The English economist Sir Dennis Holme Robertson (1890-1963) was a major figure in the development of economic theory in the 20th century, particularly in the fields of monetary and business cycle theory and policy. Dennis Robertson was born on May 23,...

Major UK economist of the twentieth century. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he held a fellowship almost continuously from 1916, interrupted by a chair at the London School of Economics from 1939 to 1944. He succeeded PIGOU as...

Sir Dennis Holme Robertson (May 23, 1890 – April 21, 1963) was an English economist who taught at Cambridge and London Universities. Robertson, the son of a Church of England clergyman, was born in Lowestoft and educated as a scholar of Eton and at...

Gordon Fletcher. Understanding Dennis Robertson: The Man and His Work. Northampton, Mass.: Edward Elgar. 2000. Pp. xii, 433. $120.00. ISBN 1-84064-343-9. A detailed biographical study of D. H. Robertson's life and work is long overdue. The early parts of Fletcher's book have...

1. Introduction In 1936 John M. Keynes published The General Theory, which was designed to deal with difficult questions of economic theory and policy (5). This book represented a break from the traditional theories taught at Cambridge University and the movement it...