Geoff Harcourt
Encyclopedia
Geoffrey Colin Harcourt (27 June 1931, Melbourne
) is an Australia
n academic economist
who studied at the University of Melbourne
and then at the King's College, Cambridge
.
he moved to the University of Cambridge
where he received his doctorate
. In 1958 he moved to the University of Adelaide
as a lecturer and was appointed to a chair in Economics at Adelaide
in 1967. (He was a University Lecturer at Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity Hall 1964-96, on leave without pay from Adelaide). He was a University Lecturer (1982–90) and Reader (1990–98) in the Faculty of Economics at Cambridge and a Fellow and College Lecturer in Economics, Jesus College, Cambridge
1982-1998 and was President of Jesus College Cambridge, 1988–89 and 1990-92.
He has made major contributions to the understanding of the ideas of Keynes, Joan Robinson
and other Cambridge economists. He has also made important contributions in his own right to Post Keynesian and post Kaleckian theory. A review article of one his volumes of ‘Selected Essays’ argues that (i) insofar as he has written on capital theory, it has been as an innovator and not as a mere raconteur, and (ii) that he has developed his own suite of post-Keynesian models – this is evident for example in his 1965 paper “A two-sector model of the distribution of income and the level of employment in the short-run” which is reprinted in The Social Science Imperialists: Selected Essays of G.C. Harcourt.
Melbourne
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) is an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n academic economist
Economist
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who studied at the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
and then at the King's College, Cambridge
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University....
.
Biography
After studying economics at the University of MelbourneUniversity of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
he moved to the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
where he received his doctorate
Doctorate
A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to teach in a specific field, A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder...
. In 1958 he moved to the University of Adelaide
University of Adelaide
The University of Adelaide is a public university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third oldest university in Australia...
as a lecturer and was appointed to a chair in Economics at Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
in 1967. (He was a University Lecturer at Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity Hall 1964-96, on leave without pay from Adelaide). He was a University Lecturer (1982–90) and Reader (1990–98) in the Faculty of Economics at Cambridge and a Fellow and College Lecturer in Economics, Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The College was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely...
1982-1998 and was President of Jesus College Cambridge, 1988–89 and 1990-92.
He has made major contributions to the understanding of the ideas of Keynes, Joan Robinson
Joan Robinson
Joan Violet Robinson FBA was a post-Keynesian economist who was well known for her knowledge of monetary economics and wide-ranging contributions to economic theory...
and other Cambridge economists. He has also made important contributions in his own right to Post Keynesian and post Kaleckian theory. A review article of one his volumes of ‘Selected Essays’ argues that (i) insofar as he has written on capital theory, it has been as an innovator and not as a mere raconteur, and (ii) that he has developed his own suite of post-Keynesian models – this is evident for example in his 1965 paper “A two-sector model of the distribution of income and the level of employment in the short-run” which is reprinted in The Social Science Imperialists: Selected Essays of G.C. Harcourt.
Major publications
- Joan Robinson. London: Palgrave Macmillan (Great Thinkers in Economics Series), 2009 (with Prue Kerr).
- The Structure of Post-Keynesian Economics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- 50 Years a Keynesian and Other Essays. London: Palgrave, 2001.
- Selected Essays on Economic Policy, London: Palgrave, 2001
- A 'Second Edition' of The General Theory (2 vols). London: Routledge, 1997 (edited with Peter Riach).
- Capitalism, Socialism and Post-Keynesianism. Selected Essays of G.C. Harcourt. Cheltenham, Glos: Edward Elgar, 1995.
- Post-Keynesian Essays in Biography: Portraits of Twentieth Century Political Economists. Basingstoke, Hants: Macmillan, 1993.
- The Social Science Imperialists: Selected Essays. London: Routledge, 1982.
- Some Cambridge Controversies in the Theory of Capital. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972.
- Readings in the Concept and Measurement of Income. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969.
- Economic Activity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1967.
Honours
- In 1971 he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
- In 1996 he was made a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Society of Australia.
- In 2003 he was elected to an Academician of the Academy of the Social Sciences in the UK.
- In 2004 he was made a Distinguished Fellow of the History of Economics Society (USA).
- In 2004 he was made an Honorary Member of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought.
- In 2011 he received the Veblen-Commons Award from the Association for Evolutionary Economics