Keynes Society

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Keynes Society V.
purpose Promotion, discussion and dissemination of the economic knowledge of John Maynard Keynes and the theories based on it
Chair: Gustav Horn
Establishment date: 2003
Number of members: 167
Seat : Berlin
Website: keynes-gesellschaft.de

The Keynes Society is a German, non-profit association that promotes the discussion and dissemination of the economic knowledge of John Maynard Keynes and the theories based on them . The association organizes scientific conferences every year and awards three prizes worth 500 to 1000 euros for business journalism, scientific journalism and the promotion of young talent at irregular intervals.

history

The Keynes Society was founded on December 3rd, 2003 by thirteen professors of economics and has been a registered association since April 5th, 2004. The Berlin tax office has granted it non-profit status. Jürgen Kromphardt was the founding chairman until 2013 . The other founding members were: Ingo Barens, Volker Caspari , Harald Hagemann , Gustav Horn , Peter Kalmbach , Heiko Körner , Hagen Krämer , Hans-Jürgen Krupp , Hajo Riese , Heinz-Peter Spahn , Hans-Michael Trautwein and Gert G. Wagner .

Harald Hagemann was chairman from 2013 to 2019, and since then - like Jürgen Kromphardt since 2013 - he has been honorary chairman. Gustav Horn was elected chairman of the general assembly in February. In addition to him, Jochen Hartwig is deputy chairman and treasurer. Camille Logeay and Bedia Sahin are also members of the board .

The number of members has risen to 167.

activity

The Keynes Society believes that information about Keynes and his theories is urgently needed, especially for the younger generation of students, because in newspapers, textbooks and in teaching at many universities - especially German-speaking - the Keynesian economy and the theory of Keynes are neglected and are often watered down or falsified. It is often wrongly presented as a special theory that is only valid for deep depression or only in the very short term. As a result, Keynes' theory is by no means familiar to every business school graduate.

For these reasons, the Keynes Society wants to give all interested parties access to Keynes via the Internet so that they can form their own judgment. Your most important tool for this is the information you offer on the Internet. In addition, the society organizes scientific conferences and awards prizes for economic research work and for business journalism. In addition, the company has the claim to work on the weak points of the Keynesian theory building.

Internet presence

On its website, the Keynes Society draws attention to recently published publications on the subjects of Keynesianism and economics .

It also provides information about the life and work of Keynes as well as in detail about his main work from 1936 General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money . There she will also give a lecture on neoclassical criticism and counter-criticism , the monetarist counter-revolution as well as further developments of Keynesianism and current economic policy disputes.

Fonts

The writings of the Keynes Society were published by Metropolis Verlag .

  • Sebastian Dullien , Harald Hagemann , Heike Joebges, Camille Logeay, Katja Rietzler (Hrsg.): Macroeconomics in the service of people: Festschrift for Gustav A. Horn . Volume 14, Metropolis, November 2019, ISBN 978-3-7316-1406-7 .
  • Hermann Adam , Harald Hagemann, Jürgen Kromphardt (eds.): Keynes and the international currency and financial system . Volume 13, Metropolis, December 2019, ISBN 978-3-7316-1407-4 .
  • Harald Hagemann, Jürgen Kromphardt, Bedia Sahin (eds.): Work and employment - Keynes and Marx . Volume 12, Metropolis, January 2019, ISBN 978-3-7316-1360-2 .
  • Harald Hagemann, Jürgen Kromphardt, Markus Marterbauer (eds.): Keynes, money and finance . Volume 11, Metropolis, December 2017, ISBN 978-3-7316-1305-3 .
  • Harald Hagemann, Jürgen Kromphardt (ed.): The crisis of European integration from a Keynesian point of view . Volume 10, Metropolis, February 2017, ISBN 978-3-7316-1237-7 .
  • Harald Hagemann, Jürgen Kromphardt (ed.): Keynes, Schumpeter and the future of the developed capitalist economies . Volume 9, Metropolis, February 2016, ISBN 978-3-7316-1170-7 .
  • Harald Hagemann, Jürgen Kromphardt (Ed.): For a better pan-European economic policy . Volume 8, Metropolis, January 2015, ISBN 978-3-7316-1121-9 .
  • Jürgen Kromphardt (Ed.): Further development of the Keynesian theory and empirical analyzes . Volume 7, Metropolis, November 2013, ISBN 978-3-7316-1041-0 .
  • Jürgen Kromphardt (Ed.): On the current financial, economic and debt crisis . Volume 6, Metropolis, December 2012, ISBN 978-3-89518-973-9 .
  • Jürgen Kromphardt (Ed.): Keynes General Theory after 75 years . Volume 5, Metropolis, December 2011, ISBN 978-3-89518-887-9 .
  • Fritz Helmedag , Jürgen Kromphardt (Ed.): Sustainable ways out of the financial and economic crisis . Volume 4, Metropolis, February 2011, ISBN 978-3-89518-855-8 .
  • Günther Chaloupek , Jürgen Kromphardt (Ed.): Financial crisis and divergences in economic development as a challenge for the European monetary union . Volume 3, Metropolis, December 2009, ISBN 978-3-89518-773-5 .
  • Jürgen Kromphardt, Heinz Peter Spahn (ed.): The current currency disorder: analyzes and reform proposals . Volume 2, Metropolis, February 2009, ISBN 978-3-89518-722-3 .
  • Harald Hagemann, Gustav Horn , Hans-Jürgen Krupp (eds.): From a macroeconomic point of view: Festschrift for Jürgen Kromphardt . Volume 1, Metropolis, 2nd edition December 2009, ISBN 978-3-89518-714-8

