| Description |
xiv, 283 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Harvard economic studies ; v. 162 |
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Harvard economic studies ; v. 162
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| Contents |
I. Allyn Abbott Young (1876-1929). 1. Intellectual Formation. Richard T. Ely and English Political Economy. John Dewey and the Logic of Scientific Inquiry. Economic Theory and Statistics. 2. Early Monetary Ideas. J. Laurence Laughlin versus the Quantity Theory. Irving Fisber and the Quantity Theory. 3. War and Reconstruction. War Finance and Monetary Disorder. The Monetary Standard. Why Gold? 4. Monetary Management in the Twenties. Index Numbers and Price Stabilization. Production and Speculation. Ralph Hawtrey and the Control of Business Cycles. The Limits of Monetary Policy -- II. Alvin Harvey Hansen (1887-1975). 5. Intellectual Formation. Money and Technology. Continental Business Cycle Theory. Money, Income, and Albert Aftalion. 6. Depression. Money and Depression. The Depression as a Business Cycle. Hanscu's Monetary Thought. Social Control versus Laissez-Faire. 7. Stagnation. The New Frontier. Big Government. Money and Sound Finance. Hansen and Keynes. 8. The Golden Age |
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The Making of American Keynesianism. Keynesianism versus Institutionalism. The New Economics and Money. The Origin of Monetary Walrasianism -- III. Edward Stone Shaw (1908-1994). 9. Intellectual Formation. John B. Canning and Ralph Hawtrey. London, Robertson, and Keynes. Money in a Theory of Banking. 10. From Money to Finance. Money in a Theory of Finance. Finance and U.S. Economic Development. A Theory for Policymakers. A Theory of for Academics. 11. Financial Structure and Economic Development. Financial Deepening. A Theory for Policymakers. A Theory for Academics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-280) and index |
| In |
Harvard economic studies no:162 |
| Subject |
Monetary policy -- United States -- History.
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| LC no. |
97017051 |
| ISBN |
0674584309 |
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