Author:
Brunner, Karl, 1916-1989.
Imprint:Cheltenham, UK ; Brookfield, US: E. Elgar, c1996-c1997.
Description2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:V.1.: Knowledge, values and the choice of economic organization. - My quest for economic knowledge. - The poverty of nations. - 'Assumptions' and the cognitive quality of theories. - The perception of man and the conception of government / Karl Brunner and William H. Meckling. - The perception of man and the conception of society: two approaches to understanding society. - Reflections on 'theology and the social order'. - Religion and the social order. - The First World, the Third World and the survival of free societies. - The New International Economic Order: a chapter in a protracted confrontation. - The socio-political vision of Keynes. - Reflections on the political economy of government: the persistent growth of government. - The limits of economic policy. - Mephistopheles and inflation. - Economic development, Cancun and the western democracies. - A fascination with economics.
Note:V.2.: Conversation with a monetarist. - Has monetarism failed? - Monetary policy and monetary order. - The 'Four Disciplines' and the 'Two Encouragements': comments on President Carter's anti-inflation program. - Selected Shadow Open Market Committee position papers, 1979-87. - The drift into persistent inflation. - Deficits, interest rates, and monetary policy. - Technological change: challenge and consequences. - Will the Fed ever see its 'Shadow'? - The disarray in macroeconomics. - High-powered money and the monetary base. - Money supply. - The pragmatic and intellectual tradition of monetary policymaking and the international monetary order. - Is 'supply-side economics' enough? - The case against monetary activism.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
