Axel Leijonhufvud - In memoriam

Daniel Heymann

doi:10.52292/j.estudecon.2023.3696

Axel Leijonhufvud - In memoriam

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Daniel Heymann Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina

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https://doi.org/10.52292/j.estudecon.2023.3696

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Axel Leijonhufvud, Macroeconomics, Post-Keynesian theory, Disequilibrium macroeconomics

Abstract

Last May, at the age of 88, Axel Leijonhufvud passed away. Axel (everyone who knew him called him that) was a macroeconomist with a special theoretical thinking and mode of reasoning, who devoted the majority of his work to the exploration of a crucial issue for macroeconomic analysis and policy management: The nature, scope and limitations of the endogenous self-adjustment mechanisms of economic systems, evoking Smithian "invisible hand"...

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2022-12-28

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Heymann, D. (2022). Axel Leijonhufvud - In memoriam. Estudios económicos, 40(80), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.52292/j.estudecon.2023.3696

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Vol. 40 No. 80 (2023)

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