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...

Using data from the Symmetric Input-Output Table of the Greek economy for the year 2010, this paper estimates the corresponding Sraffian autonomous demand-transfer payments curve. The findings reveal certain technical-effective demand-social features of the Greek economy and provide a context...

This essay explores the ralationships between income distribution, capital accumulation and technological change in the long-run. It is shown that a falling rate of profit is not a necessity for the capitalist mode of production.

This paper deals with key open issues involved in Book V of the Nicomachean Ethics and related to the theory of exchange values. On the basis of the Modern Classical theory of value-income distribution and the concept of ‘social abstract labour’, the paper argues that: (i) the Aristotelian...

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...

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...

Greek Abstract: Η συμβατική μικροοικονομική θεωρία, η οποία θεμελιώθηκε και αναπτύχθηκε κυρίως από τους νεοκλασικούς οικονομολόγους, εμπεριέχει κάποια βασικά λάθη τα...

Greek abstract: Η μέχρι τώρα έρευνά μου που αποκαλύπτει θεμελιώδη λάθη της συμβατικής (νεοκλασικής) οικονομικής θεωρίας, βασίζεται κυρίως στη (λανθασμένη) αντίληψη της...

This paper explores the dynamics of the Greek public debt and its relationship with the ‘twin deficits’, that is, the public and current account deficits. By modeling the evolution of these variables and using actual data of the Greek economy, this paper shows that the public debt is...

Η έρευνα αυτή αποτελεί μια αντικειμενική αποτύπωση της σύγχρονης κοινωνικής πραγματικότητας αλλά και ένα χρήσιμο εργαλείο για τους σύγχρονους και μελλοντικούς...