Keynes and the Neoclassical Synthesis - Einsteinian versus Newtonian Macroeconomics (Hardcover, New)

This volume provides a critical assessment of the "Neoclassical Synthesis", long regarded as the standard interpretation of Keynes. Taking issue with this orthodoxy, the author offers an interpretation of the foundation of modern macroeconomics, arguing that the subject derives from the conflict between two research programmes inspired by different paradigms in physics: the "Newtonian" programme of Hicks and the "Einsteinian" approach of Keynes. Part I compares Hick's Newtonian programme with the Einsteinian programme underlying the "General Theory", and argues that only the latter challenges atomism and accounts for time in an essential way. Part II reconstructs the development of the Neoclassical Synthesis and underlines that some of its key products represent pragmatic deviations from Hick's "pure" Newtonian programme. Part III examines microfoundations approaches that seek to remedy the flaws of the Neoclassical Synthesis and concludes that they are fatally undermined by their inability to grasp the Einsteinian foundations of Keynes's approach. This text not only offers a fresh interpretation of Keynes but makes an important contribution to debates within post-Keynesian economi

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
Release date:	August 1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	Dario Togati
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	416
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-18396-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic theory & philosophy Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Macroeconomics > Monetary economics Promotions
LSN:	0-415-18396-0
Barcode:	9780415183963

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