Employment, Economic Growth and the Tyranny of the Market

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Employment, Economic Growth and the Tyranny of the Market

Essays in Honour of Paul Davidson: Volume Two

9781858983134 Edward Elgar Publishing
Edited by Philip Arestis, University Director of Research, Cambridge Centre for Economic and Public Policy, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge and Fellow, Wolfson College, UK
Publication Date: February 1997 ISBN: 978 1 85898 313 4 Extent: 256 pp
Employment, Economic Growth and the Tyranny of the Market is the second of three volumes celebrating Paul Davidson''s path-breaking achievements and his seminal role in the foundation and development of post Keynesian economics.

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Employment, Economic Growth and the Tyranny of the Market is the second of three volumes celebrating Paul Davidson’s path-breaking achievements and his seminal role in the foundation and development of post Keynesian economics.

This volume includes new papers by leading economists including, amongst others, John Kenneth Galbraith, Robert Eisner, John Cornwall, William Darity Jr., Warren J. Samuels and Anthony P. Thirlwall. It focuses in the main on the limitations of the market as a mechanism for creating economic growth, employment and economic justice.
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‘This two-volume set provides ample testimony to the importance of Paul Davidson’s contributions to the development of post Keynesian economics over nearly forty years.’
– J.A. Kregel, The Economic Journal
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Contents: Introduction (P. Arestis) 1. The Market: The Tyranny of A Theoretic Construct (D. Vickers) 2. The Role of ‘Whim and Fancy’ in Economics: An Essay in Honour of Paul Davidson ( E.E. Williams) 3. Analysis with Ordinal Measurement (D.W. Katzner) 4. On Financial Repression and Economic Development: The Case of Cyprus (P. Arestis, P.O. Demetriades) 5. Pre-Keynesian Economics in the Periphery (W. Darity Jr.) 6. Two Views of Macroeconomic Malfunction: The ‘Great Inflation’ and its Aftermath (J. Cornwall, W. Cornwall) 7. The Retreat From Full Employment (R. Eisner) 8. The Macro Determinants of Growth and ‘New’ Growth Theory: An Evaluation and Further Evidence (A.P. Thirlwall, G. Sanna) 9. The Good Society: The Economic Dimension (J.K. Galbraith) 10. The First Post Keynesian: Joan Robinson’s Essays in The Theory of Employment (1937) (J.E. King) 11. Joseph J. Spengler’s Concept of the ‘Problem of Order’: A Reconsideration and Extension (W. J. Samuels) Paul Davidson: A Bibliography Index

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