1. Agency / Edward J. McKenna and Diane C. Zannoni -- 2. Australia / J.E. King -- 3. Austrian school of economics / Stephen D. Parsons -- 4. Babylonian mode of thought / Sheila C. Dow -- 5. Balance-of-payments-constrained economic growth / John S.L. McCombie -- 6. Banking / Gillian Hewitson --...

This book examines the three historical master tales and questions their validity and relevance in today's moment of global disorientation which lacks a convincing and dominant economic narrative. Investigating the ideological dimension and exploring the continued impact of Marx, Keynes and...

Introduction -- Ethics : the sources of Keynes's vision -- Knowledge : uncertainty, probabilities and the moral sciences -- politics : beyond liberalism and socialism -- War and peace : from the Boer War to Versailles -- Money : economic motor and social pathology -- Labour : the battle against...

Contents: Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Monetary regimes, then and now / Charles Goodhart -- 2. Keynes applied / Geoff Tily -- 3. Rethinking monetary restraint / Roy Rotheim -- 4. The evolutionary approach to banking and the credit-hungry consumer: a view of the failure of African Bank...

Contents: Introduction -- 1. The relevance of The General Theory at 80: economic change and economic theory / Victoria Chick -- 2. Against twisting The General Theory / Maria Cristina Marcuzzo -- 3. The Keynesian unblocking / Robert Skidelsky -- 4. The attacks on The General Theory: how Keynes's...

Contents: Part I: Life and work -- 1. John Neville Keynes / Heinrich Bortis -- 2. Florence Ada Keynes / Indra Hardeen -- 3. Lydia Lopokova / Indra Hardeen -- 4. The Bloomsbury Group / Victoria Chick -- 5. The India Office / Donald Moggridge -- 6. World War I / Donald Moggridge -- 7. Keynes and...

pt. 1. The general theory and fundamental uncertainty -- pt. 2. The general theory and the history of macroeconomics -- pt. 3. The general theory and Friedman, Kaldor, Marx and Sraffa -- pt. 4. The general theory and new interpretations.

It is argued that mainstream economics, with its present methodological approach, is limited in its ability to analyze and develop adequate public policy to deal with current environmental problems and sustainable development. This book provides an alternative approach. Building on the strengths...

This challenging book examines the origins and dynamics of financial–economic crises. Its wide theoretical scope incorporates the theories of Marx, Keynes and various other Post Keynesian scholars of endogenous money, and provides a grand synthesis of these theoretical lineages, as well as a...

In the midst of the current world economic crisis, many claim there is a necessity to return to the Marxian and Keynesian traditions in order to better understand the dynamics of market economies. This book is an important step in that direction. It presents a critical examination of the...