Purpose: This research paper uses a novel methodological approach to investigate the spillover effects among the key sectors of the US economy. Design/methodology/approach: The paper links the US sectors via a node theoretic scheme based on a general equilibrium framework, whereas it estimates...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to deal with questions of instability and economic crises, deriving theoretical arguments from Marx's and Schumpeter's works and presenting relevant empirical evidence for the case of the US food manufacturing sector. Design/methodology/approach – The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate two famous postulates of the Schumpeterian doctrine and its implications for the US economy. Design/methodology/approach – Analytically, the authors investigate whether sector size matters for sectoral: technological change and stability,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a non‐linear Hicks model of the cycle, based on Keynesian theory and economic dynamics. Design/methodology/approach – Using the proposed approach, the paper puts forward a simple method for its empirical estimation based on nonlinear least...

Purpose – Joseph Alois Schumpeter's ideas are in the discussion agenda of various economists working in different theoretical traditions. However, several aspects of his work remain unexplored. In particular, the origin of his ideas in the context of the then prevalent economic theories of the...