Keynes and the Neoclassical Synthesis


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This book is a critical assessment of the Neoclassical Synthesis, long regarded as the standard interpretation of Keynes. It offers a fresh interpretation of Keynes and makes an important contribution to post-Keynesian economics




Keynes and the Neoclassical Synthesis


Book Description

This text is a critical assessment of the "Neoclassical Synthesis", long regarded as the standard interpretation of Keynes. It offers a fresh interpretation of Keynes and makes an important contribution to post-Keynesian economics.




Neoclassical Synthesis


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What is Neoclassical Synthesis The neoclassical synthesis (NCS), Neoclassical-Keynesian Synthesis, or just neo-Keynesianism was a neoclassical economics academic movement and paradigm in economics that worked towards reconciling the macroeconomic thought of John Maynard Keynes in his book The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936). It was formulated most notably by John Hicks (1937), Franco Modigliani (1944), and Paul Samuelson (1948), who dominated economics in the post-war period and formed the mainstream of macroeconomic thought in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Neoclassical synthesis Chapter 2: Keynesian economics Chapter 3: Macroeconomics Chapter 4: Post-Keynesian economics Chapter 5: IS-LM model Chapter 6: Full employment Chapter 7: New Keynesian economics Chapter 8: Index of economics articles Chapter 9: John Hicks Chapter 10: Classical economics Chapter 11: The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money Chapter 12: Edmund Phelps Chapter 13: Alvin Hansen Chapter 14: New classical macroeconomics Chapter 15: Paul Davidson (economist) Chapter 16: Paul Samuelson Chapter 17: Keynesian Revolution Chapter 18: History of macroeconomic thought Chapter 19: Disequilibrium macroeconomics Chapter 20: Mr. Keynes and the "Classics" Chapter 21: Marxism and Keynesian economics (II) Answering the public top questions about neoclassical synthesis. (III) Real world examples for the usage of neoclassical synthesis in many fields. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Neoclassical Synthesis.




From Keynes to Neoclassical Synthesis


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German translation has title: Von Keynes zur neoklassischen Synthese. Includes bibliographical references.




A History of Macroeconomics from Keynes to Lucas and Beyond


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This book retraces the history of macroeconomics from Keynes's General Theory to the present. Central to it is the contrast between a Keynesian era and a Lucasian - or dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) - era, each ruled by distinct methodological standards. In the Keynesian era, the book studies the following theories: Keynesian macroeconomics, monetarism, disequilibrium macro (Patinkin, Leijongufvud, and Clower) non-Walrasian equilibrium models, and first-generation new Keynesian models. Three stages are identified in the DSGE era: new classical macro (Lucas), RBC modelling, and second-generation new Keynesian modeling. The book also examines a few selected works aimed at presenting alternatives to Lucasian macro. While not eschewing analytical content, Michel De Vroey focuses on substantive assessments, and the models studied are presented in a pedagogical and vivid yet critical way.




Raising Keynes


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Back to the future: a heterodox economist rewrites Keynes's General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money to serve as the basis for a macroeconomics for the twenty-first century. John Maynard Keynes's General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money was the most influential economic idea of the twentieth century. But, argues Stephen Marglin, its radical implications were obscured by Keynes's lack of the mathematical tools necessary to argue convincingly that the problem was the market itself, as distinct from myriad sources of friction around its margins. Marglin fills in the theoretical gaps, revealing the deeper meaning of the General Theory. Drawing on eight decades of discussion and debate since the General Theory was published, as well as on his own research, Marglin substantiates Keynes's intuition that there is no mechanism within a capitalist economy that ensures full employment. Even if deregulating the economy could make it more like the textbook ideal of perfect competition, this would not address the problem that Keynes identified: the potential inadequacy of aggregate demand. Ordinary citizens have paid a steep price for the distortion of Keynes's message. Fiscal policy has been relegated to emergencies like the Great Recession. Monetary policy has focused unduly on inflation. In both cases the underlying rationale is the false premise that in the long run at least the economy is self-regulating so that fiscal policy is unnecessary and inflation beyond a modest 2 percent serves no useful purpose. Fleshing out Keynes's intuition that the problem is not the warts on the body of capitalism but capitalism itself, Raising Keynes provides the foundation for a twenty-first-century macroeconomics that can both respond to crises and guide long-run policy.




