Reinventing Functional Finance: Transformational Growth and Full Employment

by Mathew Forstater and Edward J. Nell

Book Overview

This ambitious book seeks both to revive and revise the idea of 'functional finance'. Followers of this doctrine believe that government budgets should concentrate solely on their macroeconomic impact on the economy, rather than reflecting a concern for sound finance and budgetary discipline. Reinventing Functional Finance examines the origins of this idea and then considers it in a modern context. The authors explore the concept of NAIRU and argue...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845422201
• ISBN13: 9781845422202
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.3"