Microeconomics, macroeconomics and economic policy : essays in honour of Malcolm Sawyer / edited by Philip Arestis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sawyer, Malcolm C.

Arestis, Philip, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microeconomics.

Macroeconomics.

Economic policy.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 296 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillian, 2011.

Summary:

Microeconomics, macroeconomics and economic policy are at the core of research and study in economics The essays in this volume have been specifically commissioned and brought together to celebrate the work of Malcolm Sawyer, who has made substantial contributions-in-these areas The Chapters explore important questions including 'Is There a Role for Active Fiscal Policies?' and 'Regulating Wall Street' as well as offering critical appraisals and ongmaldiscussions of these three key areas of economic thought. Book jacket.

Contents:

Malcolm Sawyer : an appreciation / Philip Arestis

The function of firms : alternative views / Nina Shapiro

Industrial structure and the macro-economy / Keith Cowling and Philip Tomlinson

Unemployment, power relations, and the quality of work / David Spencer

The problem of young people not in employment, education or training : is there a neet solution? / John McCombie and Maureen Pike

The business of macro imbalances : comparing 'gluts' in savings, money and profits / William Milberg and Lauren Schmitz

A critical appraisal of the new consensus macroeconomics / Philip Arestis

Bringing together the horizontalist and the structuralist analyses of endogenous money / Giuseppe Fontana

Economic growth and income distribution : Kalecki, the Kaleckians and their critics / Amitava Krishna Dutt

The influence of Kalecki on Joan Robinson's approach to economics / Geoff Harcourt and Peter Kriesler

Shared ideas amid mutual incomprehension : Kalecki and Cambridge / Jan Toporowski

Is there a role for active fiscal policies? : supply-side and demand-side effects of fiscal policies / Jesus Ferreiro, Teresa Garcia del Valle, Carmen Gomez and Felipe Serrano

Fiscal policy and private investment in Mexico / Emilio Caballero and Julio López

A Keynes-Kalecki model of cyclical growth with agent-based features / Mark Setterfield and Andrew Budd

Unsurprising to Keynes, shocking to economists : the normalization of capital controls in the global financial crisis / Ilene Grabel

Regulating Wall Street : exploring the political economy of the possible / Gerald Epstein and Robert Pollin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230290198

0230290191

OCLC:

708762764