1st Edition

In Defense of Post-Keynesian and Heterodox Economics Responses to their Critics

Edited By Frederic S. Lee, Marc Lavoie Copyright 2013
280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

Post-Keynesian and heterodox economics challenge the mainstream economics theories that dominate the teaching at universities and government economic policies. And it was these latter theories that helped to cause the great depression the United States and the rest of the world is in. However, most economists and the top 1% do not want mainstream theories challenged—for to do so would mean... Read more

Preface: The Future of Post-Keynesian Economics and Heterodox Economics Contra Their Critics Frederic S. Lee and Marc Lavoie  1. Post-Keynesians and Others John King  2. After the Crisis: Perspectives for Post-Keynesian Economics Marc Lavoie  3. Post-Keynesian Economics - How to Move Forward Engelbert Stockhammer and Paul Ramskogler  4. A Guide to Paradigmatic Self-Marginalization: Lessons for Post-Keynesian Economists Leonhard Dobusch and Jakob Kappeler  5. Post-Keynesianism, Heterodoxy, and Mainstream Economics David Dequech  6. Heterodox Economics and its Critics Frederic S. Lee  7. Building Heterodox Community: Pluralism in Fragmented Epistemological Communities Barbara E. Hopkins  8. Conversation or Monologue? On Advising Heterodox Economists with Addendum Matias Vernengo  9. Economics Fit for the Queen: Barriers and Opportunities Peter E. Earl and Ti-Ching Peng  10. Orthodoxy, Heterodoxy, and Post-Keynesian Economics: Notes on Taxonomy Gary Mongiovi  11. The Global Financial Crisis and the Role of Engagement with the Mainstream in the Future of Post-Keynesian Economics Louis-Philippe Rochon and Peter Docherty  12. Notes on Ideology and Methodology with Addendum Duncan K. Foley  13. Whither Heterodoxy? Or Where is Heterodox Economics Going? Liem Hoang-Ngoc

Biography

Frederic S. Lee is Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA.

Marc Lavoie is Professor of Economics at the University of Ottowa, Canada.