The Keynesian Revolution and Our Empty Economy We're All Dead /

• Main Authors: Claar, Victor V. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Forster, Greg (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Economic history.; Microeconomics.; Schools of economics.; Ethics.; Political philosophy.; History of Economic Thought/Methodology.; Heterodox Economics.; Economic History.; Political Philosophy.

This book considers the cultural legacy of the Keynesian Revolution in economics. It assesses the impact of Keynes and Keynesian thinking upon economics and policy, as well as the response of the Chicago and Austrian schools, and the legacy of all three in shaping economic life. The book is a call t...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Work Hard and Play by the Rules
• 2. From Socrates to Smith: The Moral and Cultural Foundations of Economics
• 3. Just the Facts, Mammon: Modern Aspirations to Moral and Cultural Neutrality
• 4. Keynes' Revolutionary Vision: Consumer Satisfaction as Moral Crusade
• 5. Forging the Consumption Paradigm: A Morally Neutral Moral Crusade
• 6. "We're All Keynesians Now": How the Revolution Transformed Our Economy and Culture
• 7. Two Counter-Revolutions: The Chicago and Austrian Schools and the Consumption Paradigm
• 8. Pull Your Own Weight: Moral and Cultural Conditions for Productivity
• 9. Leave it Better than You Found It: Moral and Cultural Conditions for Stewardship
• 10. Respect Other People: Moral and Cultural Conditions for Human Dignity
• 11. Putting First Things First: Moral Consensus for a Flourishing Economic Culture
• 12. Conclusion: Toward a Moral Consensus Paradigm.