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Book SynopsisWhat was the Keynesian revolution in economics? Why did it not succeed to the extent that Keynes and his close pupils hoped for? Keynes and the Cambridge Keynesians addresses these and other questions and attempts to defend Keynesian economics as a viable alternative to mainstream economics.
Table of ContentsPreface; Part I. Keynes's Unaccomplished Revolution (The Federico Caffé Lectures, 1995) : 1. A decision to break with Orthodoxy; 2. The 'revolution' after Keynes; References for Part I; Part II. The Cambridge School of Keynesian Economics: 3. Richard Ferdinand Kahn, 1905–1989 co-author of the General Theory?; 4. Joan Violet Robinson, 1903–1983 the woman who missed the Nobel Prize in economics; 5. Nicholas Kaldor, 1908–1986 growth, income distribution, technical progress; 6. Pierro Sraffa, 1898–1983 the critical mind; 7. Richard Murphey Goodwin, 1913–1996 The missed Keynes-Schumpeter connection; 8. References for Part II; Part III. Towards a Production Paradigm for an Expanding Economy: 9. Beyond neoclassical economics; 10. The stage of 'pure economic theory'; 11. The stage of institutional investigation; 12. Back to the future of the 'Keynesian revolution'; References for Part III; Index.
