Keynes Seminar
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Easter 2010
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Tuesday 11 May Peter Clarke, Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Pragmatic and Dogmatic Keynesianism: the relevance of Keynes's thinking today
discussant: Robert Cord, St Edmund's College, Cambridge
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Tuesday 27 April Eric Berr, University of Bordeaux
Keynes, the Post Keynesians and Sustainable Development
discussant: Adrian Winnett, University of Bath
talk only - slides only - background paper (Berr) - background paper (Winnett)
Lent 2010
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Tuesday 9 March Mark Hayes, Robinson College, Cambridge
The Use and Abuse of Equilibrium
discussant: Victoria Chick, UCL
paper- talk with slides - talk only - slides only - slide timings
the debate continued in writing:
Reply by Hayes to Harcourt and Chick - Rejoinder by Harcourt - Rejoinder by Chick -
23 February Geoff Harcourt, Jesus College, Cambridge
Where next for Post Keynesian Economics?
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2 February Robert Skidelsky, University of Warwick
Keynes: The Return of the Master
further details - talk only -
26 January Jesper Jespersen, University of Roskilde
Macroeconomic Methodology
discussant: Ioana Negru, Anglia Ruskin University
background paper - talk only - slides only
Michaelmas 2009
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24 November Giuseppe Fontana, University of Leeds
Money, Uncertainty and Time
discussant: Alberto Feduzi, Judge Business School
background paper - Fontana talk only - Fontana slides only - Feduzi talk only - Feduzi slides only -
10 November Malcolm Sawyer, University of Leeds
Competition and money in Keynes (and Kalecki)
discussant: Mark Hayes, Robinson College
talk only - slides only
Michaelmas 2008 and Lent 2009
The seminar hosted a reading group to work through Keynes's General Theory and hear different perspectives from guest speakers.
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4 March Mark Hayes, Robinson College, Cambridge
General Theory Reading Group Session 8: (Bk VI) Saving the Free Market from itself
background paper - talk -
25 February Brendan Sheehan, Leeds Metropolitan University
The General Theory and Policies for Global Prosperity
background paper - talk with slides - talk only - slides only - slide timings -
18 February Mark Hayes, Robinson College, Cambridge
General Theory Reading Group Session 7: (Bk V) Why wage-cuts will not create jobs
background paper - talk with slides - talk only - slides only - slide timings -
11 February Geoff Tily, Government Economic Service
Keynes, Policy and The General Theory
paper - talk with slides - talk only - slides only - slide timings -
4 February Mark Hayes, Robinson College, Cambridge
General Theory Reading Group Session 6: (Bks III & IV) Aggregate Demand II: The Dark Forces of Time and Ignorance
background paper - talk with slides - talk only - slides only - slide timings -
28 January Geoff Harcourt, Jesus College, Cambridge
Keynes, Joan Robinson and The General Theory
talk - handout -
21 January Mark Hayes, Robinson College, Cambridge
General Theory Reading Group Session 5: (Bks III & IV) Aggregate Demand I: The Model
background paper - talk with slides - talk only - slides only - slide timings -
14 January Roy Rotheim, Skidmore College
Keynes, Davidson and The General Theory
talk - handout
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26 November Mark Hayes, Robinson College, Cambridge
General Theory Reading Group Session 4: (Bk II) Expectation and output
background paper - talk with slides - talk only - slides only - slide timings -
19 November Michel De Vroey, Université catholique de Louvain
Keynes, Marshall and The General Theory
background paper - talk with slides - talk only - slides only - slide timings -
12 November Mark Hayes, Robinson College, Cambridge
General Theory Reading Group Session 3: (Bk II) Measuring income and capital
background paper - talk with slides - talk only - slides only - slide timings -
5 November Claudio Sardoni, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’
Keynes, Marx and The General Theory
background paper - talk with slides - talk only - slides only - slide timings -
29 October Mark Hayes, Robinson College, Cambridge
General Theory Reading Group Session 2: (Bk I) Two Theories of Employment
background paper - talk with slides - talk only - slides only - slide timings -
22 October Gerhard-Michael Ambrosi, University of Trier
Keynes, Pigou and The General Theory
draft paper - talk with slides - talk only - slides only - slide timings -
15 October Mark Hayes, Robinson College, Cambridge
General Theory Reading Group Session 1: Necessary preliminaries
background paper - talk with slides - talk only - slides only - slide timings -
8 October Victoria Chick, University College London
The General Theory is difficult; whose fault is that?
background paper errata