Comments on: Keynes’ Amazon Bulldog

By: learnfromeconomichistory

learnfromeconomichistory — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 00:14:21 +0000

Watch out for a new scholarly book on Keynes – ‘John Maynard Keynes and International Relations: Economic Paths to War and Peace’, by Donald Markwell, just published in Britain by Oxford University Press, and soon to appear in the US. A historical topic with lots of contemporary resonances (e.g. discussions of globalization, economic nationalism v free trade, international economic governance proposals, reconstruction after wars, etc).

By: tebbitt

tebbitt — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:29:14 +0000

WHAT KEYNES DID IN ECONOMICS IS EXACTLY WHAT EINSTEIN DID IN PHYSICS.

By: jimbo

jimbo — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:40:24 +0000

The man “received his doctorate in economics from U.C. Riverside in 1983” and no one ever taught him about paragraph breaks?

By: yabonn

yabonn — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:30:15 +0000

Ugh. Now i mixed my Timberites. Apologies, Kieran.

So it’s sociologist mating dance, or something.

… At least it’s Friday.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:11:31 +0000

It reminds me of happy-go-lucky Oliver Kamm, who, before he was famous, spent considerable amounts of time writing negative reviews of all books by Noam Chomsky! I’m not sure if he was such a serious scholar of the linguist and bugbear… He still maintains this obsession of course.

By: yabonn

yabonn — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 09:47:15 +0000

Let’s witness, fellow commenters, the delicate dance of the mating economists.

Here, Kieran, too delicate for a frontal approach, tries to drag Mr Brady in CT’s comments, to see if they could scratch together the itch of his Amazon reviews – do not think these a trifle thing! For it is of these little matters that, often, love is born.

Will Mr Brady answer the call? Stay tuned, dear commenters, stay tuned.

(Still no tag for these “author comments in the thread he’s talked about” situations?)

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 06:27:26 +0000

I have read Michael Brady’s book and it is pretty good.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 03:37:04 +0000

I was under the impression that one economist who took Ramsey’s criticisms of Keynes very seriously was Keynes himself. Keynes certainly took Ramsey very seriously, encouraging him to do work in economics.

By: John Emerson

John Emerson — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 03:27:47 +0000

I’ve run into the guy several times. He’s a reviewing machine and always expresses himself effectively and with absolute confidence. Only after you’ve read several of his reviews do you realize that he’s slightly nuts. (He’s actually like a very effective PR man hired by Keynes, Inc. or perhaps an outreach minister of The Church of Keynes.)

By: radek

radek — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 02:13:52 +0000

Ay, this guy should be quoted;

One can conclude that, without Keynes, the contribution of Cambridge University, England to Keynesian economics is the null set.

Ramsey never read these chapters. Neither did Mellor or any other economist, philosopher, or psychologist in the 20th century .(Be the first to read those chapters in the 21st !)

There is nothing new, innovative, or interesting that would merit purchasing this book. One should consider instead buying a copy of The General Theory.

All of Keynes’s discoveries, however, were ignored by the ignorant Ramsey

The scary part is that at times he actually seems to know what he’s talking about.

By: talboito

talboito — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:41:37 +0000

Its my understanding, that while Ramsey does criticize Keynes, he passes that quickly to lay out his theories regarding subjective probability.

By: Kieran Healy

Kieran Healy — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:39:32 +0000

Not on purpose. I hadn’t seen it.

By: anon

anon — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:33:27 +0000

Kieran,

It’s a bit ungracious of you, after all that, not to point out that that guy’s book is also available on Amazon. Three stars.

Anon