TY - BOOK AU - Leijonhufvud,Axel TI - On Keynesian economics and the economics of Keynes: a study in monetary theory AV - HB99.7 .L38 U1 - 330.156 PY - 1968/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - KW - Keynesian economics KW - Economics KW - Keynes, John Maynard 1883-1946 — Studies N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - As the title implies, Leijonhufvud makes a distinction between Keynes and "the Keynesians." His purpose is twofold. First, to rescue Keynes from the odious clutches of the vulgar Keynesians whose interpretations of their master's voice are gross perversions. Second, having identified the real John Maynard Keynes, to confront his theory with neoclassical theory and, in particular, to reestablish the generality of Keynes. Leijonhufvud has done a splendid job of explaining the logic of Keynes' model and has brought into focus its choice-theoretic framework so that it will now be much more difficult to charge Keynes with ad hoc analysis based on sundry rigidities and illusions ER -