Keynes and his Contemporaries

Keynes and his Contemporaries
Author: Atsushi Komine
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2014-05-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317685229

This book examines how the Cambridge School economists, such as J. M. Keynes, constructed revolutionary theories and advocated drastic policies based on their ideals for social organizations and their personal characteristics. Although vast numbers of studies on Marshall, Keynes and Marshallians have been published, there have been very few studies on the ‘Keynesian Revolution’ or Keynes’s relevance to the modern world from archival and intellectual viewpoints which focus on Keynes as a member of the Cambridge School. This book approaches Keynes from three directions: person, time and perspective. The book provides a better understanding of how Keynes struggled with problems of his time and it also offers valuable lessons on how to survive fluctuating global capitalism today. It focuses on eight key economists as a group in ‘a public sphere’ rather than as a school (a unified theoretical denominator), and clarifies their visions and the widespread beliefs at the time by investigating their common motivations, lifestyles, values and habits.

The Oxford Handbook of Post-Keynesian Economics, Volume 1

The Oxford Handbook of Post-Keynesian Economics, Volume 1
Author: G. C. Harcourt
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 637
Release: 2013-08-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199359296

This two volume Handbook contains chapters on the main areas to which Post-Keynesians have made sustained and important contributions. These include theories of accumulation, distribution, pricing, money and finance, international trade and capital flows, the environment, methodological issues, criticism of mainstream economics and Post-Keynesian policies. The Introduction outlines what is in the two volumes, in the process placing Post-Keynesian procedures and contributions in appropriate contexts.

The Oxford Handbook of Post-Keynesian Economics, Volume 1

The Oxford Handbook of Post-Keynesian Economics, Volume 1
Author: Geoffrey Colin Harcourt
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 637
Release: 2013-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0195390768

These two volumes cover the principal areas to which Post-Keynesian economists have made distinctive contributions. The contents include the significant criticism by Post-Keynesians of mainstream economics, but the emphasis is on positive Post-Keynesian analysis of the economic problems of the modern world and of policies with which to tackle them.

Reinterpreting Mr. Keynes

Reinterpreting Mr. Keynes
Author: Warren Young
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2022-01-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030913422

This book examines the origins of the IS-LM model, one of the most significant innovations in the history of economic thought. It shows that the complete IS-LM model, including the equations and diagram, was produced by a group of economists who contributed their respective mathematical models of Keynes’s General Theory, including Champernowne, Reddaway, Harrod, and Meade, not to mention Hicks. Furthermore, the book discusses the implications of newly discovered archival material, including a previously overlooked document showing that John Maynard Keynes himself was the first to present the IS-LM model equations in a lecture he gave on December 4, 1933. It focuses on the implications of this material in terms of understanding the evolution of Keynes’s approach from 1933 to 1937, later interpreters of his General Theory, and the ongoing debate between Keynesians and Post-Keynesians on the nature of his system. Given the revelations it presents, this book will transform the profession’s understanding of the origins of the IS-LM model and modern macroeconomics.

Dennis Robertson

Dennis Robertson
Author: G. Fletcher
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2008-07-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 023022752X

This book provides a comprehensive overview of Robertson's life and work. Uncovering the sources of Robertson's inspiration and ideas and the all-important causal relationship between the man and his work, this fascinating account is a must-read for all interested in rediscovering this great economist.

James Tobin

James Tobin
Author: R. Dimand
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2014-10-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137431954

James Tobin, 1981 Nobel laureate in economics, was the outstanding monetary economist among American Keynesian economists. This book, the first written about James Tobin, examines his leading role as a Keynesian macroeconomist and monetary economist, and considers the continuing relevance of his ideas.

Keynes's General Theory, the Rate of Interest and Keynesian' Economics

Keynes's General Theory, the Rate of Interest and Keynesian' Economics
Author: G. Tily
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2016-01-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230801374

This book argues that Keynesian economists have betrayed Keynes' theory and policy conclusions, and that the world has been misled about those policies. Keynesians have focused attention on policies for dealing with effects of economic failure as they arise, whereas Keynes was concerned with the cause and then the prevention of economic failure.

John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes
Author: P. Mini
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2016-07-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1349236063

Keynes's personality was fixed by the clash between Moorean values - other-worldliness, idealism, pacifism - and Keynes's own nature which craved and attained worldly success, wealth and social influence and approbation. The result was an 'existential' outlook that caused him to become particularly sensitive to the human condition, to human suffering and to real concern. Accordingly, Keynes came to see the world through human, down-to-earth, social nd psychological categories, which were opposed to the 'devine' Platonism of classical economics. This book is thus opposed to the recent probability-based interpretations of Keynes's mature work.

The Essential Keynes

The Essential Keynes
Author: John Maynard Keynes
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 654
Release: 2015-04-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0141397365

Edited with an introduction by ROBERT SKIDELSKY 'Many of the greatest economic evils of our time are the fruits of risk, uncertainty, and ignorance' John Maynard Keynes was the most influential economist, and one of the most influential thinkers, of the twentieth century. He overturned the orthodoxy that markets were optimally self-regulating, and instead argued for state intervention to ensure full employment and economic stability. This new selection is the first comprehensive single-volume edition of Keynes's writings on economics, philosophy, social theory and policy, including several pieces never before published. Full of irony and wit, they offer a dazzling introduction to a figure whose ideas still have urgent relevance today. John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) is widely considered to have been the most influential economist of the 20th century. His key books include The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919); A Treatise on Probability (1921); A Tract on Monetary Reform (1923); A Treatise on Money (1930); and his magnum opus, the General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (1936). Robert Skidelsky is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at Warwick. His three-volume biography of Keynes received numerous awards, including the Lionel Gelber Prize and the Council on Foreign Relations Prize.