Keynes's General Theory After Seventy Years

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 business cycle and analysis.

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ROBERT DIMAND is Professor of Economics at Brock University, Canada.

ROBERT MUNDELL is Professor of Economics at Columbia University in New York, US.

ALESSANDRO VERCELLI is Professor of Economics at University of Siena, Italy.

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Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction by the Editors Whose Keynes?; R.Backhouse & B.Bateman The General Theory in Keynes's Biographies; M.Marcuzzo The Legacy of Keynes as a Public Intellectual; S.Kasper Mr. Keynes and the 'Liberals': A Suggested Interpretation; A.Vercelli Corporatism and Keynes: His Views on Growth; E.Phelps Keynes, Art and Aesthetics; G.Dostaler Keynes and the Social Sciences: Contributions Outside of Economics, with Applications to Economic Anthropology and Comparative Systems; M.Forstater Keynes's Enduring Legacy; R.Cooper The Principle of Effective Demand: The Key to Understanding the General Theory; C.Rogers Getting Rid of Keynes? A Reflection on the Recent History of Macroeconomics; M.Vroey Aggregate Demand, Employment and Equilibrium with Marginal Productivity: Keynesian Adjustment in the Craft Economy; E.Nell Keynes's Approach to Money: What Can Be Recovered?; L.Randall Wray Keynes's Revolutionary and 'Serious' Monetary Theory; P.Davidson Was There a (Methodological) Keynesian Revolution?; S.Dow What Keynesian Revolution? A Reconsideration Seventy Years After The General Theory; R.Dimand Index