Re: the politics of Keynesianism

[Mathew Forstater <forstate@xxxxxxxx>]

_The Politics of Social Policy in the United States_ edited by Margaret Weir,
Ann Shola Orloff, and Theda Skocpol, 1988, Princeton University Press.

_Democracy and the Welfare State_, edited by Amy Gutmann, 1988, Princeton
University Press.

_America's Misunderstood Welfare State_, Theodore R. Marmor, Jerry Marshaw,
Philip Harvey, 1990, Basic Books.

_Put to Work_ by Nancy Rose, Monthly Review Press.


> > Does anyone on this list have suggestions for readings that discuss the
> > political dimension of Keynesianism as practiced in the US and other
> > advanced capitalist countries during the period 1940-70?  I'm interested
> > in the role that conventional (bastard) Keynesianism played in the
> > formation of center-left coalitions involving portions of the capitalist
> > class, and the political impact that the rejection of Keynesianism had
> > during the 1970s and after.  Of course, I would be happy to hear of
> > trenchant critiques of this type of analysis as well.
> >
> > The readings are for my education and also for my students'.  For them I
> > would especially like pieces that don't presume too much economic
> > sophistication.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Peter Dorman
>
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