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Book SynopsisEconomic Thought since Keynes outlines the evolution of economic thought since the publication of
The General Theory, putting into perspective the trends, issues and developments in economics over the last half century.
The book begins with an historical account of the schools, debates and issues that have characterised economic thought over the past 50 years, and the authors who have played major or significant roles. This is followed by a dictionary in which 150 economists are featured with biographical details, a bibliography of their major published works, an analysis of their contributions to economic thought and a guide to the secondary literature. An important feature of the volume is a detailed and comprehensive index which will make it an invaluable source for both teaching and research.
Trade Review'The history of very recent economic thought has been sadly neglected. This book seeks to fill this gap. Beaud and Dostaler describe and analyse recent and still current trends in economic thought since the death of Keynes: the aftermath of the Keynesian revolution. . . . supply-side economics, general equilibrium theory, game theory, Marxian economics, the new institutionalism, and much more besides. And they top this survey by a who's who of 150 contemporary authors who have played significant roles in modern economics. This is a book that has no parallel in the secondary literature. It is a unique contribution to the historiography of the recent past of our subject.'Table of ContentsPart 1 Outline of a history of economic thought since Keynes: Keynes and "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money"; the Keynesian revolution; the triumph of interventionism; axiomatization, formalization, mathematicization; a new orthodoxy - the neoclassical synthesis; heterodoxies - permanence and revival; the liberal resurgence; new macroeconomics; on Babel and three figures of contemporary economic thought.
