TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract Alvin Hansen and John Williams’ Fiscal Policy Seminar at Harvard University is widely regarded as a key mechanism for the spread of Keynesianism in the United States. An original and regular participant, Richard A. Musgrave was invited to prepare remarks for the fiftieth anniversary of the seminar in 1988. These were never published, though a copy was filed with Musgrave’s papers at Princeton University. Their reproduction here is important for several reasons. First, it is one of the last reminiscences of the original participants. Second, the remarks make an important contribution to our understanding of the Harvard School of macro-fiscal policy. Third, the remarks provide interesting insights into Musgrave’s views on national economic policymaking as well as the intersection between theory and practice. The reminiscence demonstrates the importance of the seminar in shifting Musgrave’s research focus and moving him to a more pragmatic approach to public finance.
VL  - 37C
SN  - 978-1-78769-869-7, 978-1-78769-870-3/0743-4154
DO  - 10.1108/S0743-41542019000037C007
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0743-41542019000037C007
AU  - Desmarais-Tremblay Maxime
AU  - Johnson Marianne
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - “The Fiscal Policy Seminar: Its Early Stages” by Richard A. Musgrave
T2  - Including a Symposium on Robert Heilbroner at 100
T3  - Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 147
EP  - 179
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -