The publication of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America has kindled interest across disciplines to appraise the exceptional nature of U.S. activities. In general, however, all the published works have not focused their analyses from an economic point of view. While economics was for...

Starting with an overview of Modigliani's life, the authors explain and assess his influential theories, including his theory of the life-cycle hypothesis of saving; the famous Modigliani-Miller theorem in corporate finance; stabilisation policy; econometric model building and forecasting, and his...

The publication of Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America has kindled interest across disciplines to appraise the exceptional nature of U.S. activities. In general, however, all the published works have not focused their analyses from an economic point of view. While economics was for some...

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- General Introduction -- Part I: Keynesian Economics -- Part II: Neoclassical Economics -- Part III: Monetarists -- Part IV: Institutionalists -- Part V: Marxian Economics -- Part VI: Econometrics -- Part VII: General...