{"product_id":"lectures-in-macroeconomics-a-capitalist-economy-without-unemployment-9780198842118","title":"Lectures in Macroeconomics: A Capitalist Economy Without Unemployment","description":"\u003cem\u003eLectures in Macroeconomics: A Capitalist Economy Without Unemployment\u003c\/em\u003e provides a systematic account of the principle of aggregate demand based on the work of Polish economist Michal Kalecki, best known as one of the originators of the Keynesian Revolution in macroeconomics.The lectures\u003cbr\u003edemonstrate the importance of aggregate demand in determining total output and employment in the capitalist economy. They show how the investment decisions of firms affect economic growth, arguing that due to the unstable nature of investment it is important that the government has a central role in\u003cbr\u003estabilizing the economy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis English translation of Kazimierz Laski's final work brings up to date fundamental concepts to give a picture of the twenty-first capitalist economy, and the obstacles that must be overcome in bringing it to full employment. It introduces the role of money and finance in the contemporary\u003cbr\u003ecapitalist economy, as well as the central role of the labour market and wages. The analysis is illustrated with statistics and discussion around the evolution of capitalist economies and the rise of economic inequality since the Second World War, culminating in the 2008 crisis and the economic\u003cbr\u003edeflation affecting Europe since that crisis. \u003cem\u003eLectures in Macroeconomics\u003c\/em\u003e remarks critically upon the neo-classical approach to economics that has brought about slow economic growth, unemployment, and inequality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kazimierz Laski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198842118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKazimierz Laski \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKazimierz Laski (1921-2015), was born in Częstochowa in Poland. Despite his Jewish origins, he survived the Second World War, fighting in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. He studied Economics with Oskar Lange and went on to hold the Chair in Political Economy at Warsaw's Economics University, where\u003cbr\u003ehe organized lectures by Poland's other internationally-renowned economist, Michal Kalecki. Laski was expelled from Poland in 1968 during the anti-Semitic purge, and eventually settled in Austria, where he taught at the University in Linz and researched at the Vienna Institute for Comparative\u003cbr\u003eEconomic Studies. Even after his formal retirement Kazimierz Laski remained active, lecturing in Poland and presenting his research all over the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJerzy Osiatyński studied at Warsaw School of Economics (1959-64) and at the University of Cambridge (1971-73). He has worked at the Warsaw School of Economics and at the Institute of Economics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on economic theory and policy, public finance, and\u003cbr\u003eeconomic development. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJan Toporowski studied economics at Birkbeck College, University of London, and the University of Birmingham, UK. He has worked in fund management, international banking, and central banking. He has been a consultant for the Economist Intelligence Unit and various UN agencies. Jan Toporowski has\u003cbr\u003epublished nearly three hundred papers, books and reviews on monetary theory and policy, finance, and the work of Michal Kalecki, whose biography he has recently completed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39932118237299,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":56.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_af7751e8-1306-4f46-9653-1c7d23341341.jpg?v=1647790527","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/lectures-in-macroeconomics-a-capitalist-economy-without-unemployment-9780198842118","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}