John hicks economist biography of michael jackson

British economist (–)

For other people named John Hicks, see John Hicks (disambiguation).

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Born	John Richard Hicks ()8 April Warwick, England, UK
Died	20 May () (aged&#;85) Blockley, England, UK
Education	Balliol College, Oxford
Institution	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge London School of Economics University of Manchester Nuffield College, Oxford
School&#;or tradition	Neo-Keynesian economics
Influences	Léon Walras, Friedrich Hayek, Lionel Robbins, Erik Lindahl, John Maynard Keynes
Contributions	IS–LM model Capital theory, consumer theory, general equilibrium theory, welfare theory, induced innovation
Awards	Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ()
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Sir John Richard Hicks (8 April – 20 May ) was a British economist.

He is considered one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contributions in the field of economics were his statement of consumer demand theory in microeconomics, and the IS–LM model (), which summarised a Keynesian view of macroeconomics.

Biography of nat king cole His book Value and Capital , which was published in , is generally considered his third major accomplishment in economics. Hicks also advanced the microeconomic analysis of interactions in Value and Capital between markets by formalizing a model of comparative statics and introduced Walrasian general equilibrium theory to the English-speaking world. Awards Add photo. Other Photos Add photo.

His book Value and Capital () significantly extended general-equilibrium and value theory. The compensated demand function is named the Hicksian demand function in memory of him.

In he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (jointly) for his pioneering contributions to general equilibrium theory and welfare theory.^[1]

Early life

Hicks was born in in Warwick, England, and was the son of Edward Hicks, editor and part proprietor of the Warwick and Leamington Spa Courier newspaper, and Dorothy Catherine, née Stephens, daughter of a non-conformist minister.^[2][3]

He was educated at Clifton College (–)^[4] and at Balliol College, Oxford (–), and was financed by mathematical scholarships.

During his school days and in his first year at Oxford, he specialised in mathematics but also had interests in literature and history.

John hicks economist biography of michael jackson for kids Selected publications [ edit ]. He collaborated with R. Keynesian economics. There, he did his main work on welfare economics, with its application to social accounting.

In , he moved to Philosophy, Politics and Economics, the "new school" that was just being started at Oxford. He graduated with second-class honours and, as he stated, "no adequate qualification in any of the subjects" that he had studied.^[5]

Career

From to , Hicks lectured at the London School of Economics and Political Science.^[6] He started as a labour economist and did descriptive work on industrial relations but gradually, he moved over to the analytical side, where his mathematics background returned to the fore.

Hicks's influences included Lionel Robbins and such associates as Friedrich von Hayek, R.G.D. Allen, Nicholas Kaldor, Abba Lerner and Ursula Webb, the last of whom, in , became his wife.

John hicks economist biography of michael jackson life Schelling Edmund S. Hicks' IS-LM Model is designed to show the relationship between the market for economic goods and loanable funds, which is also known as the money market. Allen in two seminal papers on value theory published in This model is a common classroom tool in macroeconomics and is sometimes used to assess macroeconomic stabilization policies, as well as economic fluctuations.

From to , he lectured at Cambridge where he was also a fellow of Gonville & Caius College. He was occupied mainly in writing Value and Capital, which was based on his earlier work in London. From to , he was Professor at the University of Manchester. There, he did his main work on welfare economics, with its application to social accounting.

In , he returned to Oxford, first as a research fellow of Nuffield College (–) then as Drummond Professor of Political Economy (–) and finally as a research fellow of All Souls College (–), where he continued writing after his retirement.

Later life

Hicks was knighted in and became an honorary fellow of Linacre College.

He was co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (with Kenneth J. Arrow) in He donated the Nobel Prize to the London School of Economics and Political Science's Library Appeal in ^[6] He died on 20 May at his home in the Cotswold village of Blockley.^[7]

Contributions to economic analysis

Hicks's early work as a labour economist culminated in The Theory of Wages (, 2nd ed.

), still considered standard in the field. He collaborated with R.G.D. Allen in two seminal papers on value theory published in

His magnum opus is Value and Capital published in The book built on ordinal utility and mainstreamed the now-standard distinction between the substitution effect and the income effect for an individual in demand theory for the 2-good case.

