Alvin Harvey Hansen
Economic Growth and a More Perfect Society: The Economist's Role in Defining the Stagnation Thesis and in Popularizing Keynesianism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2812696 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W Robert Brazelton (University of Missouri–Kansas City, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 427-440 |
| Publication date | 1989-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Economics and Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9246 • E-ISSN: 1536-7150 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1989.tb02131.x |
| OpenAlex | W1969103347 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 8 |
Alvin H. Hansen was one of the leading American economists from the 1930s to the 1960s. He was largely responsible for the popularization of Keynesian economics in the United States and Canada. He was responsible for the development of the secular stagnation thesis which explained 19th century American economic growth in terms of population growth, the frontier, and technology. The diminishing of these factors explained the decrease in the American economic growth rate in the 20th Century. Hansen's policy conclusions to prevent stagnation were Keynesian in nature and, as a result, Hansen was an early advocate of active fiscal policy in the United States. He differed with Terborgh
Development economics · Economic history · Economic stagnation · Economics · Frontier · Keynesian economics · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Politics · Economic Theory and Institutions · Economic Theory and Policy · Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0.14 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2015 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |