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Keynes, J.M. (1936)
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, London: Macmillan.
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Keynes, J.M.
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, www.bnpublishing.com (18 Jul 2008) (Paperback) Link to bookseller
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Keynes, J.M. (1920) The Economic Consequences of the Peace
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Keynes, J.M.
The Economic Conesquences of the Peace (Paperback) Dodo Press (4 May 2007)
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Seminal Text - paperback For Keynes, the Peace Treaty of Paris after World War I was a matter of life and death, of starvation and existence, and the fearful convulsions of a dying civilization. But the negotiating politicians had absolutely no vision. The victors had no magnanimity. `The future life of Europe was not their concern; its means of livelihood was not their anxiety. Their preoccupations related to frontiers and nationalities, to imperial aggrandizements, to the future enfeeblement of a strong and dangerous enemy, to revenge and to the shifting of their unbearable financial burden on to the shoulders of the defeated. But for Keynes, the policy of reducing Germany to servitude for a generation was abhorrent and detestable: `Nations are not authorized, by religion or natural morals, to visit on the children of their enemies the misdoings of parents or of rulers.' Keynes had the decency to leave the negotiations from the moment he saw the looming disastrous results. Keynes brilliantly calculated that Germany could not pay the imposed debt. He foresaw the coming German hyperinflation. He clearly recognized the danger of `a victory of reaction' (the right) in Germany, because it would endanger the security of Europe and the basis of peace. Eventually that's what happened with all its disastrous consequences for Europe.
Keynes, J.M.
An Open Letter to President Roosevelt 1933
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Keynes's corespondence "In response to the New York Times' request for his views on the American outlook, Keynes has written "An Open Letter to President Roosevelt," ... to appear in the Sunday issue of December 31st and is to be syndicated in other parts of the United States"
John Maynard Keynes, 1883-1946
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Mark G. Hayes,
The Economics of Keynes: A New Guide to the General Theory
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd 2006, 2008
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Book In his 'New Guide' to The General Theory, Mark G. Hayes presents Keynes' illustrious work as a sophisticated Marshallian theory of the competitive equilibrium of the economy as a whole. This unique book takes full account of the nature of time and money and illustrates that The General Theory remains highly relevant to the teacher and advanced student of modern macroeconomics. "The Economics of Keynes" introduces several interpretative innovations to resolve many puzzles presented in the literature of the last 70 years. It is designed to be read in parallel with The General Theory and will allow modern readers to find their bearings before plunging into an in-depth analysis of major themes contained in The General Theory. The key areas in which this 'New Guide' differs from the familiar exposition of current macroeconomics textbooks are also explicitly identified. The author reaches positive and hopeful conclusions for the development of economic theory and policy. Promoting a thorough understanding of the legitimate domain of equilibrium analysis and a renewed commitment to the possibility of genuinely full employment, this book will provide an illuminating and fascinating read for anyone wishing to appreciate fully the value of The General Theory. More specifically, academics and advanced students of macroeconomics across the board - classical, orthodox, Post Keynesian and heterodox - interested in a fresh attempt to connect The General Theory with modern macroeconomics will find this book to be the ideal tool.
Paul Davidson, The Keynes Solution
Palgrave Macmillan Sep 2009
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Book Challenges the thirty-year dominance of the free-market system over Keynesianism. This title shows how the basic foundation of the Chicago School underlying Greenspan's policy decisions, as well as the likes of Friedman, Lucas, Scholes and Merton, led to errors that propelled America into the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
Minsky, Hyman P.
John Maynard Keynes (Paperback)
McGraw-Hill Professional (1 May 2008)
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Book John Maynard Keynes is Minsky's influential interpretation of the Keynesian revolution that casts uncertainty, risk, and financial markets as the drivers of boom and bust cyles. 'Today, Mr. Minsky's view [of economics] is more relevant than ever' - Jeff Madrick, "New York Times".
G. C. Harcourt.
The economics of Keynes and its theoretical and political importance: Or, what would Marx and Keynes have made of the happenings of the past 30 years and more?
Post-Autistic Economics Review
Issue no. 27, 9 September 2004
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Heilbroner, Robert L. (2000) The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times and Ideas of Great Economic Thinkers, Chapter 9, ‘The Heresies of John Maynard Keynes'
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Single Chapter in a survey textbook Classic bestseller defines the common thread linking the world's greatest economic thinkers and explores the philosophies that motivate them. Hailed by Galbraith as a "brilliant achievement", "The Worldly Philosophers" with over 2 million copies sold worldwide, not only enables us to see more deeply into our history, but helps us to better understand our own times. Heilbroner provides the new theme that connects thinkers as different as Adam Smith and Karl Marx: the desire to understand how a capitalist society works. A new chapter conveys a concern that today's increasingly "scientific" economics may overlook fundamental social and political issues that are central to economics.
Warren J. Samuels (Editor), Jeff E. Biddle (Editor), John B. Davis (Editor)
A Companion to the History of Economic Thought.
Publisher: WileyBlackwell, 2006
Ch 22 Keynes and the Cambridge School
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Chapter in an intermediate textbook. Assembling contributions from top thinkers in the field, this Companion offers a comprehensive and sophisticated exploration of the history of economic thought. The volume has a threefold focus: the history of economic thought, the history of economics as a discipline, and the historiography of economic thought. The essays in the first part focus on the history of economic ideas, with topics ranging from ancient, medieval, and Islamic thought, to Marxian, Utopian, and postwar thought. The second part explores important historiographical topics, including the sociology of economics, methodology, exegesis, and textuality. Each essay serves as a complex introduction to the chosen topic, and gathered together they provide an extensive synthesis of the field as a whole. The volume is an essential resource for anyone researching or studying the history of economic thought, and will also serve as an excellent text for courses in this area.
Mark Blaug, Economic Theory in Retrospect. Ch 16, Macroeconomics
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 5 edition (1997)
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Intermediate Textbook
with relevant chapter.
Concentrates on the development of theory, with discussion of the 'great waves' from Adam Smith through Keynes and beyond.
Chapter 16 includes a "Readers Guide to The General Theory"
Galbraith, John Kenneth. A History of Economics: The Past as the Present (Penguin Economics) Ch 17. John Maynard Keynes. Also subsequent chapters on Keynes's legacy. Penguin Books Ltd, 1991
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Single Chapter in a survey textbook Economic ideas are very much a product of their time and place. If we are to understand modern economics, we can do so only through an understanding of its past, including the powerful and vested interests that moulded the theories to their financial advantage.
Deane, P. (1978)
The Evolution of economic ideas. Ch 12 The Keynesian Revolution
Published 1978Cambridge University Press
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Single Chapter in a survey textbook This text attempts to put theoretical controversies inherent in orthodox economic analysis into long term perspective by tracing their historical antecedents. A connected object is to interpret some of the doctrinal divisions in the modern debate to determine the questions to be answered.