This paper argues that Keynes's "theory of effective demand" merely restates in outwardly novel aggregative terms ideas that are part and parcel of "classical theory," and so adds nothing of substance to orthodox doctrine. The aim of the paper is to impugn neither The General Theory nor...

Both New Classical and New Keynesian macroeconomic theorists misunderstand and distort old Keynesian economics, alleging that its diagnoses and prescriptions depend on the indefensible assumption that money wages and prices are "rigid." Here it is argued that all Keynesian macro requires is that...

Exchange rates fluctuate very rapidly, in comparison to the prices of goods and labor. An internationally uniform tax on all spot conversions of one currency into another would reduce these fluctuations. Foreign exchange markets focus strongly on the short run, but this tax would reduce these...

Several noted economists briefly pay tribute to recently deceased Keynesian economist Dudley Dillard.