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Subject(s)

• Keynesian economics [Browse]
• United States—Economic conditions—1945- [Browse]
• Keynes, John Maynard 1883-1946 [Browse]

Series

• Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 90. [More in this series]
• Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 90 [More in this series]

Summary note

John Maynard Keynes was the most influential economist of the 20th Century, whose doctrines had a huge impact on American prosperity in the years following the Second World War. This new book by John Philip Jones describes the main features of Keynes's work, including the fiscal and monetary policies he recommended, together with a detailed tracking of how his theories played out in the American economy.The book focuses on each individual aspect of Keynes's doctrines: his revolutionary emphasis on the economy as a whole (the study that would later become known as macroeconomics); con

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; About the author; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Why Keynes matters; 1 Keynes's legacy, 70 years later; 2 Three signposts; 3 Consumer demand and where it leads; 4 Investments demand and where it leads; 5 The rate of interest; 6 What should the government be doing?; 7 Floating on an ocean of expectations; 8 keynes the man; 9 Twenty years of guerrilla infighting; 10 Keynes, England and the world; 11 keynes the prophet; Index

ISBN

• 1-135-97910-3
• 0-429-24152-6
• 1-135-97911-1
• 1-281-00756-0
• 9786611007560
• 0-203-93981-6

OCLC

• 258869158
• 1000430817

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203939819

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