​Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- 1. On the relevance of The General Theory at 80: economic change and economic theory/ Victoria Chick -- 2. Against twisting The General Theory/ Maria Cristina Marcuzzo -- 3. The Keynesian unblocking/ Robert Skidelsky -- 4. The attacks on The General Theory: how Keynes’s theory was lost/ G.C. Harcourt, Peter Kriesler and J.W. Nevile -- 5. What future for ‘Macroeconomics after Keynes’? A road map to restore the generality of The General Theory/ Teodoro Dario Togati -- 6. Expectations, equilibrium and time in The General Theory/ Anna M. Carabelli and Mario A. Cedrini -- 7. Weight of argument and liquidity preference/ Alessandro Vercelli -- 8. On some principles to fix the quantity of bank money/ Tim Congdon -- 9. John Maynard Pangloss: Indian currency and finance in imperial context/ Radhika Desai -- 10. Keynes on domestic and international monetary reform/ Sheila Dow -- 11. The ‘Gibson Paradox’, The General Theory and beyond/ Gerhard Michael Ambrosi -- 12. Sraffa’s prices of production understood in terms of Keynes’s state of short-term expectation/ M. G. Hayes -- 13. Keynes and Marx: some points of contact/ Andy Denis -- 14. No invitation to ‘Alles Walzer!’: Schumpeter on The General Theory/ Heinz D. Kurz

"This book is devoted to the lasting impact of The General Theory (and Keynes’s thought) on macroeconomic theory, methodology and its relevance for understanding the post-crisis challenges of the 21st Century. A number of contributions take their departure from Keynes's presentation during the 1930's of his new macroeconomic understanding and its policy implications. Other chapters take a more pluralistic view of Keynes's ideas and their importance for contemporary debates. Further, it is demonstrated that many textbooks often misrepresent The General Theory and therefore cannot be a reliable guide to 21st Century economic policy." (from publisher page)