1st Edition

Keynes and his Contemporaries Tradition and Enterprise in the Cambridge School of Economics

By Atsushi Komine Copyright 2014
168 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

190 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

168 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines how the Cambridge School economists, such as J. M. Keynes, constructed revolutionary theories and advocated drastic policies based on their ideals for social organizations and their personal characteristics. Although vast numbers of studies on Marshall, Keynes and Marshallians have been published, there have been very few studies on the ‘Keynesian Revolution’ or Keynes’s... Read more

Preface  Introduction: Marshall and his disciples  1. Robertson and Appropriate Control of Industry  2. Two Types of Dealers in Hawtrey’s Economics  3. The "Conversion" of Henderson  4. Lavington on Effective Entrepreneurship  5. Keynes and the Revision of the Economics Tripos  6. Keynes and Women’s Degree  7. Keynes and Semi-autonomous Bodies  Conclusion: Keynes’s Traditional and enterprising thought

Biography

Atsushi Komine received his Master’s and PhD in Economics from Hitotsubashi University, Japan. Since 2008, he has been Professor of the History of Economic Thought at Ryukoku University, Kyoto. From 2001 to 2002, and from 2009 to 2010, Dr. Komine was an Honorary University Fellow of Exeter University and a Visiting Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge University.