In the paper, we revisit the focus and method of “Indian Currency and Finance” (1913) and the rationale of Keynes's proposal for an international monetary system combining cheapness with stability. In particular, we centre on the management of exchange reserve and the pattern of...

Dissatisfied with both Skidelsky's “Fighting for Britain” approach to Keynes's quest for a new global order and its specular competitor, the “Figthing despite Britain” view, we explore the possibility of a “Fighting through Britain” approach to the issue. We claim that though Keynes...

In the attempt to deepen the understanding of Keynes's thought as an international macroeconomist, we explore the hypothesis of consistency between his general methodological approach to the economic material and his way of reasoning about international economic relations as shaped by WWI. We...

Based on a relativist approach to the history of economic thought, in this paper it is argued that both Gustav Schmoller’s methodology and his views on economic and social policy can be seen as a reaction to the challenges Germany’s increasing integration into the world econ-omy brought...

The article is part of the special issue of the journal on Charles P. Kindleberger (CPK). By reviewing CPKÕs works the authors investigates the analytical content of Kindleberger's historical contributions. In particular, KindlebergerÕs reformulation and development of Engel's law is analyzed,...

The article is part of the special issue of the journal on Charles P. Kindleberger (CPK). By reviewing CPK's works the authors investigates the contributions by Kindleberger not mainly as a historian but as an economist. Kindleberger's theory of financial crises is reconstructed, drawing from...

The paper aims at showing that revisiting Keynes's early writings on international economic relations and some less well-known episodes of his economic diplomacy, with special attention being paid to the methodological issues involved, may disclose useful insights in understanding the features...

reSumeNLos dos periodos de gobierno de Lula da Silva manifiestan el progresivoauge de Brasil como potencia emergente, llevándolo a plantear una políticaexterior con grandes proyectos nacionales e internacionales. En este artículoveremos que en ese proceso no solo han influido variables...

In the beginning of the second book of his Politeia (Republic) Plato in passage 2.358e-359a-c raises the issue of the administration of justice as a means of motivating people to behave fairly regarding their relationships and when cooperating with each other because, at the end, this is...

In the beginning of the second book of his Politeia (Republic) Plato in passage 2.358e-359a-c raises the issue of the administration of justice as a means of motivating people to behave fairly regarding their relationships and when cooperating with each other because, at the end, this is...