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Book review of Jefferson, Therese and King, John E.: Post Keynesian Economics: Key Debates and Contending Perspectives

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dc.contributor.authorJahangir, Junaid
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-18T17:43:05Z
dc.date.available2025-11-18T17:43:05Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractDe Muijnck and Tieleman (2021) argue that mainstream economics education does not help tackle challenges like climate change and inequality. Therefore, they suggest shifting the emphasis from mathematical technicalities to teaching based on real-world issues and pluralism. They state that pluralism is based on contrasting differing perspectives, a point made earlier by Mearman (2017) through contending perspectives. Similarly, in his manifesto on a new economics, Keen (2022, p. 151) argues that the most important alternatives to mainstream economics education include Post Keynesian economics and Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). Thus, topics of ecology and inequality, contending perspectives, and MMT and Post Keynesian economics, all drew me to the volume edited by Jefferson and King. As an educator, I recognize that many heterodox economists have adopted popular books into their teaching (de Muijnck et al. 2023). I too have incorporated popular books like Kelton (2021) on MMT, Hickel (2021) on degrowth and Piketty (2021) on inequality. However, the chapters in Jefferson and King by distinguished experts provide contrasting perspectives that enrich the classroom beyond the narrative of popular books. While the edited collections highlights several topics, my review focuses on chapters that, respectively, highlight the topical issues of MMT, the Green New Deal (GND) and inequality.
dc.identifier.citationJahangir, J. (2025) Book review of Jefferson, Therese and King, John E.: Post Keynesian Economics: Key Debates and Contending Perspectives. European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, 22(3), 484-487. https://doi.org/10.4337/ejeep.2025.0154
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.4337/ejeep.2025.0154
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/4095
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAttribution (CC BY)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectModern Monetary Theory (MMT)
dc.subjectPost Keynesian economics
dc.subjectheterodox economy
dc.subjectinequality
dc.subjectthe Green New Deal (GND)
dc.titleBook review of Jefferson, Therese and King, John E.: Post Keynesian Economics: Key Debates and Contending Perspectivesen
dc.typeReview

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