The first of two volumes celebrating Paul Davidson's path- breaking achievements and his seminal role in the foundation and development of post Keynesian economics, this book presents contributions by leading economists. These draw on Davidson's work in the fields of macroeconomic and monetary theory and policy, employment and income distribution, history of economic thought, methodology and international economics.

Harcourt has made substantial and wide-ranging contributions to economics in general, and to post Keynesian economics in particular. In this volume more than forty leading economists pay tribute to and critically evaluate his work. The contributors represent a wide range of schools in economics, and include Nobel Laureates Paul Samuelson and Robert Solow.

This volume in the International Papers in Political Economy series explores the latest developments in political economy, here focusing on experiences of privatization and of private finance initiatives. Topics covered include public-private partnerships, water privatization and electricity industry reform.

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.

The financial crisis and the ensued 'great recession' are primarily caused by the excessive liquidity that was created in the last thirty years or so of inequality that benefited greatly the financial sector, deregulation and financial liberalisation as well as financial innovation, which are based on the supposedly superior intellectual model of the Efficient Markets Hypothesis. There were also contributory factors that accentuated the process, such as international financial imbalances, the monetary policy pursued at the time, and the role played by the credit rating agencies. The New...

This important book presents a thematic selections of essays by leading post Keynesian economists from Europe and North America. It focuses on a major feature of post Keynesian economics namely the interrelationships between pricing, distribution and growth. It is no accident that these aspects were emphasised in the work of the founding fathers particularly Kalecki and Keynes. Included in the present volume are essays by scholars who have made significant contributions to our understanding of these relationships. Lying behind them is the emphasis on the role of time and uncertainty that...

Recent developments in macroeconomic and monetary thinking have given a new impetus to the management of the economy. The use of monetary policy by way of manipulating the rate of interest to affect inflation is now well accepted by both academic economists and central bank practitioners. Beginning with an assessment of new thinking in macroeconomics and monetary theory, this book suggests that many countries have adopted the new consensus monetary policy since the early 1990s in an attempt to reduce inflation to low levels. It goes on to illustrate that the explicit control of the money...