This book brings together important essays by Richard F. Kahn, Keynes's pupil and literary executor and one of the most influential economists in the Cambridge tradition. The essays address issues - ranging from imperfect competition and pricing mechanisms to inflation, unemployment, and the regulation of international trade and finance - that remain highly relevant and topical.

They are addressed from a Keynesian perspective, with exploration of the interface between economic theory and policy. The introduction, by the editors, places the essays in their own context while at the same time offering guidance in understanding their relevance to the present scenario.

Richard F. Kahn: Collected Economic Essays is a fitting companion to the 1972 collection of essays, edited by Kahn himself. It will be of interest to scholars and students as a guide to the work of an outstanding economist and a great figure in the Keynesian tradition.

Autorentext

Richard F. Kahn was Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge. His work focused on Keynesian economics and he is best known for his work on the principle of the multiplier.

Maria Cristina Marcuzzo is Honorary Professor at La Sapienza University of Rome and a Fellow of the Italian Academy of the Lincei.

Paolo Paesani is Associate Professor at the University of Rome Tor Vergata where he teaches History of Economic Thought and Economic Policy.

Inhalt

1: Introduction.- Part 1: Imperfect Competition.- 2: Imperfect Competition and the marginal principle.- 3: The problem of duopoly.- 4: Oxford studies in the price mechanism.- Part 2: Keynes.- 5: The Cambridge "Circus".- 6: Some Aspects of the development of Keynes's Thought.- 7: The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.- Part 3: International money and trade.- 8: International Regulation of Trade and Exchanges.- 9: The International Monetary System.- 10: Historical origins of the international monetary fund.- Part 4: Unemployment and Inflation.- 11: Unemployment as seen by the Keynesians.- 12:Thoughts on the behaviour of wages and monetarism.- 13: Inflation - A Keynesian View.