The Curious Career of David Bensusan-Butt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4298035 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Howson (University of Toronto), Alex Millmow (0000-0003-0196-2028, ([email protected])) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 859-894 |
| Publication date | 2025-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2702 • E-ISSN: 1527-1919 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00182702-11948225 |
| OpenAlex | W4411026008 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
Anointed by Keynes to complete the index to The General Theory in 1935, David Bensusan-Butt made an early claim to academic fame. His subsequent career dabbling within the worlds of public policy and research was similar to that of his idol, Keynes. He made lasting contributions to taxation policy and at a higher level of abstraction, growth theory. As an aesthete, Bensusan-Butt embraced Keynes's skepticism of the Benthamite calculus. His lifetime preoccupation to recast the methodology of modern economics ended in failure
Economics · Sociology · History and Developments in Astronomy
Epistemics and Economics
Essays in the Theory of Economic Growth
The Making of The Australian National University
The Production Function and the Theory of Capital
Some Cambridge Controversies in the Theory of Capital
On Economic Growth
Economic Growth and Capital Accumulation
Towards a Dynamic Economics1
On Economic Growth
Essays on Economic Stability and Growth
The Structure and Reform of Direct Taxation
Aspects of English Economic Growth in the First Half of the Eighteenth Century
The Theory of Economic Growth
Selected Essays on Employment and Growth
Don and Mandarin
On Economic Man
Official Papers
On Economic Growth
An Essay in Dynamic Theory
Capital Accumulation and the Maintenance of Full Employment
Years of Recovery
The Economic Section, 1939-61
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |