Book Reviews

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-183
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Present State ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
Emeritus Professor ◽  
New School ◽  
Paperback Edition ◽  
The University

Lance Taylor of New School for Social Research reviews “Keynes: The Return of the Master” by Robert Skidelsky. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins: Revised paperback edition explores the relevance of John Maynard Keynes's teachings to the causes of the 2008 economic crisis and the failure of current economic thought to provide successful solutions to end it. Discusses what went wrong; the present state of economics; the lives of Keynes; Keynes's economics; the Keynesian revolution--success or failure; Keynes and the ethics of capitalism; Keynes's politics; and Keynes for today. Skidelsky is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick. Bibliography; index.

scholarly journals R. Skidelsky and C. W. Wigstrom, Eds., The Economic Crisis and the State of Economics

ICR Journal ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 468-471
Author(s):  
Abdul Karim Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
The State ◽  
Emeritus Professor ◽  
Current Financial Crisis ◽  
The University

The Economic Crisis and the State of Economics, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2010, is a product of a symposium held with the purpose of identifying the causes of the current financial crisis as well as prescribing remedies. Robert Skidelsky, organiser of the symposium, is a British economic historian, former politician, and author of the acclaimed three-volume biography of J. M. Keynes. He is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick, UK. Christian Westerlind Wigstrom is a graduate student of philosophy at Merton College, Oxford.  

scholarly journals CAPITALISM: COMPETITION, CONFLICT, CRISES, ANWAR SHAIKH

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (311) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Francisco A. Martínez Hernández ◽  
Víctor M. Isidro Luna
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
Capitalist System ◽  
New School ◽  
Classical Political Economy ◽  
Unified Study

<p>In 1,024 pages, seventeen chapters, and divided in three books, plus seventeen appendixes, Anwar Shaikh, one of the leading scholars and a distinguished Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research, presents a path breaking and monumental book which main objective is the unified study of the logic, history, dynamics, and crises of the capitalist system. Throughout this book, the author confronts his own perspective and method of the classical political economy with major schools of economic thought such as neoclassical, monetarist, and different branches of the post-Keynesian school...</p>

Book Reviews

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 1314-1317
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Green Technologies ◽  
New School ◽  
Boston College ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Creative Life

William Milberg of New School for Social Research reviews “Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth” by Juliet B. Schor. The EconLit abstract of the reviewed work begins, “Considers how people can transition from global ecological and economic crisis to a richer and more creative life by shifting to new sources of wealth, green technologies, and different ways of living. Discusses the move from consumer boom to consumer bust; economics confronting the earth; living rich on a troubled planet; and the economics of plenitude. Schor is Professor of Sociology at Boston College. Index.”

Book Reviews

2013 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 912-914
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Harvard University ◽  
University Of California ◽  
South Korean ◽  
The University

Presents an analysis of South Korean economic growth. Discusses the aggregate sources of growth; the changing structure of growth; the service sector and economic growth; exports and economic growth; foreign direct investment and economic growth; and crises and growth. Eichengreen is George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Perkins is Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, at Harvard University. Shin is Professor of Economics at Korea University.

Book Reviews

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 725-726
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Economics ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
Equilibrium Analysis ◽  
History Of Economic Thought ◽  
Professor Emeritus ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Macroeconomic Analysis ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University

Dennis R. Appleyard of Davidson College reviews “Famous Figures and Diagrams in Economics” edited by Mark Blaug and Peter Lloyd. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Fifty-eight papers examine figures and diagrams commonly used in economic theory, their roles in economic analysis, and their histories. The figures and diagrams discussed fall under the categories of basic tools of demand and supply curve analysis; welfare economics; special markets and topics; basic tools of general equilibrium analysis; open economies; macroeconomic analysis and stabilization; and growth, income distribution, and other topics. Blaug is Professor Emeritus at the University of London and the University of Buckingham. Lloyd is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics at the University of Melbourne. Index. Subject Descriptor(s): History of Economic Thought through 1925: General B10 History of Economic Thought since 1925: General B20 Microeconomics: General D00 Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics: General E00”

Book Reviews

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 867-869
Keyword(s):  
Computer Program ◽  
Method Of Moments ◽  
Emeritus Professor ◽  
Service Strategy ◽  
Rule Changes ◽  
Point Data ◽  
Special Points ◽  
The University ◽  
Point Level

Explores The Wimbledon Championship through the statistical lens. Discusses warming up; the computer program, Richard, and its application to the occurrence of upsets and long matches, as well as rule changes; forecasting; the concept of importance; point data; the method of moments; quality; first and second service; service strategy; within a match—developing a model at point level; special points and games; momentum; and hypotheses revisited. Klaassen is Professor of International Economics in the Amsterdam School of Economics at the University of Amsterdam and a fellow of the Tinbergen Institute. Magnus is Emeritus Professor at Tilburg University.

Book Reviews

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 532-541
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Gold Standard ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Growth Cycles ◽  
New School ◽  
International Dimension ◽  
University Of Massachusetts

Gerald Epstein of University of Massachusetts, Amherst reviews “Maynard's Revenge: The Collapse of Free Market Macroeconomics” by Lance Taylor. The EconLit abstract of the reviewed work begins: Explores the relevance of John Maynard Keynes's version of macroeconomics to understanding the global crisis of 2007-09. Discusses macroeconomics; macroeconomic thought during the long nineteenth century; the gold standard, reparations, mania, crash, and depression; Keynes ascendant; Keynesian growth, cycles, and crisis; the counterrevolution; finance; the international dimension; and Keynesianism and the crisis. Taylor is Arnhold Professor of International Cooperation and Development at the New School for Social Research. Index.

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