This paper shifts the focus of discussion on the 2008 financial crisis from the problems of the financial sector to its effects on the real economy. We step back from the immediate facts of the crisis to consider the reason for finance and its importance in firm innovation, both theoretically...

This paper examines and develops the firm-centered price theory of Post Keynesian economics. It takes issue with the traditional interpretation of that theory, arguing that although its prices are cost-based, they are not cost-determined. The distinctiveness and significance of the theory are...

This paper examines the macroeconomic effects of competition. The Kaleckian view of these effects is considered along with the neoclassical, with special attention paid to the degree of monopoly and its effect on investment. Both the product and price competition of firms are examined, and the...