Fabricating the Keynesian Revolution: Studies of the Inter-War Literature on Money, the Cycle, and Unemployment

by David Laidler

Book Overview

It is a commonly held belief that, in 1936, Keynes' General Theory ushered in a new era in economic thought, with faith in the free market being replaced by reliance on systematic government intervention as a means of keeping the economy on an even keel. This book surveys the writings of a large number of economists in the interwar years and argues that the Keynesian Revolution is a myth, and that the new economics was a careful and selective synthesis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521645964
• ISBN13: 9780521645966
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"