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This article presents information about the book "A Second Edition of the General Theory," vol. 2nd, edited by Geoffrey C. Harcourt and Peter A. Riach. In this book the 31 papers by Keynesian scholars provide interpretations and extensions of Keynes's ideas. Specifically, the writers were asked to provide accounts, based on whatever evidence was available and whatever speculation seemed reasonable, of what they thought Keynes would have written. Part 1 of volume 2 contains an overview, extensions of the "General Theory," a discussion of method in that treatise, and some new developments as they relate to Keynes's theory.

This article focuses on the book "Key Indicators of Developing Asian and Pacific Countries: 1996." This book presents the most current statistical data and socioeconomic indicators from the Asian Development Bank's developing member countries. Part 1 provides standard socioeconomic data comparable among developing member countries. Part 2 presents detailed data for thirty-five countries, covering population, labor force, national accounts, production, energy, price indexes, money and banking.