Synopses & Reviews
On Skidelsky's Keynes and Other Essays contains essays from the twenty eight years that the author spent in Cambridge before his return to Australia. Thevolume spans theoretical issues, autobiography, review articles, political economy, tributes to eminent economists and general essays.
About the Author
G. C.HARCOURT Emeritus Reader in the History of Economic Theory, Cambridge (1998), UK, Emeritus Fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge (1998)and Professor Emeritus, Adelaide (1988), is now a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the School of Economics, UNSW, Australia. He is the author and editor of many books, articles and chapters in books. His books include Some Cambridge Controversies in the Theory of Capital, The Structure of Post-Keynesian Economics, (with Prue Kerr) Joan Robinson and nine volumes of selected essays.
Table of Contents
PART I: TITLE ESSAY
On Skidelsky's Keynes
PART II: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY
Political Economy, Politics and Religion
PART III: POST-KEYNESIAN THEORY
A Teaching Model of the "Keynesian" System
On Keynes and Chick on Prices in Modern Capitalism
On Specifying the Demand for Imports in Macroeconomic Models
The Theoretical and Political Importance of Keynes
The Rise and Fall of Economic Neo-liberalism in Theory and Practice
Price Theory and Multinational Oligopoly
PART IV: REVIEW ARTICLES
A Revolution Yet to Be Accomplished
The Collected Writings of an Indian Sage
PART V: SURVEYS
Keynes and the Cambridge School
What is the Cambridge Approach to Economics?
PART VI: POLICY
Markets, Madness and a Middle Way Revisited
Finance, Speculation and Stability
PART VII: INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHIES AND TRIBUTES
Tom Asimakopulos
Keith Septimus Frearson
William Brian Reddaway
Sukhamoy Chakravarty
David Gawen Champerowne
Robin Matthews
PART VIII: GENERAL ESSAYS
Economics: From Moral Science to Game Theory
100 Years of the Economics Tripos