Teoria generale dell'occupazione, dell'interesse e della moneta e altri scritti

Bad writing, confused thinking, pernicious policies. I first encountered the name Keynes when reading a Time magazine article in around 1975 about West Germany's chancellor Helmut Schmidt. As I recall, the article was a complimentary one, in which Schmidt was portrayed as an intellectual technocrat w Leggi tutto

It is my firm conviction that, if something’s worth doing, it’s worth doing even when you’re badly under-qualified to do it. So here I go! Few books have inspired as much controversy as John Maynard Keynes' magnum opus. Revered on the left, abhorred on the right, the book has been dragged back into Leggi tutto

I think most of these reviews are Ron Paul supporters that don't really understand monetary theory AT ALL. No problem with that however, other than they project their own new version of what Adam Smith said. If they understood Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes, they would realize that they espouse

I learned Keynesian economics in my macroeconomics course I took as an undergrad. It is the leftwing side of mainstream economics and was the dominant model in the post-WWII era until the seventies when we got Hayek and Friedman and neoliberalism which ruined a lot of lives. I vacillate between Key

It's a brutal read, especially the middle third. With an intense focus on the fundamental nature of the three factors mentioned in the title, it's easy to get bored and distracted quickly. Nonetheless, reading the General Theory reminds me of watching Citizen Kane. The book has so thoroughly reshaped Leggi tutto

This certainly is not a book for a quick enjoyable read. I am a Keynesian in my economic beliefs as a result of this book. As we are continuing the crazy response to the current economic crisis, I highly recommend this book to everyone who cares about money and our economy.