Robertsonian Economics: An Examination of the Work of Sir D.H.Robertson on Industrial Fluctuation

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Background to A Study of Industrial Fluctuation in 1915....Pages 9-17
The Nature of the Industrial Fluctuation and the Robertsonian Methodological Approach....Pages 18-22
The Robertsonian Theory of Industrial Fluctuation — An Outline....Pages 23-31
Authority, Power and the State, 1916–20....Pages 32-56
The Spark that became a Flame: the Bolsheviks, Propaganda and the Cinema....Pages 57-70
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Introduction....Pages 73-74
Background to the Robertson-Keynes Debate....Pages 75-91
Saving in the Cycle: The Robertsonian Approach in the ‘Study’....Pages 92-96
Robertson on Saving (1918–1940)....Pages 97-116
Critical Comment on the Forced Saving Thesis....Pages 117-120
Saving in the Cycle....Pages 121-131
The Robertsonian Theory of Interest....Pages 132-147
Origins of the Robertsonian Approach to the Theory of Interest....Pages 148-151
Natural and Market Rates of Interest and the Trade Cycle....Pages 152-164
Saving, Investment and the Multiplier (1936 and after)....Pages 165-176
Robertson and the Liquidity Preference Theory of Interest....Pages 177-185
Loanable Funds Versus Liquidity Preference — The Hicks-Hansen Framework....Pages 186-215
Some Observations upon the Similarity of Keynes’ and Robertson’s Work....Pages 216-221
The Value of Money....Pages 222-235
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Economic Policy and the Trade Cycle....Pages 239-254
Robertson and the Price Level....Pages 255-262
Back Matter....Pages 263-320