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Arthur Cecil Pigou




Pigou pioneered welfare economics. Pigovian Tax es, taxes used to correct negative Externalities , are named in his honor.

Pigou was a Professor Of Political Economy at Cambridge University from 1908 to 1943. In 1920, he published the influential book ''The Economics of Welfare''.


SELECTED WORKS

  • ''The Economics of Welfare'', 4th ed. 1932.ISBN 0765807394

  • ''Keynes's General Theory: A Retrospective View''. 1950.

  • ''The Political Economy of War''. 1921.

  • ''The Theory of Unemployment''. 1933.

  • ''Unemployment''. 1914.

  • ''Wealth and Welfare''. 1912.



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