In the debris of the financial crash of 2008, the principles of John Maynard Keynes-that economic storms are a normal part of the market system, that governments need to step in and use fiscal ammunition to prevent these storms from becoming depressions, and that societies that …
Keynes: the return of the master
Robert Skidelsky distills timeless ideas in relation to the global financial meltdown that began in 2008, showing that the most famous economist of the twentieth century is more relevant than ever in the circumstances of the twenty-first. -- from back cover.
What went wrong? -- The present state of economics -- The lives of Keynes -- Keynes's economics -- The Keynesian revolution : success or failure? -- Keynes and the ethics of capitalism -- Keynes's politics -- Keynes for today.
"Robert Skidelsky distills timeless ideas in relation to the global financial meltdown that began in 2008, showing that the most famous economist of the twentieth century is more relevant than ever in the circumstances of the twenty-first century" -- Back cover.
Robert Skidelsky distills timeless ideas in relation to the global financial meltdown that began in 2008, showing that the most famous economist of the twentieth century is more relevant than ever in the circumstances of the twenty-first. -- from back cover.
In the debris of the financial crash of 2008, the principles of John Maynard Keynes--that economic storms are a normal part of the market system, that governments need to step in and use fiscal ammunition to prevent these storms from becoming depressions, and that societies that…
The current global financial and economic crisis has called for the revival of Keynesian theory. This sixth volume in the International Papers in Political Economy (IPPE) series focuses on twenty first century Keynesian economics in terms of both theory and application.
"This book provides a comprehensive overview of Keynes' contributions to macroeconomics and offers an in-depth analysis of the contested legacy of The General Theory, a book that marked the emergence of modern macroeconomics from the earlier heritage of monetary theory and busin…
Keynes's general theory after seventy years