operate at the level of full employment without provoking unmanageable inflation. They also contend that budget deficits do …pt. I. Introduction -- pt. II. Functional finance : the background -- pt. III. Assessing the inflation barrier -- pt …

Axel Leijonhufvud has made a unique contribution to the development of macroeconomic theory. This volume draws together … his insightful essays dealing with the extremes of economic instability: great depressions, high inflation and the …pt. 1. Keynesianism, monetarism and rational expectations -- pt. 2. Monetary regimes and inflation -- pt. 3. Markets …

. Starting with Aristotle, the collection tracks the development of the modern theory of money through the ages by thinkers like … on Early Monetary Theory will be of interest to bankers, historians, and macroeconomists and can be used as a …

Part I basic statements and analyses -- 1. The concept of nation -- 2. The theory of exchange -- 3. Equilibrium and … international monetary equilibrium in modern monetary systems -- 11. Money creation in hierarchical systems -- 12. Inflation, a …

theory to post Keynesian theories of endogenous money …1. Money and economic theory and policy -- 2. The nature and functions of money : a re-examination -- 3. Monetarism and … the quantity theory of money -- 4. Short-run non-neutralities, nominal rigidities, misperceptions and the concept of the …

; credibility and transparency; the inflation forecast and the loss function; monetary policy experiences in the US and the UK; the …1. No money, no inflation : the role of money in the economy -- 2. Central bank independence -- 3. The use and meaning … of words in central banking : inflation, targeting, credibility and transparency -- 4. The inflation forecast and the …

The horizontalist perspective is an extension of the post-Keynesian approach, that has hitherto focused on a theory of … general theory of the creation of money that is consistent with the post-Keynesian view on macroeconomic policy. Credit …