clean text. Sound binding. Light cigar smoke odor to pages, may very well dissipate over time. Top of page corners often show a gently bump. Previous owner (Helmar H. Veltzke, a published economist) stamp and signature to front free endpaper. The cloth is clean and crisp, with light touches of rubbing. The gilt lettering is legible, but lightly rubbed. The dust jacket price-clipped, shows sunning and light scuffing, as well as a series of indents to the surface of the front panel at about the center. A lovely copy.