The spread of Keynesian economics: a comparison of the Belgian and Italian experiences
Keynesian economics dominated economic thought and macroeconomic policy-making in the 1950s and 1960s. However, the diffusion of Keynesian economics has been uneven. In this paper, we compare the spread of Keynesian economics in two continental European countries: Belgium and Italy. We focus on the post-World War II period, taking as the main message of Keynesian economics that the market is inherently unstable and that the government has a key role in economic life in steering effective demand. We further follow Coddington's distinction between "hydraulic", "disequilibrium" and "fundamentalis... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | doc-type:workingPaper |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2007 |
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Brussels: National Bank of Belgium
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Schlagwörter: | ddc:330 / B22 / E60 / Keynesian economics / Belgium / Italy / macroeconomic policy-making / Keynesianismus / Wirtschaftspolitik / Wirtschaftswachstum / Ökonomische Ideengeschichte / Geschichte / Belgien / Italien |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26532851 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/144326 |