Keynes’s Treatise on Money and the role of the State

This paper aims at providing a critical reconstruction of Keynes’s view on the links existing between public spending, interest rate, wages and employment, as formulated in his Treatise on Money. It will be argued that Keynes’s approach leads to a policy prescription which stresses the necessity of...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Forges Davanzati, Guglielmo, Pacella, Andrea
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/23519
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/23519
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:B22
E12
D33
John Maynard Keynes
Dinero endógeno
Política fiscal.
Endogenous money
Fiscal policy.
Macroeconomía
Microeconomía
Teorías económicas
5307.14 Teoría Macroeconómica
5307.15 Teoría Microeconómica
5307 Teoría Económica
Descripción
Sumario:This paper aims at providing a critical reconstruction of Keynes’s view on the links existing between public spending, interest rate, wages and employment, as formulated in his Treatise on Money. It will be argued that Keynes’s approach leads to a policy prescription which stresses the necessity of direct State intervention in supplying goods and services. This conclusion is derived from a circuitist interpretation of this work.