Neoclassical Economics


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What is Neoclassical Economics In the field of economics, neoclassical economics refers to an approach that observes the production, consumption, and valuation (price) of commodities and services as being driven by the supply and demand model. According to this school of thinking, the value of a product or service is established by a hypothetical process that involves the maximization of utility by individuals with limited incomes and of profits by businesses that are confronted with production costs and make use of the information and factors of production that are accessible. By making reference to rational choice theory, this strategy has frequently been defended as being appropriate. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Neoclassical economics Chapter 2: Economics Chapter 3: Keynesian economics Chapter 4: Microeconomics Chapter 5: Perfect competition Chapter 6: General equilibrium theory Chapter 7: New Keynesian economics Chapter 8: Index of economics articles Chapter 9: Classical economics Chapter 10: Economic efficiency Chapter 11: Welfare economics Chapter 12: Steve Keen Chapter 13: Heterodox economics Chapter 14: Sonnenschein-Mantel-Debreu theorem Chapter 15: Schools of economic thought Chapter 16: Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium Chapter 17: Microfoundations Chapter 18: Neoclassical synthesis Chapter 19: New classical macroeconomics Chapter 20: Macroeconomics Chapter 21: History of macroeconomic thought (II) Answering the public top questions about neoclassical economics. (III) Real world examples for the usage of neoclassical economics in many fields. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of neoclassical economics.




The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money


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This book was originally published by Macmillan in 1936. It was voted the top Academic Book that Shaped Modern Britain by Academic Book Week (UK) in 2017, and in 2011 was placed on Time Magazine's top 100 non-fiction books written in English since 1923. Reissued with a fresh Introduction by the Nobel-prize winner Paul Krugman and a new Afterword by Keynes’ biographer Robert Skidelsky, this important work is made available to a new generation. The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money transformed economics and changed the face of modern macroeconomics. Keynes’ argument is based on the idea that the level of employment is not determined by the price of labour, but by the spending of money. It gave way to an entirely new approach where employment, inflation and the market economy are concerned. Highly provocative at its time of publication, this book and Keynes’ theories continue to remain the subject of much support and praise, criticism and debate. Economists at any stage in their career will enjoy revisiting this treatise and observing the relevance of Keynes’ work in today’s contemporary climate.




Keynes, Sraffa and the Criticism of Neoclassical Theory


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Heinz Kurz is recognised internationally as a leading economic theorist and a foremost historian of economic thought. This book pays tribute to his outstanding contributions on the occasion of his 65th birthday by bringing together a unique collection of new essays by distinguished economists from around the world. Keynes, Sraffa, and the Criticism of Neoclassical Theory comprises twenty-three essays, covering themes in Keynesian economic theory, in the development of the modern classical approach to economic theory, linear production models, and the critique of neoclassical theory. The essays in this book will be an invaluable source of inspiration for economists interested in economic theory and in the evolution of economic thought. They will also be of interest to postgraduate and research students specialising in economic theory and in the history of economic thought.




John Maynard Keynes


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Who is John Maynard Keynes John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes was an English economist and philosopher whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments. Originally trained in mathematics, he built on and greatly refined earlier work on the causes of business cycles. One of the most influential economists of the 20th century, he produced writings that are the basis for the school of thought known as Keynesian economics, and its various offshoots. His ideas, reformulated as New Keynesianism, are fundamental to mainstream macroeconomics. He is known as the "father of macroeconomics". How you will benefit (I) Insights about the following: Chapter 1: John Maynard Keynes Chapter 2: Keynesian economics Chapter 3: Monetarism Chapter 4: Post-Keynesian economics Chapter 5: Stockholm School (economics) Chapter 6: Liquidity trap Chapter 7: Roy Harrod Chapter 8: Alvin Hansen Chapter 9: History of economic thought Chapter 10: Neoclassical synthesis Chapter 11: New classical macroeconomics Chapter 12: Paul Davidson (economist) Chapter 13: Axel Leijonhufvud Chapter 14: 2008?2009 Keynesian resurgence Chapter 15: Keynesian Revolution Chapter 16: History of macroeconomic thought Chapter 17: Athanasios Asimakopulos Chapter 18: Post-war displacement of Keynesianism Chapter 19: Keynes: The Return of the Master Chapter 20: Mark Gerard Hayes Chapter 21: Marxism and Keynesian economics Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information about John Maynard Keynes.