Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Economic Policy

Introduction: Malcolm Sawyer: An Appreciation; P.Arestis   PART I: MICROECONOMICS The Function of Firms: Alternative Views; N.Shapiro Industrial Structure and the Macro-economy; K.Cowling  & P.Tomlinson Unemployment, Power Relations, and the Quality of Work; D.Spencer The Problem of Young People Not in Employment, Education or Training: Is there a NEET Solution?; J.McCombie  & M.Pike The Business of Macro Imbalances: Comparing 'Gluts' in Savings, Money and Profits; W.Milberg  & L.Schmitz   PART II: MACROECONOMICS A Critical Appraisal of the New Consensus Macroeconomics; P.Arestis Bringing Together the Horizontalist and the Structuralist Analyses of Endogenous Money; G.Fontana Economic Growth and Income Distribution: Kalecki, the Kaleckians and their Critics; A.Krishna Dutt The Influence of Kalecki on Joan Robinson's Approach to Economics; G.Harcourt & P.Kriesler Shared Ideas Amid Mutual Incomprehension: Kalecki and Cambridge; J.Toporowski   PART III: ECONOMIC POLICY Is There a Role forActive Fiscal Policies? Supply-side and Demand-side Effects of Fiscal Policies; J.Ferreiro, T.Garcia del Valle, C.Gomez  & F.Serrano Fiscal Policy and Private Investment in Mexico; E.Caballero  & J.López A Keynes-Kalecki Model of Cyclical Growth with Agent-Based Features; M.Setterfield  & A.Budd Unsurprising to Keynes, Shocking to Economists: The Normalization of Capital Controls in the Global Financial Crisis; I.Grabel Regulating Wall Street: Exploring the Political Economy of the Possible; G.Epstein  & R.Pollin