The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics

by on July 5, 2008 at 8:52 am in Books | Permalink

An overview is here, the list of contributors is very prestigious (disclaimer: I wrote the article on the social discount rate), and the Palgrave name is golden.  The old Palgrave Dictionary of Political Economy still makes for fascinating browsing.  Yet the price tag for the new edition is over $2000, $2500 on Amazon.

Not everyone is good at using Google and Wikipedia.

BGC July 5, 2008 at 10:08 am

I prefer Palgrave’s Golden Treasury of Verse ;=).

This was also the single favourite book of both Robert Frost and the well-loved English poet laureate John Betjeman – (1906 – 1984).

mobile July 5, 2008 at 3:03 pm

Sounds like some people need to read the article on price discrimination.

Peter Petto July 6, 2008 at 8:26 am

I wish their online edition had a list of subscribing libraries, or “locate a copy at a library near me” button.

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