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The role of money and interest rates in the theory of monetary policy: an attempt at perspective
Fontana, Giuseppe - In: History of Economic Ideas 19 (2011) 3, pp. 113-134
Drawing on the work of influential monetary economists over the past centuries, the purpose of this paper is to present recent developments in the theory and practice of monetary policy, and assess the possibility that in the light of the recent financial crisis and Great Recession further...
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Mathew Forstater, Gary Mongiovi and Steve Pressman (eds), Post Keynesian Macroeconomics: Essays in Honour of Ingrid Rima, Abingdon (uk) and New York (usa), Routledge, 2007, pp. xv-236.
Fontana, Giuseppe - In: History of Economic Ideas 17 (2009) 1, pp. 228-231
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From maestro to villain of modern monetary policy: a critical assessment of the 'Greenspan put' as the main cause of the global crisis
Brancaccio, Emiliano; Fontana, Giuseppe - In: History of Economic Ideas 19 (2011) 2, pp. 131-146
This paper discusses the conventional view that the main cause of the current crisis is the accommodative monetary policy followed by Greenspan’s Fed in the early 2000s. It assesses the merits and the drawbacks of this view by looking at the close relationship between the role of monetary...
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Reflections on the development of post Keynesian economics
Fontana, Giuseppe - In: History of Economic Ideas 11 (2003) 3, pp. 87-94
A review essay on John E. King, A History of Post Keynesian Economics Since 1936, Cheltenham (UK) and Northampton (MA), (USA), Edward Elgar, 2002, vii+316.
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