Henry A. Abbati: Keynes' Forgotten Precursor: Selected Writings

ISBN-13: 9780415573450 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 368 str.

Serena Di Gaspare;?Abar;?Abar

Opis

The work of Henry A. Abbati's was much admired by Robertson and Keynes. This book seeks to restore his position as a pioneer in macroeconomic theory with a selection of his writings demonstrating his contribution to the history of economic thought.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements  Biography of Henry A. Abbati  Introduction  Part 1: The Unclaimed Wealth: How Money Stops Production  Prologue  1. The Problem  2. The Limits of Production  3. Purchasing Power  4. The Monetary System  5. The Supply of Money  6. Credit Money  7. Paper Money  8. Saving  9. Saving and the Utilisiation of Purchasing Power  10. The Abuse of Surplus  11. The Inefficiency of Currently Proposed Remedies  Part II: The Final Buyer  1. Introduction (1927)  2. The Potential Supply of Money  3. The Quantity of Money  4. Determining Factors of the Condition of Markets and the Behaviour of Final Buyers  5. The Nature and Effects of Saving  6. The Irregular Final-Buying by Countries Abroad from the Home Country  7. The Irregular Final-Buying by Governments  8. The Irregular Final-Buying Resulting from the Activities of Producers and Distributors 9. The Cry for Increased Consumption  10. What is Trade Depression?  PART III a) The Economic Lessons of 1929-31  Bulletin No. 1: The Beliefs, Objects and Methods of the Unclaimed Weath Utlilization Committee  Bulletin No. 2: Insufficient Buying and Trade Depression  Bulletin No. 7: General Trade Depression in the Making  Bulletin No. 8:  Budgetary Policy in the Present Situation  The irregular final-buying resulting from the activities of producers and distributors  b) The Search for Confidence in 1932  Bulletin No. 12: The Case for a 'Moratorium' for Taxpayers in the Over-Deflated, Gold-Logged Countries  Bulletin No. 13  Statement on the Case for a 'Monatorium' for Taxpayers in the Over-Deflated Countries  Bulletin No 14  The Economic Crisis and the Disarmament Conference  c) Economic Readjustment in 1933  Bulletin No. 26 Gentlemen Prefer Gold. II: A Midsummer Night's Dream of 1928  Bulletin No. 27: America Takes the Lead. I: The Heman PART IV a) National Debt and Taxation  b) What is Saved?  c) Lord Keynes' Central Thesis and the Concept of Unclaimed Wealth  d) The New Economic Theories and the Depression of 1929-1933

O autorze

Serena Di Gaspare is Assistant Professor of Political Sciences at the University of Turin, Italy.