Overview
Written and edited by leading academics in the field
Draws together diverse topics often not discussed coherently
Celebrates the life and work of esteemed scholar, John McCombie
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- non-orthodox macroeconomics
- New Keynesian Theory
- John McCombie
- economic theory
- economic policy
- Neoclassical Synthesis Keynesianism
- New Keynesianism Theory
- Keynes’s General Theory
- Macroeconomic Theory and Economic Policies
- Financial Instability and Speculative Bubbles
- Financialisation
- Mesoeconomics
- Urban Growth in South Asia
- Income Inequality
- Exchange Rates
About this book
This book honours Professor John McCombie’s retirement by exploring a variety of themes, theories and debates in non-orthodox macroeconomics. With contributions from leading scholars, the book covers diverse ground in economic thought, policy, empirical work and modelling. It demonstrates ongoing presumptions and asks probing questions of topical questions from the increase of income equality to the international variation of productivity investment. This collection will appeal to academics and students with an interest in the history of macroeconomic thinking.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Philip Arestis is Professor and Director of Research, Cambridge Centre for Economics and Public Policy, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, UK, and Professor of Economics at the Department of Applied Economics V, University of the Basque Country, Spain. He is also Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Economics, University of Utah, US, and Research Fellow, Levy Economics Institute, New York, US. He served (2005-2013) as Chief Academic (External) Adviser to the UK Government Economic Service (GES) on Professional Development in Economics. He is holder of the ‘Queen Victoria Eugenia’ award of the British Hispanic Chair of Doctoral Studies, and has been awarded ‘homage’ by the Brazilian Keynesian Association (AKB) for his contribution to Economics in Brazil. Holder of the FAcSS (Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences). He has published as sole author or editor, as well as co-author and co-editor, a number of books and papers in academic journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Alternative Approaches in Macroeconomics
Book Subtitle: Essays in Honour of John McCombie
Editors: Philip Arestis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69676-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-69675-1Published: 15 February 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88820-0Published: 06 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-69676-8Published: 07 February 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 362
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Heterodox Economics, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods
Industry Sectors: Finance, Business & Banking