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Book Synopsis1. Introduction.- Part I: History of Economic Thought: Which are the Issues.- 2. Is History of Economic Thought a "Serious" Subject.- 3. A Slender Trunk and Many Branches: The History of Economic Thought in Perspective, Past and Future.- 4. A Methodological Agenda for New Economic Thinking.- 5. Is History of Economics What Historians of Economic Thought Do? A Quantitative Investigation.- Part II: Ricardo, Money and Monetary Systems.- 6. Ricardo's Theory of Money Matters.- 7. On the Notion of Permanent and Temporary Causes: The Legacy of Ricardo.- 8. Profitability in the International Gold Market in the Early History of the Gold Standard.- 9. Metallic Standards and Real Exchange Rates.- Part III: Cambridge Economics: Past and Present.- 10. Is There a Cambridge Approach to Economics?.- 11. Luigi Pasinetti and the Cambridge Economists.- 12. The Cambridge Critique of the Quantity Theory of Money: A Note on How Quantitative Easing Vindicates It.- 13. Dear John, Dear Ursula (Cambridge and LSE, 1935): Eighty-Eight Letters Unearthed.- Part IV: Cambridge Protagonists: Keynes, Joan Robinson and Sraffa.- 14. On Alternative Notions of Change and Choice: Krishna Bharadwaj's Legacy.- 15. Sraffa and His Arguments Against 'Marginism'.- 16. Joan Robinson's Challenges on How to Construct a Post-Keynesian Economic Theory.- 17. Fighting Austerity: Why After 80 Years the General Theory is Still Relevant Today.
