Keynes and the General Theory Revisited

ISBN-13: 9780367884611 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 420 str.

Axel Kicillof

Opis

Despite regularly invoking his name, experts continue to disagree about the content and meaning of Keynes’ great work: The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. This guidebook introduces readers to the three main tenets of the original text: critique, alternative foundations and model.

Spis treści

Foreword

Prologue to the English Edition

Previous Publications

Introduction

Chapter One The General Theory (I): Background

Keynes and His Understanding of Early 20th Century Capitalism

Chapter Two The General Theory: Background(Ii)

What Did Keynes Call Classical Theory?

Chapter Three Keynes's Critique of the Classical Theory: Limits of The Classical Theory

Chapter Four The General Theory By Keynes

Chapter Five Keynes's System: Fundamental Concepts

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Axel Kicillof (Buenos Aires, 1971) has a PhD in Economics from University of Buenos Aires. He has been a researcher at CONICET (Argentina's National Scientific and Technical Research Council) and at the Economic Research Institute (UBA), as well as Professor at several universities in Argentina. He is a specialist in History of Economic Thought and Macroeconomics. He is the author of "Fundamentos de la Teoría General", "Economía sin Corbata" y "De Smith a Keynes" ("Fundamentals of the General Theory", "Economy without a Tie" and "From Smith to Keynes". He has held the office of Minister of Economy of the Argentine Republic. He is currently a member of Argentina's national parliament, representing the City of Buenos Aires in the Chamber of Deputies.