"Widely recognized as one of the greatest economists in history, there has been a surge of interest in the work of John Maynard Keynes since the financial crisis of 2008 with people looking for solutions to rebalance the economy. Presciently, Keynes argued that free markets are unable to fully...

Contents: Foreword / Geoff Harcourt -- Introduction: The role of government / Nikolaos Karagiannis and John E. King -- Part I: Philosophical and theoretical aspects -- 1. Policy and state in complexity economics / Wolfram Elsner -- 2. State and public sector: key economic and...