It generalised the analysis to the case of one good and a composite good, that is, all other goods. It aggregated individuals and businesses through demand and supply across the economy. It anticipated the aggregation problem, most acutely for the stock of capital goods. It introduced general equilibrium theory to an English-speaking audience, refined the theory for dynamic analysis, and for the first time attempted a rigorous statement of stability conditions for general equilibrium.

In the course of analysis Hicks formalised comparative statics. In the same year, he also developed the famous "compensation" criterion called Kaldor–Hicks efficiency for welfare comparisons of alternative public policies or economic states.

Hicks's most familiar contribution in macroeconomics was the Hicks–Hansen IS–LM model,^[8] published in his paper “Mr.

Keynes and the "Classics"; a suggested interpretation”. This model formalised an interpretation of the theory of John Maynard Keynes (see Keynesian economics), and describes the economy as a balance between three commodities: money, consumption and investment. Hicks himself wavered in his acceptance of his IS–LM formulation; in a paper published in he dismissed it as a ‘classroom gadget’.^[9]

Contributions to interpretation of income for accounting purposes

Hicks's influential discourse on income sets the basis for its subjectivity but relevancy for accounting purposes.

He aptly summarized it as follows. “The purpose of income calculations in practical affairs is to give people an indication of the amount they can consume without impoverishing themselves”.^[10]

Formally, he defined income precisely in three measures:

Hicks's number 1 measure of income: “the maximum amount, which can be spent during a period if there is to be an expectation of maintaining intact the capital value of prospective receipts (in money terms)” (Hicks, , p.&#;)^[11]

Hicks's number 2 measure of income (market price-neutral): "the maximum amount the individual can spend during a week, and still expect to be able to spend the same amount in each ensuing week” (Hicks, , p.&#;).^[11]

Hicks's number 3 measure of income (takes into account market prices): “the maximum amount of money which an individual can spend this week, and still expect to be able to spend the same amount in real terms in each ensuing week” (Hicks, , p.&#;)^[11]

See also

Selected publications

• , 2nd ed., The Theory of Wages.

  London, Macmillan.

• "A Reconsideration of the Theory of Value," with R. G. D. Allen, Economica.
• "Mr. Keynes and the Classics: A Suggested Interpretation,"Econometrica.
• "The Foundations of Welfare Economics", Economic Journal.
• , 2nd ed. Value and Capital. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• "The Valuation of Social Income," Economica, –
• "The Rehabilitation of Consumers' Surplus," Review of Economic Studies.
• The Social Framework: An Introduction to Economics.
• A Contribution to the Theory of the Trade Cycle.

  Oxford: Clarendon Press.

• A Revision of Demand Theory. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• "The Measurement of Real Income," Oxford Economic Papers.
• Essays in World Economics.

  Biography of farrah fawcett: Contributions to interpretation of income for accounting purposes [ edit ]. Wikimedia Commons Wikiquote Wikidata item. Subscription or UK public library membership required. It anticipated the aggregation problem , most acutely for the stock of capital goods.

  Oxford: Clarendon Press.

• "Measurement of Capital in Relation to the Measurement of Other Economic Aggregates", in Lutz and Hague, editors, Theory of Capital.
• Capital and Growth. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• A Theory of Economic History. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Scroll to chapter-preview links.
• "Review of Friedman", Economic Journal.
• "The Mainspring of Economic Growth", Nobel Lectures, Economics –, Editor Assar Lindbeck, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore,
• Autobiography for Nobel Prize
• Capital and Time: A Neo-Austrian Theory.

  Oxford, Clarendon Press.

• "Capital Controversies: Ancient and Modern", American Economic Review.
• The Crisis in Keynesian Economics. New York, Basic Books.
• "What Is Wrong with Monetarism", Lloyds Bank Review.
• Economic Perspectives.

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• "The Formation of an Economist." Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review, no. (September ): –
• Causality in Economics. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
• "IS-LM: An Explanation," Journal of Post Keynesian Economics.
• Wealth and Welfare: Vol I. of Collected Essays in Economic Theory.

  Oxford: Basil Blackwell.

• Money, Interest and Wages: Vol. II of Collected Essays in Economic Theory. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
• Classics and Moderns: Vol. III of Collected Essays in Economic Theory. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
• A Market Theory of Money. Oxford University Press.

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