Basil Moore, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian post-Keynesian economist
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Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
About Basil Moore
- Basil John Moore was a Canadian post-Keynesian economist, best known for developing and promoting endogenous money theory, particularly the proposition that the money supply curve is horizontal, rather than upward sloping, a proposition known as horizontalism.
- He was the most vocal proponent of this theory, and is considered a central figure in post Keynesian economicsMoore studied economics at the University of Toronto and at Johns Hopkins University.
- In 1958 he started a distinguished academic career at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut and became professor emeritus at the University.
- He left in 2003 to move to South Africa where he joined the University of Stellenbosch with which he had long maintained an association and, "where he was Professor Extraordinary of Economics."
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