The culmination of John Maynard Keynes's thought and lifework was The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. Here, placing it in the context of his era, David Felix examines the evolution of Keynes's theorizing. He boldly claims that The General Theory lacks logical and factual support as pure theory, but is an achievement of great statesmanship in political economy. Felix argues that Keynes's ideas have misled successive generations of students and practitioners. He suggests that a more discriminating view of his thought can reconcile Keynesian views with neoclassical theory and replace the false synthesis that dominates contemporary text-books with a truer one. Biography of an Idea devotes four chapters to an analysis of The General Theory and an examination of the economic logic of Keynes. The author disentangles the work's fundamentally simple theses from its difficult technical pre-sentation. He shows how Keynes shaped his economic model as he did as an effort to win public support for sensible policies that clashed with generally accepted beliefs of the time. Biography of an Idea is bound to be controversial due to the many cohorts of economists who have been trained in macroeconomics according to Keynes. It will be of interest and ac-cessible to intellectually curious laymen and students, and important to economists, historians, and political scientists.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
1560001496
ISBN-13
9781560001492
eBay Product ID (ePID)
314679
Product Key Features
Author
David Felix
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Economic History, Social Scientists & Psychologists, Economics / General, Economics / Theory
Publication Year
1994
Type
Textbook
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
Number of Pages
298 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
7in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hb103.K47f44 1995
Publication Name
Biography of an Idea : John Maynard Keynes and the General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money