The Keynesian tradition / edited by Robert Leeson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leeson, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Keynesian economics.

Physical Description:

vii, 227 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

This volume examines aspects of the Keynesian tradition, including the collaboration between Keynes and Robertson during the Second World War, Harrod's discontent with Harrodian growth theory, Patinkin's Neoclassical Synthesis interpretation of Keynes, an examination of the ISLM model and the Post Keynesians' assault on orthodoxy; it also contains an archival examination of the Cambridge Keynesians - Richard Kahn, Joan Robinson and Nicholas Kaldor.

Contents:

2 Archival Research and the Reconstruction of Piero Sraffa's Intellectual Biography: An Interim Report / Nerio Naldi 4

3 The Collaboration between Keynes and Robertson during the Second World War: A Perspective from the National Archives / Eleonora Sanfilippo 42

4 Harrod's Discontent with Harrodian Growth Theory / Daniele Besomi 65

5 Patinkin's Interpretation of Keynesian Economics: A Genetic Approach / Goulven Rubin 99

6 Is IS-LM a Static or Dynamic 'Keynesian' Model? / Warren Young 126

7 The Post Keynesian Assault on Orthodoxy: Insights from the Weintraub Archive / J.E. King 135

8 The Cambridge Keynesians: Kahn, J. Robinson and Kaldor A Perspective from Their Archives / Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, Annalisa Rosselli 196.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781403949608

1403949603

OCLC:

85691411