Keynes, Hayek: The Clash That Defined Modern Economics by Nicholas Wapshott. Published by W. W. Norton and Company, New York, 2011. Economics is often referred to as The Dismal Science, but this ...

In his latest, Wapshott (Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher: A Political Marriage) masterfully recounts the strange clash between economists Freidrich Hayek and John Maynard Keynes, including their ...

Keynesian economics, as developed by economist John Maynard Keynes, comprise a theory of total spending in the economy and ...

Some arguments go on forever. It's been almost 80 years since John Maynard Keynes brought some fresh thinking to Leon Waldras' 1870s Equilibrium Theory of Economics. It set off a squabble which became ...

That snarky disagreement was so vicious and ill-mannered that one old-school economics professor described it as “the method of the duello” being “conducted in the manner of Kilkenny cats.” On Tuesday ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! University of California Santa Barbara economics professor Lanny Ebenstein taught a class comparing the work of John Maynard Keynes, Friedrich Hayek, ...

My brother said an interesting thing yesterday about the stimulus. A rock-ribbed conservative Republican, he surprised me when he said that he was glad that GOP Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Olympia ...

It's macro time! Today: Keynes vs. Hayek. Planet Money Summer School 1: Recessions & Rap Battles Find all episodes of Planet Money Summer School here. Planet Money Summer School is back! It's the free ...

“The interesting thing to me is how still, particularly in America, the world is sharply divided between those who believe that through fiscal policy…you can interfere with an economy in order to get ...

This PBS segment with Prof. Russ Roberts of the Mercatus Center and GMU gives a preview of a fantastic educational rap video about the debate between economists Friedrich Hayek and John Maynard Keynes ...