Re: Davidson's opus

[paul davidson <pdavidso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 05:09 PM 10/30/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
>As an economist, Paul, surely you'd be willing to tell us the PRICE
>of this 2 volume set???
>


 Since these are so valuable, their market price must reflect its value.  I
think the original price was $75 per volume or $125 for the set.  I
believe, however, that NYU press has offered them at a cheaper price to
reduce its inventory.  You would have to contact them to make sure.  In any
case, I think your library should have such essential reading matter.

>And what of *just a select few* articles?  Like the ones you keep

>telling Per to read, or the Tobin tax.
>
  They all are important -- it depends on what area or topic you are
interested in. For example, those interested in endogenous money should
read "Keynes' Finance motive (Oxford Economic Papers 1965) and the
importance of the demand for finance article OEP, 1967.

The EJ has some important articles. The one that I keep telling Per and
anyone else who conflates the concept of equilibrium with the concept of
market clearing is "A Keynesian View of Patinkin's Theory of Employment (1967)

To understand whats wrong with general equilibrium and why it is a
nonmonetary system -- see "Money and Equilibrium: Economie Applique (1997).
You may be interested in the fact that Joan Robinson wrote me a letter when
she read this indicating that this was exactly correct and the essence of
Keynes.  She insisted that I should publish it again in a Journal with a
wider english speaking audience.

I can go on and on.

I guess you will have to get the volumes -- and read whatever strikes your
fancy.

Happy hunting!

Paul

P.S. I still have reprints of some of the articles in my collected volumes.
I can send these via snail mail to those who spoecify exactly which
articles they want.
Paul Davidson
Holly Chair of Excellence in Political Economy
University of Tennessee
pdavidson@xxxxxxx
phone: 423-974-4221; fax: 423-974-1686