Meetings

Since 2006 the Keynes Society has held an annual meeting. The scientific lectures given will then be published in conference proceedings.

The annual conference took place in Karlsruhe on February 17 and 18, 2020. The general topic was: Economic policy advice in Germany - is there a need for reform? The 14th conference volume , published afterwards, contains contributions on economic and political topics by Peter Bofinger , James K. Galbraith , Gesine Schwan and Norbert Walter-Borjans, among others .

Keynes Society Awards and Prize Winners

Keynes Prize for the best scientific publication

The Foundation of the Prize was decided by the Keynes Society in 2008 on the occasion of the 125th birthday of John Maynard Keynes and is awarded annually. The prize is awarded to contributions in which the theory of John Maynard Keynes is presented, interpreted and further developed in a particularly successful way, or Keynesian arguments are introduced and recognized in the economic policy discussion.

Prize for a scientific contribution

  • 2010: Toralf Pusch for his book “Policy Games. The interaction of wage, monetary and fiscal policy in the light of cooperative game theory ”, which was published as a paperback by Lit-Verlag in 2009. ISBN 978-3-643-90005-0
  • 2013: Erik Klär for his dissertation “Capital Accumulation, Total Demand, Labor Market Institutions and Employment in Path-Dependent Economies - New Neoclassical Synthesis and Post-Keynesian Criticism”, ISBN 978-3-7316-1011-3, published by Metropolis Verlag in 2013
  • 2015: Fabian Lindner for his essay “Did Scarce Global Savings Finance the US Real Estate Bubble? The "Global Saving Glut" thesis from a Stock Flow Consistent Perspective ".

Prize for promoting young talent

  • 2013: Felix Becher (Darmstadt) for his diploma thesis “TARGET2 - Self-Destruction or Perceptual Disorder? The debate about the European payment system "
  • 2015: Christoph Paetz (HWR Berlin) for his master's thesis "The Swiss Debt Brake after one Decade: A Critical Appraisal"
  • 2018: Kai Dietrich (HS Karlsruhe) for his bachelor thesis “Expansionary Austerity. Theoretical background and practical experience in the EMU crisis after 2010 "
  • 2020: Michael Neuner (Uni Bamberg) for his master's thesis on the countercyclical equity ratio within the framework of Basel III.

reception

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung mentions Keynesianism in its Lexicon Social Market Economy : “While some people wanted to tear the pages with Keynes out of textbooks, Keynesianism has been relevant again since the banking and financial crisis. In Germany there is a Keynes Society that does interesting further research. "

In October 2009 the University of Hohenheim University of Karlsruhe - Technology and Economy organized a joint conference between its Political Economy Working Group and the Keynes Society, because “even experts who until recently rejected any elements of Keynesian economic policy (...) suddenly found themselves again refer to the conceptions of the British economist ”in order to discuss, among other things, what“ the Keynes teachings can contribute to explaining and combating the current economic crisis ”and what extensions and adaptations of Keynesian theory are necessary in the light of recent developments.

