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Michał Kalecki in the 21st Century Jan Toporowski Łukasz Mamica Michał Kalecki in the 21st Century 5 0 2- 0 5- 1 0 2 ct - e n n o C e v a gr al P y - ar br Li al nt e D n n a m d al W y - sit er v ni U k or Y w e N o d t e s n e c m - li o c ct. e n n o c e v a gr al p w. w w m o al fr eri at m ht g yri p o C 10.1057/9781137428288 - Michał Kalecki in the 21st Century, Edited by Jan Toporowski and Łukasz Mamica 9781137428271_01_pre.indd i 11/21/2014 9:14:52 AM Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought Series Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought publishes contributions by leading scholars, illuminating key events, theories and individuals that have had a lasting impact on the development of modern-day economics. The topics 5 covered include the development of economies, institutions and theories. 2-0 0 5- 1 Titles include : 20 Jan Toporowski and Łukasz Mamica (e ditors ) ect - n MICHAL KALECKI IN THE 21ST CENTURY on C e Tadeusz Kowalik av ROSA LUXEMBURG THEORY OF ACCUMULATION AND IMPERIALISM algr P Riccardo Bellofiore, Ewa Karwowski and Jan Toporowski ( editors ) y - ECONOMIC CRISIS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY brar Volume 2 of Essays in Honour of Tadeusz Kowalik al Li Riccardo Bellofiore, Ewa Karwowski and Jan Toporowski ( editors ) ent D THE LEGACY OF ROSA LUXEMBURG, OSKAR LANGE AND MICHAŁ KALECKI n n Volume 1 of Essays in Honour of Tadeusz Kowalik ma d Timothy Shenk Wal MAURICE DOBB: Political Economist y - sit Jan Toporowski er v MICHAŁ KALECKI: AN INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHY Uni Volume 1 Rondezvous in Cambridge 1899–1939 ork Y w e Forthcoming titles: N o Anthony Thirlwall ( editor ) ed t s ESSAYS ON KEYNESIAN AND KALDORIAN ECONOMICS n e c Jan Toporowski m - li MICHAŁ KALECKI: AN INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHY o c Volume 2 1939–1970 ct. e n n The full list of titles available is on the website: o c www.palgrave.com/economics ve a gr al p w. w w m o al fr Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought eri Series Standing Order ISBN 978–1–137–35018–3 mat ( outside North America only ) ht g You can receive future titles in this series as they are published by placing a standing order. yri p Please contact your bookseller or, in case of difficulty, write to us at the address below with o C your name and address, the title of the series and the ISBN quoted above. 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Logging, pulping and manufacturing ns e p coroucnetsrsye os fa oreri geixnp. ected to conform to the environmental regulations of the m - lic o A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ct.c e A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. nn o c e v a gr al p w. w w m o al fr eri at m ht g yri p o C 10.1057/9781137428288 - Michał Kalecki in the 21st Century, Edited by Jan Toporowski and Łukasz Mamica 9781137428271_01_pre.indd iv 11/21/2014 9:14:52 AM Contents 5 0 2- 0 List of Figures v ii 5- 1 0 2 List of Tables i x ct - e n n Notes on Contributors x Co e v a gr al Introduction 1 y - P Łukasz Mamica and Jan Toporowski ar br Li al Part I Kalecki and Macroeconomics nt e D n 1 The Failure of Economic Planning: The Role of the n a m Fel’dman Model and Kalecki’s Critique 9 d al W Peter Kriesler and G. C. Harcourt y - 2 Are Rigid Prices the Cause of Unemployment? 