Using input-output data from the World Input-Output Database (172 Symmetric Input-Output Tables of 43 countries, spanning the period 2000-2014), this paper estimates the degree and rank of Kalman controllability of the relevant Sraffian price systems. The findings suggest that: (i) the degree of...

This paper argues that Marx’s theory of economic crises constitutes a system of three discrete ‘sub-theories’ on: (i) distributive growth cycles; (ii) effective demand; and (iii) the tendency of the average profit rate to fall. The paper explores the relationships between these sub-theories...

The economic crisis that inflicted Greece is international in character and its cause is in the decreasing profitability of capital which from a certain point onwards leads to the stagnation of profits, discourages new investment, reduces production and increases unemployment. If these are...

Greek Abstract: Οι εξελισσόμενες ανάγκες χρηματοδότησης των επιχειρήσεων, οι αυξανόμενες απαιτήσεις των επενδυτών και η διεθνοποίηση των κεφαλαιαγορών κατέστησαν τις...