Keynes's General Theory for Today

Jesper Jespersen

ISBN 10: 1781009511 / ISBN 13: 9781781009512

Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, GB, 2012

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The themes of this important new volume were chosen to mark the 75th anniversary of the publication of The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. The distinguished authors concentrate on the relevance of this seminal publication for macroeconomic theory, method and the politics of today. This is particularly pertinent as similarities with the 1930s are striking in terms of unemployment, low growth, financial fragility and the European monetary union resembling the gold standard.Illustrating new ways of understanding the importance of uncertainty in macroeconomics, particularly in view of the importance of finance and balance of payments imbalances within a monetary union, this book will prove a stimulating and challenging read for academics, researchers and students of macroeconomics, heterodox economics, and the methodology and history of economic thought.Contributors include: A. Carabelli, E. De Antoni, J. Galbraith, M. Hayes, J. Jespersen, M. Laine, N. Levy-Orlik, M.O. Madsen, T.D. Togati, A. Truger, J. Uxó, S. Voss.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Keynes's General Theory for Today
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, GB
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1781009511
• ISBN 13: 9781781009512
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The themes of this important new volume were chosen to mark the 75th anniversary of the publication of The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. The distinguished authors concentrate on the relevance of this seminal publication for macroeconomic theory, method and the politics of today. This is particularly pertinent as similarities with the 1930s are striking in terms of unemployment, low growth, financial fragility and the European monetary union resembling the gold standard.

Illustrating new ways of understanding the importance of uncertainty in macroeconomics, particularly in view of the importance of finance and balance of payments imbalances within a monetary union, this book will prove a stimulating and challenging read for academics, researchers and students of macroeconomics, heterodox economics, and the methodology and history of economic thought.

Contributors include: A. Carabelli, E. De Antoni, J. Galbraith, M. Hayes, J. Jespersen, M. Laine, N. Levy-Orlik, M.O. Madsen, T.D. Togati, A. Truger, J. Uxó, S. Voss

About the Author

Edited by Jesper Jespersen, Professor of Economics, Roskilde University and Adjunct Professor, Aalborg University, Denmark and Mogens Ove Madsen, Associate Professor of Economics, Aalborg University, Denmark