Peter Kenneth Newman

Peter Kenneth Newman (5 October 1928, Mitcham, Surrey, England – 6 November 2001, Hamilton, New Zealand) was an English economist and historian of economic thought. He helped to edit The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, to which he contributed several articles.^[1][2]

Bibliography

Books

• Newman, Peter K.; Eatwell, John; Milgate, Murray (1987). The new Palgrave: a dictionary of economics (2nd ed.). London New York Tokyo: Macmillan Stockton Press Maruzen. ISBN 9780333740408. 
• Newman, Peter K.; Eatwell, John; Milgate, Murray (1989). The New Palgrave: allocation, information, and markets. New York: Norton. ISBN 9780393958546. 
• Newman, Peter K.; Eatwell, John; Milgate, Murray (1990). The new Palgrave: capital theory. New York: Norton. ISBN 9780393958553. 
• Newman, Peter K.; Eatwell, John; Milgate, Murray (1992). The new Palgrave dictionary of money & finance (3 volume set). London New York: Macmillan Press Stockton Press. ISBN 9780333527221. 

Selected dictionary contributions

• Newman, Peter K. (1987). "Convexity". In Newman, Peter K.; Eatwell, John; Milgate, Murray. The new Palgrave: a dictionary of economics (first ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9780230226203.2282. 
• Newman, Peter K. (1987). "Duality". In Newman, Peter K.; Eatwell, John; Milgate, Murray. The new Palgrave: a dictionary of economics (first ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9780230226203.2412. 

References

1. ↑ Stigler, George J. (December 1988). "Palgrave's Dictionary of Economics (book review)". Journal of Economic Literature (American Economic Association) 26 (4): 1729–1736.  (first ed.)
2. ↑ Eatwell, John; Milgate, Murray; Newman, Peter K. (1987). The New Palgrave: a dictionary of economics (2nd ed.). London New York Tokyo: Macmillan Stockton Press Maruzen. ISBN 9780333740408. 

External reference

• Obituary by Murray Milgate, The Independent (UK), 30 November 2001