Dennis Robertson (Great Thinkers in Economics)
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (541 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1403999341 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 268 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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'Gordon Flecher deserves the highest praise for his in-depth studies of Dennis Robertsonthe book is enjoyable and interesting'. - Geoff Tily, History of Economic Ideas
This book provides a comprehensive overview of Robertson's life and work. Uncovering the sources of Robertson's inspiration and ideas and the all-important causal relationship between the man and his work, this fascinating account is a must-read for all interested in rediscovering this great economist.
The Author overlooks the fact that Robertson was a mathematical Illiterate This is an interesting reexamination of Dennis Robertson as an economist.There is ,however, one major,major problem.This major problem occurs and reoccurs regularly,not only in this book, but in all the articles and books that deal with Robertson and Keynes's theory and calculus model of the multiplier and marginal propensity to consume in the GT in chapter 10 in the 20th and 21st century. The crucial pages in this book occur in chapter. "2.5 Stars -A potpourri of lectures ,doctoral appendices, and seminar and working papers" according to Michael Emmett Brady. I don't recommend this book for any reader who already has a book on Robertson written by Fletcher.This book is a mixture of parts of other books that the author has written on Robertson,lectures made in Japan,doctoral dissertation appendices,working papers,seminar papers ,etc.The parts never fit together as a whole. This is the fourth book on Robertson that Fletcher has written since 1987.There is a badly needed missing chapter that is
. GORDON FLETCHER is Senior Lecturer of Economics at the Management School at the University of Liverpool, UK