This paper explores some of the links between macroeconomic policy and industrial strategy. The perspective of the present paper is to emphasis the role of the output and investment activities of enterprises rather than the general focus on the labour market in the determination of economic...

Abstract: An analysis of fiscal policy is presented in the context of a simple Kaleckian model of growth. The positive effects of budget deficits on economic activity and on growth are shown, and the appropriate scale of budget deficit derived. Alternatives to budget deficits to secure high...

The «‘it’» in the title comes from Hyman Minsky’s Can ‘It’ Happen Again, and refers to major economic downturns following financial crises, and the notion that such financial crises occur rather frequently but that policy measures tend to prevent the downturns developing into...

The purpose is to examine some of the links in the chain which is said to run from the rate of interest to the rate of inflation. It is argued that that there is a tendency to slip from arguments which that the rate of interest is related to the price level to suggesting that the rate of...

A major argument used against the use of fiscal policy comes from the view that there are automatic forces within an economic system to ensure high levels of demand. This paper argues that the case for fiscal policy in general rests on the proposition that there are no such market forces that...

This paper has the simple objective of exploring the implications of a Kaleckian (heterodox) macroeconomic analysis for the effectiveness of monetary policy, specifically one based on the use of interest rates to target the rate of inflation. The paper begins by setting out the essential...

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...