One of the major financial market events of the 1980s was the precipitous rise of depository institution failures including banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions. Not since the 1930s has there been a similar period of turmoil in these industries. The events of the 1980s have...

This paper attempts a systematic examination of the significance of increasing returns for macroeconomic theory. Two main questions are addressed: (i) What are the implications for the construction of macromodels of the assumption of increasing returns? and (ii) What are the implications for the...

This book contends that post Keynesian economics has its own methodological and didactic basis, and its realistic analysis is much-needed in the current economic and financial crisis. At a time when the original message of Keynes’ General Theory is no longer present in most university...

The paper addresses Kliman's criticisms of the observed correlations between prices and labour values. It argues that the notion of spurious correlation is not relevant in this case. It examines Kliman's own simulations and shows that his statistical correction techniques involve dividing...