Economic Crisis and Political Economy [electronic resource] : Volume 2 of Essays in Honour of Tadeusz Kowalik /
Bellofiore, R.editor.
Karwowski, E.editor.
Toporowski, J.editor.
Rosa Luxemburg, Oskar Lange and Micha? Kalecki made important contributions to twentieth century political economy that guided the thinking of their student Tadeusz Kowalik. The chapters of this volume examine how the ideas of Luxemburg, Lange, Kalecki and Kowalik can illuminate our understanding of the crisis in twenty-first century capitalism.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Frontispiece; Introduction: Tadeusz Kowalik and the Political Economy of the 20th Century; 1 The Economic System as an End or as a Means, and the Future of Socialism: An Evolutionary Viewpoint; 2 Whatever Happened to the 'Crucial Reform'?; 3 'Crucial Reform' in Post-War Socialism and Capitalism: Kowalik's Analysis and the Polish Transition; 4 Michal Kalecki's Capitalist Dynamics from Today's Perspective; 5 'Political Aspects of Persisting Unemployment': Kalecki and Beyond
6 The Dynamics of Competition7 Net Private Savings in Relation to the Government's Financial Balance; 8 Confidence, Increasing Risks, Income Distribution and Crisis in a Post-Kaleckian Stock-Flow Consistent Model; 9 Kalecki's Macroeconomic Analysis and the 'Great Recession'; 10 'The Accumulation of Capital' of Rosa Luxemburg, and Systemic and Structural Reasons for the Present Crisis; 11 Capitalism, Crisis, Growth and Ecology; 12 Trend and Cycle: On the Timeliness of Grossman's Breakdown Theory; 13 Macroeconomic Paradoxes with Kalecki and Kaleckians
14 Revisiting the Socialist Calculation Debate: The Role of Markets and Finance in Hayek's Response to Lange's ChallengeReferences; Bibliography of Published Works by Tadeusz Kowalik; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rosa Luxemburg, Oskar Lange and Micha? Kalecki made important contributions to twentieth century political economy that guided the thinking of their student Tadeusz Kowalik. The chapters of this volume examine how the ideas of Luxemburg, Lange, Kalecki and Kowalik can illuminate our understanding of the crisis in twenty-first century capitalism.
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