This paper focuses on the effects of public expenditure for unemployment benefits on the path of income distribution, within the theoretical framework of the monetary theory of production. By contrast to the standard view that unemployment benefits produce bad macroeconomic performances, it will...

The aim of this paper is to provide an interpretation of the so-called profits-investments puzzle, in the theoretical framework of the monetary theory of production (MTP) and with reference to ‘radical’ Institutional issues. In methodological terms, the exercise provided here is designed to...

Dans cet article, nous proposons une relecture de la théorie du fonctionnement du marché du travail de Gunnar Myrdal. En opposition avec la vision commune de son temps (ce qu’il appelle « l’économie de l’équilibre »), Myrdal soutient qu’une économie de marché dérégulée...

This paper deals with the Webbs’ analysis of the labour market. It is divided into two parts. In the first part, starting from their approach to economic theory, where the plurality of motivations underlying agents’ behaviour is stressed, it is argued that – in line with their reflections...

This paper aims to provide an interpretation of economic crises by superimposing Marxian and institutional issues on the theoretical framework of the monetary theory of production. The dynamics of wages are considered, along with investment and conspicuous consumption on the part of rentiers, in...

This paper provides an alternative view to the new consensus approach, from the standpoint of the monetary theory of production. It is shown that output growth is demand driven, so that fiscal policies, as well as direct state intervention above all in the labor market, are effective for...

The aim of the paper is to provide an explanation of involuntary unemployment in a classical (post-Ricardian) framework. The model describes a three-stage bargaining process with four agents (governments, firms, unions, workers). In the first stage, firms determine the wage offered, following a...