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The Cambridge Keynesians: Kahn, J. Robinson and Kaldor

A Perspective from The Archives

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The Keynesian Tradition

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Richard Kahn, Joan Robinson and Nicholas Kaldor were economists who played an essential role in disseminating and winning approval for the ideas of Keynes. They all had special relations with him and were in constant touch with his ideas. From the post-war period until the end of the 1970s all three, in their own ways, had fundamental roles in shaping the Cambridge that attracted students and scholars in great number from all over the world. They epitomized what is generally understood as the Keynesians, at least as far as Cambridge, UK, was concerned.

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  1. Maria Cristina Marcuzzo
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Marcuzzo, M.C., Rosselli, A. (2008). The Cambridge Keynesians: Kahn, J. Robinson and Kaldor. In: Leeson, R. (eds) The Keynesian Tradition. Archival Insights into the Evolution of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230582026_8

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