Post Keynesian Price Theory

This book sets out the foundations of post-Keynesian price theory. Blending theory and analysis it is the first comprehensive assessment of post-Keynesian price theory and its foundations. Scholars and students will particularly welcome the emphasis on the non-neoclassical and non-equilibrium nature of post-Keynesian price theory.

This book shows how the realistic foundations and stylized facts of Post-Keynesian economics give rise to macroeconomic implications that are different from those of received wisdom with regards to employment, output growth, inflation and monetary theory, and offers an alternative to neoclassical economics and its free-market economic policies.

How did economic ÒexpertsÓ worldwide fail to predict the financial crisis of 2007-2008? Eminent economist Paul Davidson discusses how mainstream economic theory may not be applicable to the world of experience. Post Keynesian theory is designed to be a

Does there exist an alternative to the “neoclassical synthesis” presented to students in introductory, intermediate, and advanced economics courses? The alternative is the post-Keynesian theory which is the subject of this book.

These two volumes cover the principal areas to which Post-Keynesian economists have made distinctive contributions. The contents include the significant criticism by Post-Keynesians of mainstream economics, but the emphasis is on positive Post-Keynesian analysis of the economic problems of the modern world and of policies with which to tackle them.

This timely book explores the defining features of post Keynesian economics through an examination of pricing, and empirically investigates pricing behaviour from the post Keynesian point of view. It uses a synthesis of ideas from realist philosophy and methodology to explore post Keynesian pricing theory and identifies a coherent core of post Keynesian pricing theory, strongly supported by a wide range of evidence. Paul Downward critically reviews and extends both the econometric and the non-econometric evidence as a basis of understanding the causal processes of pricing. Taking into account Keynes's notions of the 'weight of evidence' and 'negative analogy, ' the post Keynesian account of pricing offered in the book appears compelling. The evidence presented by the author will raise substantial questions about neoclassical accounts of pricing. This book will be required reading for those interested in post Keynesian economics, methodology, behavioural economics and institutional economics as well as for marketing and management theorists and those generally interested in pricing decisions.

Providing a comprehensive introduction to the post-Keynesian position on key issues confronting economists and public policy makers, this text reflects the changes that have occurred in post-Keynesian thought in recent years.

This book is devoted to the progression of Post-Keynesian economics, taking stock of the previous 10 years of persistent imbalances in many dimensions of macroeconomic ‘reality’. This has given inspiration to Post-Keynesian scholars to make innovative contributions in areas like methodology, macroeconomic modelling and teaching. One challenge discussed in several chapters is how to model a complex macro-system where microeconomic uncertainty is increasing? This aspect is elaborated in a number of contributions which focus on the role of the financial sector and financialization for macroeconomic disruptions. Additional chapters deal with teaching and the use of case-studies for a better understanding of the real world economy.