The Making of a Post-Keynesian Economist: Cambridge Harvest [Hardcover]

The Making of a Post-Keynesian Economist: Cambridge Harvest gathers up the threads of the last decade of the author's twenty eight years in Cambridge, before his return to Australia. The essays include autobiography, theory, review articles, surveys, policy, intellectual biographies and tributes, and general essays.PART I: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY The Making of a Post-Keynesian Economist PART II: THEORETICAL ESSAYS The Debates on the Representative Firm and Increasing Returns Paul Samuelson on Karl Marx 'Capital-reversing and Reswitching' Whatever Happened to the Cambridge Capital Theory Controversies? The Relevance of the Cambridge-Cambridge Controversies in Capital Theory for Econometric Practice The Harrod Model of Growth and Some Early Reactions to it On Mark Perlman and Joseph Schumpeter PART III: REVIEW ARTICLES Monsters and Morals: Review of David Jenkins On Paul Krugman on Maynard Keynes' 'General Theory' PART IV: SURVEYS Joan Robinson and her Circle Cambridge Economic Tradition PART V: POLICY New Labour and Constitutional Reform The Economic Policies of Gordon Brown and the Treasury 'Chickens coming home to roost' PART VI: INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHIES AND TRIBUTES John Cornwall Wilfred Edward Graham Salter John Richard Wells Alister Sutherland PART VII: GENERAL ESSAYS 'Despised and Rejected' Speech to Commerce Graduates

'It's better to engage with those we disagree with than to ignore them. The least we get is a firmer grasp of our own views, but sometimes we gain more: a change in them because we've lost an argument. Geoff Harcourt's heterodox ideas are sometimes discomfiting, but they are also immensely stimulating. These essays demand careful attention, particularly from anyone who is still comfortable with today's economic orthodoxies.' - David Laidler, Professor Emeritus, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

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