John Maynard Keynes
This book looks at the life of Keynes leading up to the writing of his seminal General Theory , examines the General Theory in detail, and explores how it differs from classical theory. The impact of Keynes's work on the economy postwar and up to the present day is also assessed.
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Basingstoke [England]
Palgrave Macmillan
2009
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| Series: | Great thinkers in economics series
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Table of Contents:
- An introduction to Keynes and his revolutionary views
- How the Great War and its aftermath affected Keynes's thinking
- Keynes's middle way: liberalism is truly a new way
- The before and after of Keynes's general theory
- The conceptual difference between Keynes's general theory and classical theory- savings and liquidity
- Further differentiating Keynes's aggregate demand function
- The importance of money, contracts, and liquid financial markets
- World War II and the postwar open economies system
- Classical trade theory versus Keynes's general theory of international trade and international payments
- Reforming the world's money
- Inflation
- Keynes's revolution: the evidence showing who killed Cock Robin
- The Great Financial Crisis of 2008-2009