ABSTRACT

InpresentingthediscussionwhichfollowedthepublicationofKeynes' work,weshallnotproceedinchronologicalorder.Instead,weshall analysetheconsequencesofthreedifferentassumptions,takingaccount, insodoing,ofthecontributionsofthemostimportantauthors.The threedifferentassumptionsare:

1.themoneywagerateisgiven, 2.themoneywagerateisflexible,hencecompetitionexistsinthe

marketforlabour, 3.therealwagerateisgiven.