This article is centred around the notions of shareholder value orientation and financialisation. Shareholder value orientation is reflected by a high dividend payout ratio applied by firms and the reluctance of firms to finance physical investment via new equity issues. Financialisation is the...

We tackle the issue of the possible instability of the Kaleckian distribution and growth model. Distinguishing between Keynesian and Harrodian instability, we review various mechanisms that have been proposed by critics of the Kaleckian model to tame Harrodian instability while bringing back the...