ABSTRACT

In this volume more than 40 leading economists pay tribute to, and critically evaluate, Geoff Harcourt's work. Contributors include Tony Atkinson, Tony Lawson, Edward Nell and Ian Steedman.

chapter 1|15 pages

Horses for Courses

chapter 3|13 pages

Markets, Madness and many Middle Ways

Some reflections on the institutional diversity of capitalism

chapter 5|12 pages

The Fears of Economists

chapter 6|12 pages

UK Privatization

Effects on households

chapter 7|11 pages

Inequity and Access to Private Education

An overlapping generations model with altruism

chapter 8|6 pages

The Accountant in a Turbulent Age

Accounting conventions and the failure of healthy companies

chapter 11|12 pages

How Free Should Trade Be Now?

chapter 13|15 pages

Post-Stalinist System Reform in China and Russia

Contrasts and implications

chapter 14|13 pages

Socialism

Goals and efficiency

chapter 15|17 pages

Understanding Effective Demand

Capitalism versus socialism

chapter 20|11 pages

Exploring ‘The Original Kalecki Model T'

Simplifications and generalizations 1

chapter 22|6 pages

Limits to Relative Price Movements

chapter 23|9 pages

The Myths of Free Banking

chapter 24|16 pages

Defining and Measuring Unemployment in the United Kingdom

Updating the recent controversy

chapter 27|10 pages

The Labour Market Of Fear

chapter 31|16 pages

The Stock Market And The Corporate Sector

A profit-based approach

chapter 32|14 pages

Expanding Employment in the Global Economy

The high road or the low road? 1

chapter 36|22 pages

When Workers Save Nothing And Capitalists Consume Everything

Was Kaldor right about why Latin America had such poor savings performance?

chapter 37|15 pages

Growth And Employment

An interpretation of some fundamental transformations in the OECD countries