We first demonstrate the importance of the doctrines of the quantity theory and the long-period stationary state in the formulation of Marshall's, Wicksell's, and Keynes' pre-General Theory monetary theories. We analyze the anomalous events characterized by these writers as short-period phenomena. From the perspective built up around the quantity equation and its long-period context, business cycles represent economic convolutions in which the behavioral mechanisms of the long-period break down. We demonstrate the theoretical breakdown; importantly, it is not reflected in the work of these writers that they understood that their explanations of short-period events undermined the long-period theorizing they carefully built. Second, it is argued that Keynes saw the General Theory as a theory of the short-period in contrast to the long-period monetary frameworks. We use the General Theory's criticisms of classical monetary theory to establish this point.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:48:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Darcio Martins.pdf: 419759 bytes, checksum: 62809c924d64c55fa6dcb61f10df1f7d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-06-15 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / The main goal of this thesis is to analyze Wicksell s monetary approach, with focus on the Cumulative Process. This is made through the reconstruction of theoretical and practical context in which this theory was originated, underlying its relation with the Quantitative Theory of Money. The modern debate on the quantitative character of the Wicksell s view is also analyzed. The thesis is divided in four fundamental parts: (i) the analysis of the institutional and economic environment of XIX century, focusing on the English monetary controversies; (ii) the description of the two positions in Monetary Theory that, according to Wicksell, synthesized the debate: Quantitative Theory of Money Ricardo s version and the Tooke s monetary approach; (iii) the analysis of Wicksell s monetary approach with emphasis of the Cumulative Process analysis; (iv) a brief description of Humphrey, Patinkin, Haavelmo e Leijohnufvud conceptions about the Cumulative Process and their respective opinions about the quantitative characteristic of the Wicksell s model / Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal compreender a abordagem monetária de Wicksell, com foco no Processo Cumulativo. Faz-se isto, com a análise do contexto prático-teórico em que ela foi originada, com ênfase em sua relação com a Teoria Quantitativa da Moeda; na visão do próprio autor e de seus comentadores posteriores. Para isto, dividiu-se a análise em quatro momentos fundamentais: (i) delimitação do ambiente sócio-econômico e institucional de todo o século XIX, no qual Wicksell estava inserido, com foco nas controvérsias monetárias inglesas; (ii) descrição e críticas de Wicksell das duas posições-síntese em Teoria Monetária em fins do século XIX, segundo o autor: Teoria Quantitativa da Moeda de Ricardo e abordagem de Tooke; (iii) apresentação da abordagem monetária de Wicksell: é feita a análise do modelo do Processo Cumulativo; (iv) breve descrição de algumas interpretações sobre o Processo Cumulativo: Humphrey, Patinkin, Haavelmo e Leijohnufvud, e suas respectivas opiniões sobre o caráter quantitativista ou não do modelo de Wicksell