Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction: Tadeusz Kowalik and the Political Economy of the 20th Century....Pages 1-9
The Economic System as an End or as a Means, and the Future of Socialism: An Evolutionary Viewpoint....Pages 10-28
Whatever Happened to the ‘Crucial Reform’?....Pages 29-41
‘Crucial Reform’ in Post-War Socialism and Capitalism: Kowalik’s Analysis and the Polish Transition....Pages 42-61
Michał Kalecki’s Capitalist Dynamics from Today’s Perspective....Pages 62-73
‘Political Aspects of Persisting Unemployment’: Kalecki and Beyond....Pages 74-87
The Dynamics of Competition....Pages 88-105
Net Private Savings in Relation to the Government’s Financial Balance....Pages 106-112
Confidence, Increasing Risks, Income Distribution and Crisis in a Post-Kaleckian Stock-Flow Consistent Model....Pages 113-138
Kalecki’s Macroeconomic Analysis and the ‘Great Recession’....Pages 139-152
‘The Accumulation of Capital’ of Rosa Luxemburg, and Systemic and Structural Reasons for the Present Crisis....Pages 153-167
Capitalism, Crisis, Growth and Ecology....Pages 168-179
Trend and Cycle: On the Timeliness of Grossman’s Breakdown Theory....Pages 180-197
Macroeconomic Paradoxes with Kalecki and Kaleckians....Pages 198-211
Revisiting the Socialist Calculation Debate: The Role of Markets and Finance in Hayek’s Response to Lange’s Challenge....Pages 212-230
Back Matter....Pages 231-267