Retrospectives
The Economics of Leon Hirsch Keyserling
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4997598 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W Robert Brazelton (Professor of Economics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 189-197 |
| Publication date | 1997-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0895-3309 • E-ISSN: 1944-7965 |
| Publisher | American Economic Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1257/jep.11.4.189 |
| OpenAlex | W2041073293 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
The economics of Leon H. Keyserling influenced the Roosevelt era in terms of housing, agriculture, labor, and antitrust legislation. During the Truman era, discussed herein, Keyserling was influential as chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, stressing long-term growth, general and selective fiscal, monetary, and interest rate policies, and the view that economic growth, equity, and welfare are tied together via a full employment goal. Thus he was a liberal Keynesian and a pragmatist realizing that the keys to prosperity were consumption (wages) and investment (profits
Economic growth · Economics · Interest rate · Keynesian economics · Legislation · Macroeconomics · Market economy · New Deal · Political science · Pragmatism · Prosperity · Sociology · Welfare · Economic Theory and Institutions · Economic Theory and Policy · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2022 (27) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |