Author:
Tobin, James, 1918-2002.
Imprint:Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar, c2003.
Descriptionxx, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:The global economy: who is at the helm? - Financial globalization. - Financial globalization: can national currencies survive? - Foreward to Global Capital Flows. - Prologue to The Tobin Tax: Coping with Financial Volatility. - Remarks at a round table on Tobin Tax. - Why we need sand in the market's gears. - They are misusing my name. - An idea that gained currency but lost clarity. - The IMF's misplaced priorities: flawed fund. - Tighten belt? No, spend cash. - Keynesian insights for the Japanese economy. - Currency unions, American vs. European. - Symposium on limiting the moral hazard in international financial rescues. - 1960: campaign memo on economic growth and 'growth through taxation'. - The monetary and fiscal policy mix. - Can we grow faster? - Supply constraints on employment and output: NAIRU versus natural rate. - Monetary policy: recent theory and practice. - Whatever happened to fiscal policy? - Clinton's second term and the American economy. - Fiscal policy: its macroeconomics in perspective. - Thoughts on indexing the elderly. - The political threat to Social Security. - Fisher's introductory text. - Review of The Commanding Heights. - On Minsky's agenda for reform. - False expectations. - Between a market-based and a caring society: what kind of socially responsible economy do we want? - Jan Timbergen (12 April 1903-9 June 1994)
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
