|
|
Article: A history of Post Keynesian economics since 1936: a review article.
- Article from:
- Atlantic Economic Journal
- Article date:
- March 1, 2006
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2006 Atlantic Economic Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Introduction
J. E. King has written an excellent, and for the most part, unbiased history of Post-Keynesian economics. The book can be roughly divided into two parts. Chapters 1-7, "... is the story of how Post-Keynesian economics emerged, extended its scope beyond the issues that Keynes had concentrated upon, posed a challenge to orthodox macroeconomics but ultimately failed to supplant it" [King, p. 1].
Chapters 8-12 constitute the second part of the book. These chapters examine the following questions. First, did the body of knowledge assembled by the Post-Keynesian economists constitute a school of thought? Second, if so, did this school have a ...