Essays in Keynesian Persuasion

This collection of essays of provides a comprehensive and detailed account of several aspects of the Cambridge School of Economics, which featured a number of outstanding figures such as Keynes, Sraffa, Kahn, and Joan Robinson. Scholars interested in heterodox economics, the history of economic thought and political economy will find in this book the Keynesian leitmotivs—the fight against unemployment, and the roles of money and uncertainty—which make Keynes’s legacy relevant for today’s world. The contributions here are written in the spirit of Keynes, and are persuasive and accessible to the general public.


Maria Cristina Marcuzzo is Full Professor in Economics, at the University of Rome, “La Sapienza”, Italy, and a Fellow of the Italian Academy of Lincei. She is Former President of the European Society for the History of Economics and the Italian Society for the History of Political Economy, and has worked as Visiting Professor in several universities, in Europe, Japan, Mexico and the USA. She has worked on classical monetary theory, the Cambridge School of Economics, Keynesian economics, and more recently, Keynes’s investments in financial markets. She has published around 100 articles in academic journals and books, as well as authoring and editing 20 volumes.

"Essays in Keynesian Persuasion is an outstanding volume of relevant essays on key issues, drawing on history and thorough understanding of the contributions of past great economists. Cristina Marcuzzo and her co-author all have these traits and their essays should greatly enhance readers’ understanding of essential ideas and issues."

G.C. Harcourt, School of Economics, UNSW Sydney (2019)

Carlo Cristiano

Luca Fantacci

Annalisa Rosselli

Eleonora Sanfilippo

Claudio Sardoni

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ISBN: 1-5275-3255-0

ISBN13: 978-1-5275-3255-7

Release Date: 10th May 2019

Pages: 369

Price: £68.99

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