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A number of significant similarities exist between the careers of Dennis Robertson and Ralph Hawtrey. Both made their main contributions in the fields of monetary theory and economic cycles. Both first published works on economics shortly before the First World War, and their output continued into the 1960s. Their early academic paths were similar: Eton, Cambridge, and the Apostles (though Robertson joined the Apostles in 1918 while Hawtrey had resigned in 1906). To varying degrees and at varying times, both were friends of and either collaborators with or critics of J. M. Keynes. With this much in common, it is not surprising that their paths crossed frequently.
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Deutscher, P. (1990). Hawtrey and Robertson: Real and Monetary Roots of English Macroeconomics in the Twentieth Century. In: Hennings, K., Samuels, W.J. (eds) Neoclassical Economic Theory, 1870 to 1930. Recent Economic Thought Series, vol 20. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2181-8_3
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