The Philosophy of Keynes' Economics

Probability, Uncertainty and Convention
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-415-28153-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 605 g

Reihe: Economics as Social Theory

John Maynard Keynes was arguably the most influential Western economist ofthe twentieth century. His emphasis on the nature and role of uncertainty ineconomics is a dominant theme in his writings.

This book brings together a wide array of experts on Keynes’s contributions tothe philosophy of probability and to economics, including Gay Tulip Meeks,Sheila Dow and John Davis. Themes covered include:

- Keynesian probability and uncertainty

- the foundations of Keynes’s economics

- the relationship between Keynes’s earlier and later thought

The Philosophy of Keynes’s Economics is a readable and comprehensive bookthat will interest students and academics interested in the man and his thought.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mizuhara, Sohei

Runde, Jochen

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1. Probability, Uncertainty and Choice Part 2. Continuity Issues Part 3. Social Ontology Part 4. Convention Part 5. Methodology Part 6. Looking Ahead

Über Autor(innen)

Jochen Runde is Senior Lecturer in Economics at the Judge Institute of Management, Cambridge (UK); Fellow and Graduate Tutor at Girton College, Cambridge (UK); and Associate Director of the Professional Practice Programme, Cambridge-Massachusetts Institute (USA).

Sohei Mazuhara is Professor of Economics at Ryukoku University, Japan.