Dennis Robertson

Essays on His Life and Work

By: Gordon A. Fletcher

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Hardcover | 9 January 2007 | Edition Number 1

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Dennis Robertson (1890-1963) was one of Britain's most distinguished and most interesting economists. He achieved an international reputation during the inter-war period and made crucial advances in thinking on the theory of economic fluctuations and money. In this new collection of essays, ranging from biography to critical surveys of opinion, the events of Robertson's life and career, his contributions to economics, the all-important influence of temperament on the development of his thought, his relationship with Keynes and the issues in his opposition to the Keynesian revolution.

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'Gordon Flecher deserves the highest praise for his in-depth studies of Dennis Robertson...the book is enjoyable and interesting...'. - Geoff Tily, History of Economic Ideas

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Preface	p. vi
Introduction	p. 1
The Man and His Economics	p. 5
In Search of Dennis Robertson: Through the Looking Glass and What I Found There	p. 7
Robertson, Sir Dennis Holme (1890-1963)	p. 24
A Literary Economist	p. 35
Robertson on the Trade Cycle	p. 43
Opinion on the Study	p. 45
Money and the Management of the Short Period: Dennis Robertson's '...odd little book'	p. 71
Regulating the Role of Money in Robertsonian Economics	p. 78
Opinion on Banking Policy and the Price Level	p. 96
Robertson and the Keynesian Revolution	p. 119
The Keynesian Revolution and the Role of Money; Keynes's Lasting Contribution	p. 121
Dennis Robertson and the Economics of the Short Period	p. 139
Shall I Compare Thee to a Wild Duck?	p. 150
The Centrality of the Rate of Interest	p. 155
Robertson, Keynes and the Keynesian Revolution	p. 164
Bibliography	p. 179
Index	p. 189
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