Introduction to Post-Keynesian Economics

2009
ISBN: 978-0-230-22921-1
Verlag: Springer Nature B.V.

Buch, Englisch, 164 Seiten, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 222 g

This book offers an accessible introduction to post-Keynesian economics, showing that there is an alternative to neoclassical economics and its free-market economic policies. Post-Keynesian economics is founded on realistic assumptions, such as interest targeting by central banks or constant average variable costs in manufacturing and services

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lavoie, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction The Post-Keynesian Heterodoxy Heterodox Microeconomics A Macroeconomic Monetary Circuit The Short-Period: Effective Demand and the Labour Market The Long-Period: Old and New Growth Models General Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

MARC LAVOIE is Professor in the Department of Economics at the Univeristy of Ottawa, Canada. He has been Visiting Professor at Curtin University, Australia, and at the univeristies of Bordeaux, Grenoble, Lille, Limoges, Nice, Rennes, Paris-1 and Paris-13. His main research areas are in post-Keynesian and monetary economics. He has written over 130 journal articles or book chapters as well as authoring Economics. He is also co-editor of