Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This book provides an introduction to basic as well as advanced macrodynamics, viewed as a disequilibrium theory of fluctuating growth. It builds on an earlier attempt to reformulate the foundations of macroeconomics from the perspective of real markets disequilibrium and the conflict over income distribution between capital and labor. It does so, not because it seeks to support the view that this class conflict is inevitable, but rather from the perspective that an understanding of this conflict may help to formulate social principles and policies that can help to overcome class conflict at least in its cruder forms. It is further hoped that such an understanding can even lead to rational procedures and rules that may turn this conflict into a consensus-driven interaction between capital and the employable workforce.
Synopsis
This book provides an introduction to advanced macrodynamics, viewed as a di- quilibriumtheoryof?uctuatinggrowth. Itbuildsonanearlierattempttoreformulate 1 the foundations of macroeconomics from the perspective of real markets diseq- librium and the con?ict over income distribution between capital and labor. It does so, not because it wants to support the view that this class con?ict is inevitable, but with the perspective that an understanding of this con?ict may help to formulate socio-economic principles and policies that can help to overcome class con?ict at least in its cruder forms or that can even lead to rationally understandable proce- 2 dures and rules that turn this con?ict into a consensus-driven interaction between 3 capitalists or their representatives and the employable workforce. The book starts from established theories of temporary equilibrium positions, the forces of real growth, and the con?ict over income distribution, represented by basic modeling approaches, which it considers in detail in its Part I in order to prepare the ground for their integration in Part II of the book. In this way we inspect what types of models of disequilibrium, income distribution, and real growth we have at our disposal, as models that have proved to be of real interest and sound from a rigorous modeling perspective.
Table of Contents
Goodwin Growth Cycles in a Keynes Trade Cycle. Temporary Equilibrium, Distribution-Driven Demand Cycles and Unbalanced Growth: Keynes, the "Classics" and the "New Classics": A Simple Presentation of Basic Differences.- After Keynes: Real Growth and (In-)Stability.- Distributive Stability by the Reserve Army Mechanism: Marx's Contribution.- Inflation, Stagflation and Disinflation: Friedman - or Marx? Conventional AD-AS Analysis: A Reconsideration: Keynesian Monetary Growth Under Adaptive Expectations.- A Classical Revolution in Keynesian Macrodynamics? Matured Keynesian AD-AS Analysis and Beyond: Keynesian AD-AS, Quo Vadis?- Keynesian DAD-DAS Modelling: Baseline Structure and Estimation.- Modeling Our Future: Flexicurity Capitalism.- Mathematical Appendix: Some Useful Theorems.