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The generalisation of the general theory: and other essays/ Joan Robinson

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London: Macmillan, 1979Description: xxviii, 170 pages; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0333257766
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23rd. 330 R658
Contents:
The Generalization of the General Theory -- Introduction -- Definition and Assumptions -- The Rate of Interest as a Regulator -- What is the Bottleneck? -- A Developing Economy -- Vicissitudes of a Developing Economy -- Fossils -- Instability -- Notes on the Economics of Technical Progress -- Introduction -- The Impact of an Innovation -- Definitions -- Categories of Innovations -- Real Wages -- Relative Shares -- the Influence of actor Prices -- Investment Opportunities -- changes in the Capital Ratio -- Differences in the Capital Ratio -- Acknowledgement and Disclaimers -- Marx -- Marshall -- Rosa Luxemburg -- Contemporaries -- The Rate of Interest -- Introduction -- The Structure of the Market -- changes in the Quantity of money and in Expectations -- An increase in the Rater of Investment -- An Increase in Thriftiness -- A Cheap Money Policy
Summary: The book consists of a reprint of The Rate of interest and Other Essays (Published in 1952) with the order reversed and a new introduction. The essay on the Rate of Interest appeared in Econometria (April 1951) and is republished here with the kind permission of the Editor. It was reprinted, along with some small excerpts from this book, in Collected Economic Papers Vol. II, Blackwells, Oxford.
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Includes index

The Generalization of the General Theory --
Introduction -- Definition and Assumptions -- The Rate of Interest as a Regulator -- What is the Bottleneck? -- A Developing Economy -- Vicissitudes of a Developing Economy -- Fossils -- Instability --
Notes on the Economics of Technical Progress --
Introduction -- The Impact of an Innovation -- Definitions -- Categories of Innovations -- Real Wages -- Relative Shares -- the Influence of actor Prices -- Investment Opportunities -- changes in the Capital Ratio -- Differences in the Capital Ratio --
Acknowledgement and Disclaimers --
Marx -- Marshall -- Rosa Luxemburg -- Contemporaries --
The Rate of Interest --
Introduction -- The Structure of the Market -- changes in the Quantity of money and in Expectations -- An increase in the Rater of Investment -- An Increase in Thriftiness -- A Cheap Money Policy

The book consists of a reprint of The Rate of interest and Other Essays (Published in 1952) with the order reversed and a new introduction.
The essay on the Rate of Interest appeared in Econometria (April 1951) and is republished here with the kind permission of the Editor. It was reprinted, along with some small excerpts from this book, in Collected Economic Papers Vol. II, Blackwells, Oxford.

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