Keynes As an Economist, World System Planner and Social Philosopher : Economic Theory and Policy

• Autore: Hirai Toshiaki
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (439 pages)
• Disciplina: 330.156092
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Prologue -- Outline of the Book -- Keynes's Activities -- Sketch: World War I and World War II -- Bibliography -- Japanese bibliography (The titles below are translated by the author of the present book.) -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Part I: Keynes as an Economist: From The Tract via The Treatise to The General Theory -- Explanatory Note I -- Reference -- Chapter 1: How Did Keynes Transform His Theory from the Tract into the Treatise?: Consideration Through Primary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Tract on Monetary Reform -- 2.1 The Fundamental Equation -- 2.2 The Purchasing Power Parity Theory -- 3 A Treatise on Money -- 3.1 Various Theories -- 3.2 The Core -- 3.3 Policy View -- 4 Comparison -- 5 The Treatise Vision -- 6 Examination Through Primary Material -- 6.1 The Tract Theory -- 6.2 New Elements -- 6.3 An International Monetary Standard -- 6.4 Activities in the Late 1920s -- 6.5 The Development of the Fundamental Equation(s) -- 6.6 Robertson's Influences -- 6.7 The Final Stage -- 7 Conjectural Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: How, and For How Long, Did Keynes Maintain the Treatise Theory? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Treatise Theory -- 2.1 Wicksellian Theory -- 2.2 Keynes's Own Theory -- 3 Hawtrey's Criticism -- 3.1 Hawtrey's Economics -- 3.2 Hawtrey's Criticism -- 3.3 Keynes's Response -- 4 June 1931-Early 1932 -- 4.1 June 1931 -- 4.2 20 September 1931 and Two Manuscripts -- 5 "The Monetary Theory of Production" Manuscript (The MTP Manuscript) -- 5.1 The Short-Period Analysis -- 5.2 The Long-Period Equilibrium -- 5.3 The Relation of Investment to The Level of Output -- 5.4 The Origin of The Theory of Liquidity Preference -- 5.5 The Place of the MTP Manuscript -- 6 The Criticism of the Cambridge Circus: May 1932 -- 6.1 The 2 MAY 1932 Lecture -- 6.2 The Cambridge Circus -- 7 Two Tables of Contents (1932). ; 7.1 Keynes and Kitoh -- 7.2 Two Tables of Contents -- 8 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: The Turning Point in Keynes's Theoretical Development: From A Treatise on Money to the General Theory -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Relation between the Treatise, the Wicksell Connection, and the General Theory -- 2.1 The Treatise and the Wicksell Connection -- 2.2 After the Treatise -- 2.3 The General Theory -- 3 "The Parameters of a Monetary Economy" -- 3.1 Progressive Ideas -- 3.2 The Incompleteness -- 4 1932 Michaelmas Lectures -- 5 Kahn's Contribution -- 6 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Japanese bibliography (The titles below are translated by the author of the present book.) -- Chapter 4: A Sketch of the General Theory -- 1 Criticism and Defense of Previous Theories -- 1.1 Criticism of the Classical School -- 1.2 Criticism of the Wicksell Connection -- 1.3 Advocacy -- 2 Vision of the Market Economy -- 2.1 Stability, Certainty and Simplicity -- 2.2 Instability, Uncertainty, and Complexity -- 3 Monetary Economics of Underemployment Equilibrium -- 3.1 Monetary Economics -- 3.2 Underemployment Equilibrium -- 4 Essence of The General Theory -- Bibliography -- Part II: Keynes as a System Planner and Negotiator -- Explanatory Note II -- Keynes's Activities up to 1940 -- Keynes's Activities in the 1940s -- Chapter 5: On the Relief Problem -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Initial Situation Surrounding the Relief Problem -- 3 The "Central Relief and Reconstruction Fund" (CRRF) Plan -- 4 Keynes's Changing Position -- 5 Keynes's Compromise -- 6 Keynes's Response to the United Nations Relief and Reconstruction Administration -- 7 Keynes and the British Interests -- 8 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Japanese bibliography (The titles below are translated by the author of the present book.) -- Chapter 6: On the International Clearing Union -- 1 Introduction. ; 2 The Starting Point -- 3 The International Clearing Union (The Keynes Plan) -- 3.1 The Process Up Until the Keynes Plan -- 3.2 Principal Features of the Keynes Plan -- 4 The International Stabilization Fund (the White Plan) -- 4.1 UNSF: White Plan [Ia] -- 4.2 BRD: White Plan [Ib] -- 5 The Two Plans Compared -- 5.1 Awkward Relationship -- 5.2 The ICU Plan as Publicized -- 5.3 The Two Plans Reviewed -- 6 The Integration Process Between the Two Plans -- 6.1 Monetization of Unitas -- 6.2 The Final Phase of the Negotiations -- 7 The Atlantic City, Bretton Woods, and Savannah Conferences -- 8 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7: On the Commodity Control Scheme -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Initial Situation -- 2.1 The First Stage -- 2.2 Background -- 3 "The International Control of Raw Materials" (The Fifth Draft ): A Stabilization Plan for Prices -- 3.1 "The Internationalisation of Vice-President Wallace's 'ever-normal granary', in Preference to Restriction, is