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Introduction
No full textIn this paper we present the main results of an investigation into the correspondence exchanged among the group of economists active and influential at Cambridge in the first half of the 20th century. Our purpose is to analyse them as a group rather than as individuals, by studying the relations between authors pair-wise. Our main interest lies in tracing the links between various theoretical developments, reconstructing the “referential context” from which certain concepts and ideas emerged. By referential context we mean the common language evolving from the professional and personal relationships established within a group, and self-validated when exposed to external influences. Since language and style germinate and grow in a network of intellectual and personal relations, the material to draw upon to this end consists of published and unpublished material but mainly of the correspondence.
Our main point is that these Cambridge authors should be seen as a group rather than a school. The former term does not necessarily imply –as does the latter - adherence to a common body of doctrine, but it does convey the ideas of cohesion and sharing among its components. Rather than constructing a common denominator of the various positions, in this paper we look at the issues they disagreed about in the course of their interchange, which was carried out orally, in published writings and in correspondence. At the same time we look at what they shared, which in the main were values, lifestyles and approach to work.
We suggest a metaphor to capture the gestalt of this group – a set of intertwining circles, each intersecting at least one of the others, none intersecting all the others
The Keynesian tutor. Kahn and the correspondence with Sraffa, Harrod and Kaldor
No full textIn this chapter, relying on new documentary evidence, the differences of approach, style and focus of those economists who were close to Keynes (Sraffa, Harrod, and Kaldor) are highlighted, in relation to Keynes’s ‘favourite pupil’ (as Kahn defined himself). Special importance is given to the period of the ‘Circus’, when Keynes’s new theories were arguing out (and sometimes independently developed) by the younger economists
Equità ed efficienza nella tassazione dei redditi personali: fondamenti teorici e linee di riforma
No full textIl contributo analizza alcune fasi salienti della riflessione sulle modifiche dei sistemi tributari di vari paesi e sugli effetti di alcune implementazioni, in particolare nel Regno Unito, l’Italia, gli Stati Uniti e i paesi scandinavi. la tendenza comune è un progressivo «spostamento del nucleo centrale dell’imposizione personale da un’imposta sul reddito entrata a un’imposta sulla spesa», che ha tra l’altro come conseguenza l’abbandono delle preoccupazioni sulla concentrazione della ricchezza. così viene progressivamente trascurata l’imposizione sul patrimonio e si focalizza l’attenzione su reddito consumo. tutto ciò anche se permangono notevoli differenze tra i modelli statunitense, europeo e scandinavo in termini sia di imposizione diretta che di erogazione di servizi pubblici
From speculation to regulation: Keynes and primary commodity markets
No full textSpeculation and regulation in commodity markets: the Keynesian approach in theory and practic
Introduction
No full textThis volume brings together a number of articles reflecting on the process of
growing social, economic and political disintegration in Europe, the causes of
this process and the possible means of remedying it. It was conceived of as a
tribute to Annamaria Simonazzi, whose contributions to this topic over the
years have been nothing short of insightful and inspiring
High Development Theory, CEPAL and beyond
No full textThis paper is part of a larger project that combines history of economic thought and analytical models to discuss “high development theory”. Here we focus in particular on the contribution of the United Nations ́ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC, or CEPAL in Spanish). It first briefly examines the historical background of development economics, tracing it back to the seminal contributions of European émigrés to the UK and the US in the 1930s. That highlights the peculiarity of development economics within the progress of economic science and the rise of mainstream economic theory
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