In the first part of the book, Eckhard Hein presents a comprehensive overview of the main approaches towards distribution and growth including the contributions of Harrod and Domar, old and new neoclassical theories including the fundamental capital controversy critique, the post-Keynesian...

1. Critique of the New Consensus Macroeconomics and a Proposal for a More Keynesian Macroeconomic Model- Philip Arestis -- 2. Approaching budget deficits, debts and money in a socially responsible manner- Malcolm Sawyer -- 3. Advances in the Post Keynesian Analysis of Money and Finance- Marc...

In the past few decades, and intensified since the global financial crisis of August 2007, heterodox macroeconomics has developed apace and its scope has broadened in a number of directions. The purpose of this volume is to review the "state of the art" in heterodox macroeconomics, its strengths...

1. "The Realism of Assumptions Does Matter: Why Keynes-Minsky Theory Must Replace Efficient Market Theory as the Guide to Financial Regulation Policy." In The Oxford Handbook of the Political Economy of Financial Crises, Gerald Epstein and Martin Wolfson, eds. New York: Oxford University Press,...