This book retraces the history of macroeconomics from Keynes's General Theory to the present. Central to it is the contrast between a Keynesian era and a Lucasian - or dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) - era, each ruled by distinct methodological standards.

2016

Level: avancé

A History of Macroeconomics from Keynes to Lucas and Beyond

Vroey, Michel de

Cambridge University Press

This unique up-to-date volume not only provides state-of-the-art discussions of the most recent developments in modern macroeconomics but also includes a series of interviews with leading economists that shed new light on the major intellectual and policy issues of the 1990s. The book is at once an invaluable text and a superb overview that will be welcomed by teachers and students alike.

1994

Level: débutant

A Modern Guide to Macroeconomics

Snowdon, Brian; Vane, Howard R.; Wynarczyk, Peter

Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

Economics: A New Introduction provides a fresh introduction to real economics. Highlighting the complex and changing nature of economic activity, this wide-ranging text employs a pragmatic mix of old and new methods to examine the role of values and theoretical beliefs in economic life and in economists’ understanding of it.

1999

Level: débutant

Economics

Stretton, Hugh

PLUTO PRess

This book discloses the economic foundations of European fiscal and monetary policies by introducing readers to an array of alternative approaches in economics. It presents various heterodox theories put forward by classical economists, Marx, Sraffa and Keynes, as a coherent challenge to neoclassical theory.

2020

Level: avancé

Heterodox Challenges in Economics

Sergio Cesaratto

Springer International Publishing

This book gives a very clear overview of the history of Macroeconomics and how it has evolved. It reflects on the different perspectives and debates that have defined the field, with valuable insight into the history and theory of economic policy.

2005

Level: avancé

Modern Macroeconomics

Brian Snowdon and Howard Vane

E. Elgar

One of the most authoritative authors on the intellectual heritage of John Maynard Keynes, Robert Skidelsky draws a sketch of the great man's economic thinking both accessible and insightful.

2010

Level: débutant

Keynes: A Very Short Introduction

Robert Skidelsky

Oxford University Press

Introduces four of the most influential economists you'll never read in a modern economics class - Marx, Veblen, Keynes, and Galbraith.

2016

Level: débutant

Introduction to Political Economy

Charles Sackrey, Geoffrey Schneider, Janet Knoedler

Dollars & Sense