This paper demonstrates that demand pressure, besides hybrid cost-pressure, matters both on the labor market and on the market for goods in the determination of wage and price inflation. We discuss theoretically and estimate for the USA wage and price Phillips curves exhibiting their own demand...

A baseline integration of commercial banks into the disequilibrium framework with behavioral traders of Charpe et al. (2011, 2012) is presented. At the core of the analysis is the impact the banking sector exerts on the interaction of real and financial markets. Potentially destabilizing...

Contents: Preface -- Part I Classical competition: theory, evidence, and criticism -- 1. François Quesnay: Circular flow and input-output -- 2. Adam Smith: The 'invisible hand' and accumulation -- 3. Adam Smith II: The 'invisible hand' and 'natural prices' -- 4. David Ricardo: Prices,...