The relationships between financial systems and the macroeconomy with emphasis on the saving—investment relationships and the nature of money are set out. A ‘circuitist’ framework is extended to reflect some major features of the era of financialisation since circa 1980

The paper sets out different perspectives on the bank-based vs market-based typology of financial systems. It presents a general critique of the typology, paying particular attention to the ways in which the typology reflects a loanable funds approach, ignoring the roles of banks in the credit...

The paper is focused on the role of finance in the context of the implementation of industrial along the lines of industrial strategy. It argues that there is not a shortage of savings for the funding of investment, and that attention should focus on the direction of savings in ways compatible...

The paper develops a macro-economic analysis along broadly defined Post Keynesian and Kaleckian lines, which incorporates ecological constraints on the pace of economic growth. Since growth is viewed as demand-driven, this involves bringing demand into line with the sustainable ‘ecological...

The paper reviews the theoretical arguments which have been advanced on the relationships between economic growth and growth of the financial sector. This is followed by a similar discussion on financial repression and financial liberalisation. Growth of the financial sector and de-regulation...