1st Edition

Keynes and Modern Economics

Edited By Ryuzo Kuroki Copyright 2013
288 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

It is a little over seventy years since John Maynard Keynes produced his magnum opus, The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money . Keynes' staggering achievement has been to remain relevant to economics and other disciplines even today and this book reflects that with an examination on his influence on modern economics. Leading economists from a variety of backgrounds, including Ed... Read more

Introduction: Economic Crisis and Keynesian Perspective Ryuzo Kuroki  PART ONE: Historical Background and Economic Thought of John Maynard Keynes  1. On the Changing Role of Prices in Transformational Growth: Rethinking Solow and Kaldor Edward Nell  2. On the Dismal State of a Dismal What ? Heinz Kurz  3. Alfred Marshall as a Father of Modern Economics  Nobuhiro Ito  PART TWO: Economic Theories  4. Keynes and Modernmacroeconomics Willi Semmler and Gang Gong  5. Stagnation Dynamics and Keynes’s General Theory Yoshiyasu Ono  6. Monetary Stabilization Policy by Means of Taylor Rule in a Dynamic Keynesian Model with Capital Accumulation Toichiro Asada  7. Balance Sheet Business Cycles Ryuzo Kuroki  PART THREE: Empirical Studies  8. The Profit Squeeze in Japan during the 1990s  Takeshi Ikeda  9. Household Asset Accumulation and Capital Gain in the U.S. Toru Kitahara  10. The Long-run and the Short-run Effects of Fiscal Policy: Simulation Analysis with Forward-looking Macro-econometric Model Ryokichi Chida  11. What Does the Long- Term Rate Depend on?: Fisher Effect vs. Liquidity Premium Toru Nagahara  12. The Politics of Fixing Financial Crises:
Liquidity versus Solvency  Andrew Dewit, Masaru Kaneko, and Yukiko Yamazaki

Biography

Ryuzo Kuroki is Professor of Economics at Rykkyo University, Japan.