For some Post Keynesian economists, functional income distribution affects economic activity and growth through its effects on investment, consumption and net exports. This study focuses on econometric issues about the consumption function. Post Keynesians generally fail to find a long-run...

This essay reviews Michael Ambrosi's important but neglected book on the formative period of Keynesian economics. The book traces the evolution of a Cambridge macroeconomic tradition running from Marshall and Pigou to Keynes, and interprets The General Theory as a response to Pigou's analysis of...

Keynes' principle of effective demand constitutes a pillar for Post Keynesians theories. But Keynes' presentation remains difficult to interpret, mainly because the aggregate demand function is based on entrepreneurs' expectations. The problem is then to demonstrate how these entrepreneurs...

In his ‘New Guide’ to The General Theory, Mark G. Hayes presents Keynes’s illustrious work as a sophisticated Marshallian theory of the competitive equilibrium of the economy as a whole. This unique book takes full account of the nature of time and money and illustrates that The General...