Table of Contents

1. The origin of theories: a case-study procedure; 2. Economic hard times and the riches of ideas; 3. Straffa and the state of value theory, 1926; 4. Marginal revenue; 5. The new establishment in value theory: (i) Mrs Joan Robinson; 6. The new establishment in value theory: (ii) Edward Chamberllin; 7. The indifference curve; 8. Two theories of demand; 9. Monetary equilibrium; 10. Mydral's analysis; 11. To the QJE from chapter 12 of the General Theory; 12. The anatomy of the General Theory; 13. Spending, saving and demand; 14. The multiplier; 15. Liquidity performance; 16. Formal dynamics: cycles and growth; 17. Leontief's tableau économique; 18. The landslide of invention; Index.

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A study of the precise nature, structure, presuppositions, language and inter-relations of the economic theories formulated between 1926 and 1939.