Die Zeit reported in March 2007 that the founders of the German Keynes Society Jürgen Kromphardt and Stephanie Schneider had reworked the German translation of the General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by Keynes, correcting outdated terms. This edition was published in 2006 by Duncker & Humblot in Berlin.

Thomas Fricke, chief economist of the European Climate Foundation , wrote on 18 February 2013 at the award ceremony of the Prize for economic journalism of Keynes Society in its Internet portal Wirtschaftswunder a satirical article on saving disposition zeal "committed (r) German (r) mainstream economic thinkers ".

The Ernst Klett publishing house for school books also refers on its website with link recommendations on economic policy in an international context to the sub-area of economic policy conceptions in the discussion primarily to the Keynes Society, as it provides “extensive information on John Maynard Keynes, the most important economist of the 20th century ”.

In the journal Sozialismus.de on August 15, 2019, Michael Wendl recommends the SPD to reclaim the arguments and analyzes of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and Hans-Böckler-Stiftung with their Institute for Macroeconomics and Business Cycle Research (IMK) and the Keynes- Society in their publications.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Articles of Association of the Keynes Gesellschaft eV (PDF) (No longer available online.) November 23, 2007, p. 3 , archived from the original on August 31, 2018 ; accessed on September 14, 2018 .
  2. ^ Hans C. Müller: Networks of the "Mainstream" - Keynes comeback fails. In: handelsblatt.com. October 20, 2009. Retrieved September 14, 2018 .
  3. ^ Prices of the Keynes Society. In: Keynes-Gesellschaft.de. Retrieved September 14, 2018 .
  4. ^ Jürgen Kromphardt: The Keynes Society - A Contribution to Preserving Macroeconomics . In: Intervention. Journal of Economics 2 (1), May 2005, pp. 50–56, doi: 10.4337 / ejeep.2005.01.07 .
  5. ↑ https://keynes-gesellschaft.de/ii-niederschlag-des-gestiegenem-interesse-an-keynes/
  6. ↑ https://keynes-gesellschaft.de/keynes-leben-und-werk/lebenslauf-und-biographien/
  7. ↑ https://keynes-gesellschaft.de/the-general-theory-1936/zur-general-theory/
  8. ↑ https://keynes-gesellschaft.de/neoklassische-kritik-und-gegenkritik/kernpunkte-der-neoklassischen-theorie/
  9. ↑ https://keynes-gesellschaft.de/monetaristische-gegenrevolution/monetaristische-gegenrevolution/
  10. ↑ https://keynes-gesellschaft.de/weiterentwicklungen-des-keynsianismus/stroemungen-des-keynesianismus/
  11. ↑ https://keynes-gesellschaft.de/aktuelle-wirtschaftspolitische-auseinandersetzungen/fi-einfuehrung/
  12. ↑ https://www.metropolis-verlag.de/Reihen/Schriften-der-Keynes-Gesellschaft/catalog.do
  13. ↑ Suhrkamp [1]
  14. ↑ Suhrkamp [2]
  15. ↑ https://makronom.de/makronom-mit-publizistik-preis-ausgezeich-35052
  16. ↑ https://www.metropolis-verlag.de/1011/book.do
  17. ^ Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences [3]
  18. ↑ https://makronom.de/makronom-mit-publizistik-preis-ausgezeich-35052
  19. ↑ https://www.kas.de/de/web/soziale-marktwirtschaft/keynesianismus
  20. ↑ https://www.econbiz.de/events/event/gemeinsame-tagung-arbeitskreises-politische-%C3%B6konomie-keynes-gesellschaft-keynes-perspektiven-modernen-keynesianischen-wirtschaftstheorie-politik/10005876502
  21. ↑ Time 2007/10: [4]
  22. ↑ Economic miracle [5]
  23. ↑ Velcro: [6]
  24. ↑ Sozialismus.de [7]