Keynes and the Economic Policies of the 1980's

Contributes to the debate between monetarist, Keynesian and supply-side views of economic theory, and analyzes and compares the empirical experiences of the economic policies of the six major industrialized countries of the 1980s.

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Part 1 Surveys: Keynesian theory - is it still a useful tool in the economic reality of today?, James Tobin; the development of Keynesian macroeconomics, Bennet T. McCallum; the reconstruction of Keynesian economics - works in progress, Alberto Cassone. Part 2 The debate: introduction, Rainer S.Masera; has the reaction against Keynesian policy gone too far?, Walter Eltis. Part 3 The economic policies: the US economy in the 1980s and beyond, Olivier Blanchard and Rudiger Dornbushc; Japan's economic and industrial policy in the 1980s, Ryutaro Komiya and Mutsunori Irino; development of a new economic policy paradigm in West Germany in the 80s? Norbert Walter; French economic policy in the 80s, Jean Paul Fitoussi and Pierre Alain Muet; has Mrs Thatcher changed the British economy?, Andrea Boltho and Andrew Graham; the Italian economy in the 70s and 80s, Carlo d'Adda and Bruno Salituro.