The financial crisis can be explained as the ultimate result of the gradual move towards neoliberal policies and the acceptance of neoliberal economic theories. The purchasing power of ordinary workers and consumers has been constrained by the evolution of six economic features: environmental...

This paper deploys a simple stock-flow consistent (SFC) model in order to examine various contentions regarding fiscal and monetary policy. It follows from the model that if the fiscal stance is not set in the appropriate fashionâthat is, at a well-defined level and growth rateâthen full...

This paper presents a stock-flow model of two economies (together comprising the whole world) that trade goods and financial assets with one another. The first part of the paper describes a single economy on a fixed exchange rate, with no private capital flows, in order to obtain simple analytic...

This paper develops the cambist (or Post Keynesian) view of forward exchange rates previously put forward in Lavoie (2000), according to which the forward exchange rate is not a predictor of future spot rates. The paper deals with imperfect asset substitutability, the peculiarities of fixed...

It is shown that asset-based financial systems, just like overdraft financial systems, rely on a fully endogenous supply of high-powered money, with central banks engaging essentially in "defensive" operations. This is demonstrated through an analysis of the Canadian monetary process, which is...

This paper presents a demand-led growth model grounded in a coherent stock-flow monetary accounting framework, where all stocks and flows are accounted for. Wealth is allocated between assets on Tobinesque principles, but no equilibrium condition is necessary to bring the "demand" for money into...