Samuelson’s Progress 1948 – 1995
Posted by Tony Harris on Thursday, December 17, 2009
This is a survey of the treatment of selected themes in the famous textbook from the first edition in 1948 to the last in 1995.
The sales figures:
Edition, Year, Author(s,) Sales
1, 1948, Samuelson, 121,453
2, 1951, Samuelson, 137,256
3, 1955, Samuelson, 191,706
4, 1958, Samuelson, 273,036
5, 1961, Samuelson, 331,163
6, 1964, Samuelson, 441,941
7, 1967, Samuelson, 389,678
8, 1970, Samuelson, 328,123
9, 1973, Samuelson, 303,705
10, 1976, Samuelson, 317,188
11, 1980, Samuelson, 196,185
12, 1985, Samuelson & Nordhaus, N/A
13, 1989, Samuelson & Nordhaus, N/A
14, 1992, Samuelson & Nordhaus, N/A
15, 1995, Samuelson & Nordhaus, N/A
The themes:
The Keynesian motif
Anti-saving views
Evolving views on monetary policy
Defender of activist government
The Family Tree of Economics: The Mainstream and Marxism
Central Planning and economic growth
Where are the economic success stories?
The impact of the textbook
This entry was posted on Thursday, December 17th, 2009 at 3:14 PM and filed under Economics and public policy, Education.
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