the Basis of These Proposals" [Section I] -- 3.2 "The Outline of a Plan" (Section II): Setup of the "Commod Control" -- 3.3 Commodity Control as a Means Contributory to the Prevention of the Trade Cycle [Section III] -- 3.4 Some Difficulties Reviewed [Section IV] -- 3.5 Appendix I -- 4 "The International Regulation of Primary Products" (The Sixth to the Eighth Draft): Transmutation Process -- 4.1 The Sixth Draft: Drastic Introduction of a "Restrictive Plan" in Disguise -- 4.2 The Seventh Draft -- 4.3 The Eighth Draft: Enlargement of the Commod Control and Further Degeneration -- 5 The Path Which the World Walked Thereafter -- 6 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8: The Welfare State in the Making: W. Beveridge and Keynes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Social Philosophy -- 2.1 Keynes's New Liberalism -- 2.2 Beveridge's Changed Stance -- 3 Social Security Acts in the Inter-War Period. ; 4 "The Beveridge Report" in the Making: Support from Keynes and His Circle -- 5 The Beveridge Report and Social Insurance (Cmd 6550. September 1944) -- 5.1 The Beveridge Report -- 5.2 The White Paper on Social Insurance (1944b) -- 6 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Japanese bibliography (The titles below are translated by the author of the present book.) -- Chapter 9: Keynes's Employment Policy in the Making -- 1 Introduction -- 2 How to Pay for the War (1939. Hereafter HPW) and the 1941 Budget -- 3 Optimism Versus Pessimism: On Productivity and the Rate of Unemployment -- 3.1 Keynes's Estimation (I) -- 3.2 Keynes's Estimation (II) -- 3.3 Henderson Versus Keynes -- 4 Meade (the Economic Section) Versus Henderson (the Treasury) -- 5 Meade (the Economic Section) versus Eady (the Treasury): The Steering Committee on Post-War Employment and the White Paper on Employment Policy -- 6 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part III: Philosophy and Social Philosophy in Cambridge -- Explanatory Note III -- Chapter 10: A Treatise on Probability and "My Early Beliefs" -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Stance of A Treatise on Probability -- 2.1 Definition of Probability -- 2.2 The Question of Whether Probability Is Objective or Subjective -- 2.3 Sphere Targeted -- 2.4 The Argument for Justification of Induction -- 3 After the TP: Influences from Ramsey's Criticism -- 3.1 Ramsey's Criticism -- 3.2 Keynes's Response -- 4 On "My Early Beliefs" -- 5 Keynes as "a Philosopher" and as "an Economist" -- 5.1 The General Theory -- 5.2 Keynes's View of the Nature of Economics -- 5.3 Two Problems -- 6 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Japanese bibliography (The titles below are translated by the author of the present book.) -- Chapter 11: Keynes's "New Liberalism" Re-examined: From a Wide Perspective -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Keynes in the Paris Peace Conference -- 2.1 Two Proposals Rejected. ; 2.2 Resignation -- 3 The Economic Consequences of the Peace: A Starting Point -- 3.1 Elimination of Obstacles -- 3.2 Rehabilitation Plans -- 3.3 Keynes's Stance Immediately after the ECP -- 4 New Liberalism -- 4.1 Mid-1920s -- 4.2 1930s and 1940s -- 5 Positioning of "New Liberalism": Comparison with Social Thoughts in the 1880s-1910s -- 5.1 NL1 -- 5.2 Sidney Webb's "National Efficiency" -- 5.3 Comparison -- 6 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 12: Socialism Versus Capitalism: A.C. Pigou's Social Philosophy -- 1 Socialism Versus Capitalism (Pigou 1937) -- 1.1 Definition of Socialism -- 1.2 Distribution of Wealth and Income -- 1.3 Allocation of Production Resources -- 1.4 The Problem of Allocation of Production Resources under the Socialist Central Planning -- 1.5 Unemployment -- 1.6 Others -- 2 "Central Planning" (Pigou 1948) -- 3 Addendum: Alfred Marshall and Current Thought (Pigou 1953) -- Bibliography -- Chapter 13: Liberal Interventionism: D.H. Robertson's Social Philosophy -- 1 The Control of Industry (1923) -- 1.1 Scale-up of Industry: The Principle of Differentiation and the Principle of Integration -- 1.2 The View of Capitalism -- 1.3 Searching for the Direction of Reform -- 2 "The Economic Outlook" (1947) -- 2.1 Liberal Interventionism (or Skeptical Liberalism) -- 2.2 Liberal Economy or Planned Economy? -- Bibliography -- Japanese bibliography (The titles below are translated by the author of the present book.) -- Chapter 14: Hawtrey's Philosophy: Thought and Things -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theory of Aspect -- 2.1 Fundamental Framework -- 2.2 Aspect Obtained through Sense Experience -- 2.3 Aspects Obtained as the States Induced in the Mind -- 3 Mind and Matter -- 3.1 The Main Theme -- 3.2 Science -- 3.3 Criticism of Behaviorism and Logical Positivism -- 4 Philosophical Currents in Cambridge -- 4.1 G.E. Moore -- 4.2 Russell -- 4.3 Keynes. ; 4.4 Wittgenstein.
• Titolo autorizzato: Keynes As an Economist, World System Planner and Social Philosopher
• ISBN: 9783031401350
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910842288503321
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• Serie: Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought Series