Classical versus Neoclassical Monetary Theories: The Roots, Ruts, and Resilience of Monetarism - and Keynesianism / Edition 1

by Will E. Mason, William N. Butos

Overview

Classical Versus Neoclassical Monetary Theories, completed just before Professor Will E. Mason's untimely death, places recent and mid-20th century monetary theory in a larger historical context, while examining the relevance of contemporary questions in monetary policy. The first half of the volume analyzes the development of the methodological and conceptual foundations of monetary theory, up to and including contemporary mainstream views; the second half addresses more policy-oriented monetary questions. Emphasis is placed on the dichotomy of monetary and value theory, the Walrasian general equilibrium paradigm, the resolution of the ‘Patinkin controversy', the Federal Reserve System's failed experiment with ‘pure monetarism', and the misplacement of the free market in the ‘Chicago paradox'.
Classical Versus Neoclassical Monetary Theories will be of interest both to historians of economic thought and monetary and macro economists, as well as to many well-informed followers and fashioners of monetary policy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792398172
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	12/31/1996
Series:	Recent Economic Thought Series
Edition description:	1996
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Classical Monetary Theory.- 3. The Neoclassical Inversion of Classical Monetary Theory.- 4. Cambridge Confirmation of the Neoclassical Inversion.- 5. The Dichotomy: A Methodological Interlude.- 6. Economic Darwinism Versus Gresham’s Law in the “Development” of Monetary Theory.- 7. Monetarism and the Disposable Central Bank.- 8. Monetarist Misconceptions of Money and its Management.- 9. The Chicago Paradox.- 10. A Neo-Keynesian Open Economy Alternative to Obsolete Nationalistic Monetarism.- 11. Conclusion.

Editorial Reviews

Completed just before Mason's untimely death, this volume contains two parts which discuss the development of the methodological and conceptual foundations of monetary theory, including mainstream views, and address policy-oriented monetary questions. Emphasis is placed on the dichotomy of monetary and value theory, the Walresian general equilibrium paradigm, the resolution of the Patinkin controversy, the Federal Reserve System's failed experiment with pure monetarism, and the misplacement of the free market in the Chicago paradox. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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