The aim of this note is to examine briefly the influence Kalecki exerted on the author's way of thinking as a political economist. It is therefore a highly subjective piece, written with the benefit of hindsight. The great debt the author feels he owes Kalecki derives from Kalecki's...

BL With a new preface by the authors This is an important work of original scholarship by two of the most distinguished East European economists now working in the West. The authors, both of whom were involved in the Planning Office of the Polish economy in the 1950s and 1960s, present here the...