A Modern Guide to Keynesian Macroeconomics and Economic Policies

This unique and comprehensive 'modern guide' presents state-of-the-art surveys covering the main areas of macroeconomics and economic policy by well-known post-Keynesian authors.

The chapters explore intriguing and important issues including:

• the history and methods of post-Keynesian economics
• money, credit and central banks
• growth and income distribution
• post-Keynesian macroeconomics as an alternative to the New Consensus
• the macroeconomics of unemployment and labor market issues
• European economic policies
• open economy models of distribution and growth
• international monetary and global economics
• financialisation and financial crisis.
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This well-documented book will prove to be the essential guide for researchers and graduate students in macroeconomics and political economy. It will also prove inspiring to a wider audience interested in modern Keynesian macroeconomics.

Contributors:P. Arestis, R.A. Blecker, A.K. Dutt, G.A. Dymski, E. Hein, H. Herr, D.R. Howell, M. Lavoie, O. Onaran, E. Stockhammer