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The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money after 75 Years: The Importance of Being in the Right Place at the Right Time

In: Keynes’s General Theory

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  • Matthew N. Luzzetti
  • Lee E. Ohanian

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This volume, a collection of essays by internationally known experts in the area of the history of economic thought and of the economics of Keynes and macroeconomics in particular, is designed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the publication of The General Theory.

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  • Matthew N. Luzzetti & Lee E. Ohanian, 2012. "The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money after 75 Years: The Importance of Being in the Right Place at the Right Time," Chapters, in: Thomas Cate (ed.), Keynes’s General Theory, chapter 7, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    • E12 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Keynes; Keynesian; Post-Keynesian; Modern Monetary Theory
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles

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