ESSAYS IN THE FUNDAMENTAL THEORY OF MONETARY ECONOMICS AND MACROECONOMICS John Smithin York University, Canada World Scientific NEW JERSEY ....

chapter 1 Money and alternative visions of capitalism -- chapter 2 Economics and politics -- chapter 3 Methodological issues in monetary economics -- chapter 4 The role of money in the economy -- chapter 5 The determination of interest rates -- chapter 6 A theory of profit -- chapter 7 A theory...

This book provides a comprehensive overview, in the form of eight long essays, of the evolution of monetary theory over the three-quarters of century, from the time of Keynes to the present day. The essays are originally based on lecture notes from a graduate course on Advanced Monetary...

1. Introduction - Pressman and Smithin -- I. Budget -- 2. Keynes after Piketty: Some Unsettling Questions Regarding Government Budget Deficits - Steven Pressman -- 3. Some Unsettling Questions Regarding Government Budget Deficits: The National Debt is Irrelevant - David Barrows -- II. Trade --...