WICKSELL'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WORK. WICKSELL, KNUT. Geldzins und Güterpreise. Eine Studie &#2...

WICKSELL'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WORK. WICKSELL, KNUT. Geldzins und Güterpreise. Eine Studie über die den Tauschwert des Geldes bestimmenden Ursachen. Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1898. 8vo. Folding table. Publisher's green cloth backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt, custom cloth folding case. WITH: Interest and Prices: A Study of the Causes Regulating the Value of Money. London: Macmillan, 1936. 8vo. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket, custom cloth folding case. Provenance: Hon. Stanley C. Wisniewski (pencil inscription) in each volume. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF WICKSELL'S LANDMARK WORK, INTRODUCING THE CONCEPT OF THE 'NATURAL RATE OF INTEREST,' which would be adopted by and expanded upon by Hayek, Von Mises and the Austrian school. Influenced by the three great economic theories of Ricardo, Böhm-Bawerk, and Walras, Wicksell's work sought a synthesis of these major ideas, earning him the moniker of an 'economist's economist.' With a fine copy in the jacket of the FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, which first appeared in London in 1936 following on Keynes's discovery of the Wicksellian theories. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing