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Interest in John Maynard Keynes's economic, political and philosophical thinking has undergone a tremendous revival in the last decade. The essays and comments collected in this volume were written on a set of themes representative of the current state of interpretation of Keynes's thinking. Some of the topics investigated have received much attention in the past, and some are of more recent interest. In the former category are topics on standard issues in the interpretation of Keynes's economics: the transition in Keynes's thinking from the The Treatise on Money to The General Theory, the nature of the argument in The General Theory, and Keynes's economic policy views. The latter category introduces themes of a wider nature, and includes two papers on Keynes's vision and one on Keynes's philosophical thinking.
The strategy adopted in the selection of topics was to review the debates over Keynes's economics from fresh perspectives, and then go on to supply discussions of broader issues concerning the nature of Keynes as a thinker. This collection as a whole adds to our general understanding of Keynes's work, and contributes to the current revival of interest in Keynes.
List of contents
1 Introduction: The Interpretation of Keynes's Work.- 2 Changes in Output in Keynes'sTreatise on Money.- Comment: Edward Amadeo's Contributions to the Interpretation of Keynes's Economics.- 3 The Own-Rates Framework as an Interpretation of the General Theory: A Suggestion for Complicating the Keynesian Theory of Money.- Comment: Michael Lawlor's Own-Rates Interpretation of the General Theory.- 4 Rethinking the Keynesian Revolution.- Comment: Expectations, Confidence and the Keynesian Revolution.- 5 Keynes's Vision: Method, Analysis and "Tactics".- Comment: Keynes's: Vision and Tactics.- 6 Aspects of J.M. Keynes's Vision and Conceptualized Reality.- Comment: J.M. Keynes's Vision and Conceptualized Reality: What Endures.- 7 Keynes's Philosophical Thinking.- Comment: The Keynesian Probability-Relation: In Search of a Substitute.
About the author
John B. Davis is Professor of History and Philosophy of Economics and Co-director of the faculty research programme History and Methodology of Economics at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Professor of Economics at Marquette University, USA.
