Reinterpreting the Keynesian revolution / Robert Cord.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cord, Robert, author.

Series:

Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 150

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Keynesian economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Various explanations have been put forward as to why the Keynesian Revolution in economics in the 1930s and 1940s took place. Some of these point to the temporal relevance of John Maynard Keynes's The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (1936), appearing, as it did, just a handful of years after the onset of the Great Depression, whilst others highlight the importance of more anecdotal evidence, such as Keynes's close relations with the Cambridge 'Circus', a group of able, young Cambridge economists who dissected and assisted Keynes in developing crucial ideas in the years lea

Contents:

Introduction

The keynesian revolution

Economics, science, and the sociology of science

Theory success and failure : macroeconomics in the 1930s and 1940s

Summary and future research.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-203-07752-0

1-283-87134-3

1-135-13218-6

OCLC:

823388784