Sir Robert Giffen KCB FRS (22 July 1837 – 12 April 1910) was a Scottish statistician and economist. Giffen was born at Strathaven, Lanarkshire. He entered...
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This phenomenon is known as the Giffen paradox. Giffen goods are named after Scottish economist Sir Robert Giffen, to whom Alfred Marshall attributed...
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Inferior good (section Giffen goods)
indicating positive elasticity. Giffen goods were first noted by Sir Robert Giffen. It is usual to attribute Giffen's observation to the fact that in...
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Australian cricketer James Giffen, American businessman Keith Giffen (born 1952), American comic book illustrator and writer Robert C. Giffen (1886-1962), United...
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Law of demand (section Giffen goods)
below: Initially proposed by Sir Robert Giffen, economists disagree on the existence of Giffen goods in the market. A Giffen good describes an inferior good...
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Keith Ian Giffen (November 30, 1952 – October 9, 2023) was an American comics artist and writer. He was known for his work for DC Comics on their Legion...
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Robert Carlisle Giffen (1886 – 1962) was an admiral in the United States Navy. Robert Carlisle Giffen was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on 29 June...
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untruth—a fib, a lie, and statistics (Laughter)" The phrase, as noted by Robert Giffen in 1892, was a variation on a phrase about three types of unreliable...
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Gold medallists Charles Booth (1892) Robert Giffen (1894) Jervoise Athelstane Baines (1900) Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1907) Patrick G. Craigie (1908)...
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The Barony of Giffen and its associated 15th-century castle were in the parish of Beith in the former District of Cunninghame, now North Ayrshire. The...
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Gold medallists Charles Booth (1892) Robert Giffen (1894) Jervoise Athelstane Baines (1900) Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1907) Patrick G. Craigie (1908)...
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Gold medallists Charles Booth (1892) Robert Giffen (1894) Jervoise Athelstane Baines (1900) Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1907) Patrick G. Craigie (1908)...
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Gold medallists Charles Booth (1892) Robert Giffen (1894) Jervoise Athelstane Baines (1900) Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1907) Patrick G. Craigie (1908)...
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Gold medallists Charles Booth (1892) Robert Giffen (1894) Jervoise Athelstane Baines (1900) Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1907) Patrick G. Craigie (1908)...
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Gold medallists Charles Booth (1892) Robert Giffen (1894) Jervoise Athelstane Baines (1900) Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1907) Patrick G. Craigie (1908)...
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Shaw-Lefevre 1879–1880 Thomas Brassey 1880–1882 James Caird 1882–1884 Robert Giffen 1884–1886 Rawson W. Rawson 1886–1888 George Goschen 1888–1890 Thomas...
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described Fisher as an "anti-racist conservative". However, British historian Robert J. Evans, writing in The New Statesman, argued that Fisher's views on eugenics...
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Shaw-Lefevre 1879–1880 Thomas Brassey 1880–1882 James Caird 1882–1884 Robert Giffen 1884–1886 Rawson W. Rawson 1886–1888 George Goschen 1888–1890 Thomas...
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Gold medallists Charles Booth (1892) Robert Giffen (1894) Jervoise Athelstane Baines (1900) Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1907) Patrick G. Craigie (1908)...
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Gold medallists Charles Booth (1892) Robert Giffen (1894) Jervoise Athelstane Baines (1900) Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1907) Patrick G. Craigie (1908)...
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Gold medallists Charles Booth (1892) Robert Giffen (1894) Jervoise Athelstane Baines (1900) Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1907) Patrick G. Craigie (1908)...
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W. E. B. Du Bois, the Chicago School of sociology (notably the work of Robert E. Park), and the community studies associated with the Institute of Community...
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strongly opposed Bryan. Walker, International Bimetallism (New York, 1896) Robert Giffen, Case against Bimetallism (London, 1896) Joseph Shield Nicholson, Money...
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Newman, Peter (1987). The New Palgrave: a dictionary of economics - Sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave - Google Books. ISBN 9780333372357. Retrieved 27 June...
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career as a High Tory, a grouping that became the Conservative Party under Robert Peel in 1834. Gladstone served as a minister in both of Peel's governments...
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extensive powers of licensing, inspection and control. When in February 1828 Robert Gordon, Liberal MP for Cricklade, introduced a bill to put these recommendations...
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Gold medallists Charles Booth (1892) Robert Giffen (1894) Jervoise Athelstane Baines (1900) Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1907) Patrick G. Craigie (1908)...
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Shaw-Lefevre 1879–1880 Thomas Brassey 1880–1882 James Caird 1882–1884 Robert Giffen 1884–1886 Rawson W. Rawson 1886–1888 George Goschen 1888–1890 Thomas...
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Shaw-Lefevre 1879–1880 Thomas Brassey 1880–1882 James Caird 1882–1884 Robert Giffen 1884–1886 Rawson W. Rawson 1886–1888 George Goschen 1888–1890 Thomas...
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Gold medallists Charles Booth (1892) Robert Giffen (1894) Jervoise Athelstane Baines (1900) Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1907) Patrick G. Craigie (1908)...
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