A model of cumulative causation is developed and the limits of this model as a characterization of 'historical' rather than 'equilibrium' long-run growth outcomes are discussed. An extension of the model, which postulates that cumulative causation occurs in the context of technological and...

This paper identifies a dialectical method of analysis in the social sciences which, potentially, can be applied to any social system that evolves historically. It is shown that a dialectic exists in post-Keynesian economics, arising from the opposition of conventional and innovative behaviours...

In responding to the comments of George Argyrous and Phillip Toner, this reply focuses on four areas of contention between myself and my critics. First, it is suggested that my original model places more weight on the growth-enhancing characteristics of increasing specialisation in production...

Nicholas Kaldor's biographers portray his intellectual development as a linear progression, away from conventional equilibrium methodology and towards an emphasis on history as the organizing concept for economic analysis. This paper contends, however, that the methodology advocated in Kaldor's...