"It is a measure of Professor Samuelson's preeminence that the sheer scale of his work should be so much taken for granted," observes a reviewer in the Economist who goes on to note that "a cynic might add that it would have been better for Professor Samuelson to write less merely to give others a chance to write at all." These volumes contain virtually all of Professor Paul A. Samuelson's contributions to economic theory through mid-1964 - a total of 129 papers. Included are his classic articles on such topics as revealed preference, factor-price equalization, and public goods; as well as some articles which until now have only been privately circulated or "buried" in Festschriften, such as "Market Mechanisms and Maximization" and "The Structure of a Minimum Equilibrium System." The articles have been grouped together into five books, compiled in two volumes. The books, in turn have been divided into sections, each of which contains articles on the same or closely related topics. Within the sections the articles are arranged chronologically. The graduate student and professional economist will welcome The Collected Scientific Papers of Paul A. Samuelson as a valuable addition to their libraries.

"It is a measure of Professor Samuelson's preeminence that the sheer scale ofhis work should be so much taken for granted," a reviewer for the Economist once observed,marking both Paul Samuelson's influence and his astonishing prolificacy. These two volumes gatherthe Nobel Laureate's final writings. Samuelson declined suggestions that he write an autobiography.Yet the texts in these volumes (selected by Samuelson with the help of his longtime assistant,Janice Murray) have a somewhat autobiographical cast, with tributes to friends and colleagues andspeeches and interviews of both personal and historic interest. Volume 6 offers essays on classicaleconomics; neoclassical, Marxian, and Sraffian economics; modern macroeconomics; welfare andefficiency economics; and economic and scientific theories. Volume 7 covers stochastic theory;modern economic policy; biographical essays; and autobiographical writings.[Revised appendixesaccompany Samuelson and Etula's "Where Ricardo and Mill Rebut and Confirm Arguments ofMainstream Economists Supporting Globalization" and a previously unpublished"Afterthought" has been added to Samuelson's Dictionary of American Biography text onJoseph Schumpeter.] Additionally, three contributions omitted from early volumes have been included.The acknowledgements sections list the strict chronological order of the papers. The seven volumesof Samuelson's collected papers document the long and distinguished career of one of America's mostimportant economists.

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