Economists in Cambridge: A Study through their Correspondence, 1907-1946

by Marcuzzo; Maria Cristina

• ISBN13: 9780415340236
• ISBN10: 0415340233
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The University of Cambridge has produced more Nobel Prize-winning economists than the whole of France. This impressive book collects together largely unpublished correspondence from some of the twentieth century's key figures including Keynes, Robinson, Hayek and Sraffa.

Table of Contents

List of tables	xii
Contributors	xiii
Acknowledgements	xiv
Introduction	1	(18)
M.C. MARCUZZO AND A. ROSSELLI
PART I Keynes's correspondents	19	(238)
1 Keynes and his favourite pupil. The correspondence between Keynes and Kahn	21	(37)
M.C. MARCUZZO
2 Keynes's valuable opponent and collaborator. The correspondence between Keynes and Robertson	58	(34)
E. SANFILIPPO
3 A goodwilling outsider. The correspondence between Keynes and Harrod	92	(27)
D. BESOMI
4 Communication and intellectual integrity. The correspondence between Keynes and Sraffa	119	(30)
F. RANCHETTI
5 Managing Cambridge economics. The correspondence between Keynes and Pigou	149	(25)
P. BRIDEL, AND B. INGRAO
6 Fighting for Keynesian revolution. The correspondence between Keynes and" Robinson	174	(22)
M.C. MARCUZZO AND C. SARDONI
7 A lifelong friendship. The correspondence between Keynes and Shove	196	(20)
A. CARABELLI
8 Employment, the trade cycle and the war effort. The correspondence between Keynes and Kaldor	216	(20)
C. SARDONI
9 When the abyss yawns and after. The correspondence between Keynes and Hayek	236	(21)
B. INGRAO
PART II Keynes's disciples	257	(72)
10 An enduring partnership. The correspondence between Kahn and J. Robinson	259	(33)
A. ROSSELLI
11 The Keynesian tutor. Kahn and the correspondence with Sraffa, Harrod and Kaldor	292	(17)
M.C. MARCUZZO WITH D. BESOMI AND F. RANCHETTI
12 The unlooked for proselytiser. J. Robinson and the correspondence with Sraffa, Harrod and Kaldor	309	(20)
A. ROSSELLI WITH D. BESOMI
PART III The old versus the young generation	329	(85)
13 The Prof and his younger colleagues. Pigou and the correspondence with Kahn, Kaldor, J. Robinson and Sraffa	331	(19)
N. NALDI
14 The defender of the Marshallian tradition. Shove and the correspondence with Kahn, J. Robinson and Sraffa	350	(21)
A. RUSSELLI
15 Robertson and the great divide. The correspondence with Kahn, Kaldor, J. Robinson and Sraffa	371	(21)
N. NALDI
16 Hayek and Cambridge: dialogue and contention. The correspondence with Kahn, Kaldor, J. Robinson and Sraffa	392	(22)
B. INGRAO AND F. RANCHETTI
References	414	(17)
Index	431