Nicholas Kaldor and the Real World / Edition 1

by Marjorie Shepherd Turner

Overview

First Published in 1994. Nicholas Kaldor was born in Hungary in 1908 and died as Baron Kaldor of Newnham in the City of Cambridge, England, in 1986. The years between revealed no hint of scandal or psychological problems that might make Kaldor the subject of a novel. His life was, instead, a straight line of growth and achievement, of intellectual enjoyment and strong values. Kaldor's struggles were intellectual-namely, his efforts to comprehend the economics of the real world, to fit this understanding into economic theory, and to convince his fellow citizens and economists of the accuracy of his perceptions. Kaldor forces us to ponder what the relationship between economic theory and practice should be.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563241475
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/01/1993
Pages:	242
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Part 1 Nicholas Kaldor and the Real World; Introduction; Part I Becoming a Theoretician; chapterOne Nicholas Kaldor in Retrospect; chapterTwo Moral Scientist and Keynesian; chapterThree Early Theoretical Pronouncements; chapterFour World War II and Cambridge University; Part II Applying Theory in the Real World; chapterFive Analyzing and Planning for Recovery; chapterSix The Expenditure Tax'”An International Debate; chapterSeven Tax Advice, LDCs, and Riots; Part III Practicing Political Economics; chapterEight Joining the Government; chapterNine Opposing British Entry into the Common Market; chapterTen Exposing Monetarism; Part IV Constructing Post Keynesian Theory; chapterEleven New Approaches to Growth and Distribution Theory; chapterTwelve Debating Kaldorian Distribution Theory; chapterThirteen Emerging Policy Views; chapterFourteen The Watershed of 1966; partV Where Kaldor Stood; chapterFifteen Economics Without Equilibrium; chapterSixteen Kaldor's View of the World;

Editorial Reviews

During his 50 year career as an economist, Kaldor (1908-1986) advised leaders of more than ten countries, including his own UK, and made vast contributions to economic theory. His major contributions and controversies are profiled in this intellectual biography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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