Post-Keynesian Macroeconomics: Essays in Honour of Ingrid Rima / Edition 1

by Mathew Forstater, Gary Mongiovi, Steven Pressman

Overview

Edited by three very well known academics in the field and contributed to by John Smithin, Laurence Moss and G. C. Harcourt, this volume reflects the breath of the honouree’s interests and as such it covers a wide range of topics including political economy, labour economics, history of economic thought and macroeconomics.

Ingrid Rima, one of the first women to teach economics in America, has been a major figure in the development of Post-Keynesian economics over the past forty years. Rima has made numerous contributions to the fields of labour economics, history of economic thought, and Post Keynesian economic theory and in this volume the editors and contributors recognize them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415547833
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/18/2009
Series:	Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mathew Forstater, Gary Mongiovi, Steven Pressman

Table of Contents

Ingrid Rima and Post Keynesian Macroeconomics Steven Pressman PART I—HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS 2. François Quesnay: The First Post Keynesian? Steven Pressman 3. Marxism: Its Philosophy, Message and Contemporary Relevance Stanley Bober 4. The Theoretical and Political Importance of Keynes’s Economics: Or What Would Marx and Keynes Have Made of the Happenings of the Past 30 Years and More? Geoff Harcourt 5. Profit Maximization in the Cambridge Tradition of Economics Maria Cristina Marcuzzo PART II- POST KEYNESIAN MACROECONOMICS 6. What is Post Keynesian Economics Richard Holt 7. Aggregate Demand and Supply John Smithin 8. Kaldor’s Monetary Thought: A Contribution to the Modern Theory of Money Claudio Sardoni 9. The Political Economy of John Kenneth Galbraith: An Interpretation Warren Samuels PART III- POST KEYNESIAN MACROECONOMICS IN A CHANGING WORLD 10. Pre-WWII Wisconsin Institutionalism as a Study of Economic Dynamics Mark Perlman 11. Aggregate Demand, Employment and Equilibrium with Marginal Productivity: Keynesian Adjustment in the Craft Economy Edward J. Nell 12. Corporate Entrepreneurship: Roll Over Schumpeter Laurence Moss 13. Saving Globalization Jay Mandle 14. Labor Markets, Economic Development, and Job Quality: Ingrid Rima’s Contributions to Labor Economics Daniel Kostzer