Methodology, Microeconomics and Keynes : Essays in Honour of Victoria Chick, Volume 2 / / edited by Philip Arestis, Meghnad Desai and Sheila Dow

• Record Nr.: UNISA996203082503316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, , 2001
• ISBN: 1-134-57298-0; 0-429-23259-4; 1-134-57299-9; 1-280-40389-6; 0-203-46748-5; 0-203-24640-3
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Collana: Routledge frontiers of political economy ; ; 38-39
• Disciplina: 330
• Soggetti: Keynesian economics; Monetary policy; Macroeconomics; Microeconomics; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; List of contributors; Introduction: On Chick's life as an academic; On the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomics: A Keynesian perspective; The nature of equilibrium in Keynes's General Theory; From the Fundamental Equations to effective demand: 'Natural evolution' or 'change of view'?; The relevance of historical experience for economics; General theorising versus historical specificity: A problem for post-Keynesians; Timeful theories, timeful theorists; Mathematical formalism in economics: What really is the problem?; Mathematics as natural law: An epistemological critique of formalism in economicsThe encompassing principle as an emerging methodology for post-Keynesian economics; A note on non-Walrasian ; macroeconomics; Marshall and Keynes on rational (ethical) economic man; Cognition and coordination; Keynes's notion of causa causans and its application to the globalisation process; Technology and the need for an alternative view of the firm in post-Keynesian theory; Consumer beliefs and a possible welfare 'gain' from monopoly; The political economy of economic growth and environmental protection; Firms and banks interacting in a monetary production economyThe regional impact of the internationalization of the financial system: The case of Mercosul; Assessing creditworthiness and small-firm bank lending; Women's work or work for women?; Victoria Chick's publications; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume, a companion to Money, Macroeconomics and Keynes, represents both consolidation and the breaking of new ground in Keynesian methodology and microeconomics by leading figures in these fields.