The four fallacies of contemporary austerity policies: The lost Keynesian legacy

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 283-312

  Boyer, Robert ^a,b  

^a CEPREMAP   (France)

^b GREDEG CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Austerity policy; European union; Keynesian theory; New classical theory

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; INTEREST RATE; KEYNESIAN THEORY; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY APPROACH; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE FLOW;

EID: 84855902018     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/ber037     Document Type: Article

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