John R. Commons and John Maynard Keynes on economic history and policy: The 1920s and today

Journal of Economic Issues

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 225-242

  Whalen, Charles J ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Economics ^*

^b UTICA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Author keywords

Evolutionary Keynesianism; John Maynard Keynes; John R. Commons; Post Keynesian institutionalism; Reasonable value

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649114352     PISSN: 00213624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2008.11507123     Document Type: Article

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