Forfatter billede

Alvin Harvey Hansen (1887–1975)

Forfatter af A Guide to Keynes

14 Works 126 Members 1 Review

Om forfatteren

Alvin Hansen is best remembered as the American economist who brought the Keynesian revolution to America. Born in a small rural community in South Dakota, he received his early education in a one-room schoolhouse, then studied at Yankton College and the University of Wisconsin. After teaching at vis mere Brown University, he went on to the University of Minnesota and then to Harvard University. In 1927 Hansen published his classic Business-Cycle Theory, a comprehensive survey of business cycle theories and theorists. The waste and despair of the Great Depression affected him greatly, and he became an ardent supporter of Keynesian economics. His Full Recovery or Stagnation? (1938) analyzed the Great Depression, especially the premature termination of the recovery in 1937. Other publications, including Fiscal Policy and Business Cycles (1941) and Business Cycles and National Income (1951), argued the Keynesian proposition that unemployment was caused by a failure of private investment. Hansen's popular Guide to Keynes (1953), with its paragraph-by-paragraph dissection of the General Theory, was often assigned to graduate students to be read along with the classic text. Hansen served as a consultant to, and shaped the form of, the current Social Security system. He was also instrumental in the formulation of the Full Employment Act of 1946 and the creation of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. He was elected president of the American Economic Association in 1967 and taught as a visiting professor at universities around the world after he retired from Harvard University. When he received the prestigious Walker Medal on his eightieth birthday, James Tobin observed that, for Alvin Hansen, "economics was a science for the service of mankind." (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre

Omfatter også følgende navne: Hansen H Alvin, Alvin H. Hansen

Værker af Alvin Harvey Hansen

Satte nøgleord på

Almen Viden

Medlemmer

Anmeldelser

A perspective on the efforts made by the United States and other allies to rebuild the world economy after the end of World War II -- the original book came out in the final months of the war, and this edition came out in January, 1946. Told from the perspective of someone closely allied to the Roosevelt administration -- many Pelican books seem to have tapped that resource. Be forewarned about the bias.
½
 
Markeret
EricCostello | Jul 21, 2019 |

Måske også interessante?

Associated Authors

Statistikker

Værker
14
Medlemmer
126
Popularitet
#159,216
Vurdering
½ 3.3
Anmeldelser
1
ISBN
20
Sprog
1

Diagrammer og grafer