The Keynesian Tradition (archival Insights Into The Evolution Of Economics)

This volume examines the process by which Keynes' message got interpreted and re-interpreted and thus separated into a Left and a Right political-economic stream. Archival evidence is used to shed a fresh light on many of the controversies (and colourful characters) of the Keynesian tradition. Front Matter....Pages i-vii Introduction....Pages 1-3 Archival Research and the Reconstruction of Piero Sraffa’s Intellectual Biography: An Interim Report....Pages 4-41 The Collaboration between Keynes and Robertson during the Second World War: A Perspective from the National Archives....Pages 42-64 Harrod’s Discontent with Harrodian Growth Theory....Pages 65-98 Patinkin’s Interpretation of Keynesian Economics: A Genetic Approach....Pages 99-125 Is IS-LM a Static or Dynamic ‘Keynesian’ Model?....Pages 126-134 The Post Keynesian Assault on Orthodoxy: Insights from the Weintraub Archive....Pages 135-195 The Cambridge Keynesians: Kahn, J. Robinson and Kaldor....Pages 196-220 Back Matter....Pages 221-227 This volume examines aspects of the Keynesian tradition, including the collaboration between Keynes and Robertson during the Second World War, Harrod's discontent with Harrodian growth theory, Patinkin's Neoclassical Synthesis interpretation of Keynes, an examination of the ISLM model, the Post Keynesians' assault on orthodoxy, and an archival examination of the Cambridge Keynesians - Richard Kahn, Joan Robinson and Nicholas Kaldor