On the “Orthodoxy†of Leon Hirsch Keyserling: Selected Major Analytical and Policy Concepts and Advice to Presidents

W. Robert Brazelton

The American Economist, 2007, vol. 51, issue 1, 15-28

Abstract: This paper discusses major selected tenets of the economic analysis and policy prescriptions of Leon H. Keyserling, the major economic advisor to President Truman and a prolific letter writer to later Presidents, Vice-Presidents and others. This paper is an analysis of (1) of Keyserling's major analytical, and policy beliefs stressing full employment growth from his papers and publications; including a discussion of Keyserling's beliefs concerning economic analysis of Keynes and other forms of analysis such a rational expectations, econometrics, etc.; (2) selected letters to Presidents and others, concerning his advice to them; and (3) a brief conclusion. The analysis below is from his personal files deposited in the archives of the Truman Presidential Library, Independence, Missouri.

Date: 2007
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/056943450705100102 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:amerec:v:51:y:2007:i:1:p:15-28

DOI: 10.1177/056943450705100102

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in The American Economist from Sage Publications
Bibliographic data for series maintained by SAGE Publications ().