1st Edition

Origins of Macroeconomics Volume Four

Edited By Robert Dimand Copyright 2001
476 Pages
by Routledge

This volume forms part of a ten volume set on the origins of macroeconomics. The emergence of macroeconomics was probably the single most important development in economics in the twentieth century. The set draws on a broad, international range of sources, and encompasses works by lesser known thinkers who made significant contributions to the field, providing the definitive collection of... Read more

Volume 4: North American Keynesianism

1. Paul A. Samuelson, 'A Synthesis of the Principle of Acceleration and the Multiplier,' Journal of Political Economy, 47, December 1939, pp. 786-797

2. Paul A. Samuelson, 'The Simple Mathematics of Income Determination,' in Lloyd Mtzler et al., Income, Employment and Public Policy: Essays in Honor of Alvin H. Hansen, New York, W. W. Norton, 1948

3. Alvin H. Hansen, Monetary Theory and Fiscal Policy, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1949

4. Mabel F. Timlin, 'The System of the Shifting Equilibrium',Chapter XII and 'The Field of the Shifting Equilibrium', Chapter XIII, Keynesian Economics, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1942

Expectations and Uncertainty

5. Frederick Lavington, 'Uncertainty in its Relation to the Net Rate of Interest,' Economic Journal, 22, September 1912, pp. 398-409

6. J. M. Keynes, 'The General Theory of Employment,' Quarterly Journal of Economics, 51, February 1937, pp. 209-223

7. Hugh Townshend, 'Liquidity-Premium and the Theory of Value,' Economic Journal, 37, March 1937, pp. 157-169

8. Albert G. Hart, Anticipations, Uncertainty, and Dynamic Planning, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1940

Biography

Robert Dimand