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H. G. J. as a Chronicler of the Keynesian Revolution: His Search of a Non Revolutionary Account
Author(s) -
Dimand Robert W.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/1536-7150.00114
Subject(s) - parallels , keynesian economics , economics , general theory , neoclassical economics , term (time) , positive economics , economic history , operations management , physics , quantum mechanics
Repeatedly throughout his career, and especially when giving special invited lectures to national gatherings of economists, Harry Johnson reexamined the impact of Keynes's General Theory and its parallels with the revival of the quantity theory of money. This paper explores Johnson's changing view of the recent history of macroeconomics and particularly of the Keynesian Revolution, a term that he found problematic.