2 9 ersit v Jerzy Osiatyński Uni k 3 Kalecki and Post-Keynesian Economics 5 1 Yor w Marc Lavoie Ne o 4 Effective Demand and Path Dependence in Short- and ed t s n Long-Run Growth 68 e c Amit Bhaduri m - li o c 5 Kaleckian Traverse, Socialist Planning and Hayekian ct. e n Objections 80 n o c Roni Demirbag and Joseph Halevi ve a gr 6 The Impact of Innovations on Investments and al p w. Economic Growth in the Thought of Kalecki 99 w w Łukasz Mamica m o 7 ‘Dr Kalecki’ on Mr Keynes 108 erial fr Hanna Szymborska and Jan Toporowski at m ht g Part II Kalecki and Crisis in the 21st Century yri p o C 8 Michał Kalecki’s Capitalist Dynamics from Today’s Perspective 119 D. Mario Nuti v 10.1057/9781137428288 - Michał Kalecki in the 21st Century, Edited by Jan Toporowski and Łukasz Mamica 9781137428271_01_pre.indd v 11/21/2014 9:14:53 AM vi Contents 9 K alecki’s Profits Equation after 80 years 1 31 Kazimierz Łaski and Herbert Walther 10 K alecki and Kowalik on the Dilemma of ‘Crucial Reform’ in the United States and Poland 1 57 5 0 G ary A. Dymski 2- 0 5- 1 11 A Kaleckian Perspective on Changes in the Aggregate 20 Income Distribution in the US 1 82 ect - n T racy Mott and Mark Evers on C e v 12 A ddressing the ‘Great Recession’ Using Kalecki’s gra al Macroeconomic Analysis 1 98 P Malcolm Sawyer ary - br Li 13 E conomic Policies for Exit from Crisis, in a al nt Post-Kaleckian Model 2 12 e D E dwin Le Heron nn a m d 14 F irm Heterogeneity, Finance and Development: al W A Kaleckian Perspective 2 39 y - J ago Penrose ersit v ni U 15 T he Kalecki-Steindl Theory of Financial Fragility 2 52 k or J an Toporowski w Y e N o Index 265 d t e s n e c m - li o c ct. e n n o c e v a gr al p w. w w m o al fr eri at m ht g yri p o C 10.1057/9781137428288 - Michał Kalecki in the 21st Century, Edited by Jan Toporowski and Łukasz Mamica 9781137428271_01_pre.indd vi 11/21/2014 9:14:53 AM List of Figures 5 0 2- 0 1.1 Growth rate of net output as a function of the degree 5- 1 0 1.2 o Tfh ien cdhuositcriea olifz ateticohnn ique in China 1 240 ect - 2 n n 7.1 Determination of short-run equilibrium in Kalecki’s Co e interpretation 1 10 av gr 7.2 Impact of an increase in capitalist expenditure on the al P short-run equilibrium in Kalecki’s interpretation 111 y - ar 9.1 Lowering the wage share 138 br Li 9.2 The Kaleckian cross 139 al nt 9.3 US sectoral financial balances 147 De n 9.4 The uses of gross corporate profits 151 an m 9.5 Increasing income inequality in the US 152 d al W 10.1 Annual US unemployment rates in post-1980 y - expansions, trough to peak (truncated at 6 years) 169 sit er 10.2 Annual US long-term unemployment rates in post-1980 niv U expansions, trough to peak (truncated at 6 years) 170 k or 10.3 Annual percentage changes in components of US w Y e GDP growth, 1992–2010 171 o N 10.4 Annual Polish unemployment rates in post-1990 d t e s expansions, trough to peak 176 en c 10.5 Annual Polish labour-force participation rates in m - li post-1990 expansions, trough to peak 176 co 10.6 Annual Polish youth unemployment rates in ect. n n post-1990 expansions, trough to peak 177 co e 1 0.7 Annual Polish long-term unemployment rates in av gr post-1990 expansions, trough to peak 177 al p w. 10.8 Annual percentage changes in components of Polish w w GDP growth, 1992–2010 178 m o 11.1 Degree of unionization 188 al fr 11.2 NIPA mark-up 1 92 eri at m 11.3 BLS mark-up 1 92 ht 11.4 BLS and mixed mark-up comparison 193 yrig p 11.5 Real corporate dividends 195 o C 13.1 Inflation curve 226 13.2 Inflation and state of confidence of firms and banks in France effects on the economic growth 227 vii 10.1057/9781137428288 - Michał Kalecki in the 21st Century, Edited by Jan Toporowski and Łukasz Mamica 9781137428271_01_pre.indd vii 11/21/2014 9:14:53 AM viii List of Figures 13.3 Three hypotheses for fiscal policy 229 13.4 Better income distribution effects on economic growth 2 30 13.5 Lower wages effects on economic growth 231 15.1 Household saving & firms’ retained profits in industrial 05 2- capitalism 2 56 5-0 1 15.2 Household saving & firms’ retained profits in 20 financialized capitalism 262 ect - n n o C e v a gr al P y - ar br Li al nt e D n n a m d al W y - sit er v ni U k or Y w e N o d t e s n e c m - li o c ct. e n n o c e v a gr al p w. w w m o al fr eri at m ht g yri p o C 10.1057/9781137428288 - Michał Kalecki in the 21st Century, Edited by Jan Toporowski and Łukasz Mamica 9781137428271_01_pre.indd viii 11/21/2014 9:14:53 AM