Introduction to the Theory of Employment

by Joan Robinson

Book by Robinson, Joan

Genres: Economics

105 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1969

About the author

Joan Violet Robinson FBA was an English post-Keynesian economist who was well known for her work on monetary economics and wide-ranging contributions to economic theory.

Reviews

[Henrika · Rating 4 out of 5]

Luin suomennoksen (Johdatus työllisyyden teoriaan, Vastapaino 2023), johon törmäsin etsiessäni innoitusta graduun. :D

Kirja on johdatus keynesiläiseen teoriaan taloudesta ja työllisyydestä: opin tätä lukiessani paljon uutta esim. koron ja inflaation suhteesta ja työttömyyden syistä (Robinsonin mukaan kyse on oikeastaan halukkuudesta investoida ja säästää). Alkuperäisteos on vuodelta 1937, ja oli kiinnostavaa huomata, miten hyvin teoria pitää edelleen paikkaansa.

[Euan F · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was directed to this by a post from the John Maynard Keynes work, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. Reviews from the JMK suggested this as more friendly/lean introduction, but I found plenty to think over. The chapter on the multiplier compellingly describes the economy as a feedback system with the multiplier as the feedback factor. From economic activity to division of consumption/capital goods, interest rate, unemployment, forex... all the terms mentioned in the business news get an explanation and a description of how they all relate. At the end, you're left with a sense of the mechanisms activated when the levers of macro-econ policy are pushed or pulled to rein in an economy oscillating between boom and slump.

[Héctor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una introducción sencilla, corta y clarísima a la economía keynesiana de la mano de una de sus discípulas más inteligentes y "fieles" al espíritu original de la Teoría General. Seguramente desactualizado en algunas cosas en tanto que es de 1937, pero está increíblemente bien escrito.