Description:In this definitive volume, over 80 distinguished contributors from four continents provide authoritative critical discussion of the principal areas of controversy in post Keynesian economics, including all significant issues in methodology, economic theory, applied economics and policy. Each entry surveys the relevant literature and highlights the strengths and weaknesses of post Keynesian contributions. The Companion deals with areas of continuing debate inside post Keynesianism and sheds light on the current relationship between post Keynesians, mainstream economics and alternative heterodox schools of thought. The Elgar Companion to Post Keynesian Economics will be widely read by academic economists, economic policymakers, research students and advanced undergraduate students of economics as well as academics in related social sciences.