The Economics of Keynes in Historical Context - by M Lawlor (Hardcover)

About the Book

This volume is a full-scale analysis of how the various parts of Keynes' most mature work in the General Theory can be understood in the context of the social thought, policy questions and economics literature that shaped his outlook on theoretical questions.

Book Synopsis

This volume offers a comprehensive treatment of the development of Keynes's economic ideas in the General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, using archival material, the historical record of the economics of Keynes's time and place and the scholarship available on Keynes's biography and philosophy.

About the Author

MICHAEL S. LAWLOR is Professor of Economics at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. He holds a joint appointment at the Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences. He has held visiting appointments in the Department of Economics at the University of Cambridge and Duke University and is a Life Member of Clare-Hall, Cambridge.