Competing economic theories : essays in memory of Giovanni Caravale

Other Authors: Caravale, Giovanni., Nistic?o, Sergio( 1962-), Tosato, Domenico A.
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1
  • SERGIO NISTICE AND DOMENICO TOSATO PART I
  • Economic theory and its history 13
  • 1 The relevance for present economic theory of economic theory written in the past 15
  • DONALD A. WALKER
  • 2 The relevance of the economic ideas of the past 33
  • AUGUSTO GRAZIANI PART II
  • The classical school and the Ricardo debate 39
  • 3 The canonical classical growth model: content, adherence and priority 41
  • SAMUEL HOLLANDER
  • 4 Sraffa: the theoretical world of the 'old classical economists' 67
  • PIERANGELO GAREGNANI
  • 5 Misunderstanding classical economics: the Sraffian interpretation of the surplus approach 80
  • MARK BLAUG
  • 6 Misunderstanding the Sraffian reading of the classical theory of value and distribution: a note 97
  • CARLO PANICO
  • 7 Is it possible to define a canonical classical growth model? 102
  • EUGENIO ZAGARI
  • 8 Garegnani's interpretation of the 'old classical economists' 105
  • ENRICO ZAGHINI
  • 9 Different perspectives on distribution within classical political economy 115
  • SERGIO NISTICO
  • 10 Sraffa's Ricardo after fifty years: a preliminary estimate 130
  • PIER LUIGI PORTA
  • 11 Some reflections on Sraffa's Ricardo 155
  • GARY MONGIOVI PART III
  • Models of prices and allocations in equilibrium and out of equilibrium 165
  • 12 Reflections on Caravale's contributions relating to equilibrium and their relation to the interpretation of Keynes 167
  • VICTORIA CHICK
  • 13 Sraffa's contributions to economics: some notes on his unpublished papers 177
  • HEINZ D. KURZ
  • 14 Models of monopolistic competition and general equilibrium theory 197
  • DOMENICO TOSATO
  • 15 Non-competitive general equilibrium in a dynamic perspective 233
  • PIER CARLO NICOLA
  • 16 Technology and employment in an out-of-equilibrium perspective 236
  • MARIO AMENDOLA 17 Strategic complementarity and near-rationality in New Keynesian models: a note 243
  • ANDREA BOITANI PART IV
  • The legacy of Keynes 247 18 Keynes on probability, uncertainty and tragic choices 249
  • ANNA CARABELLI 19 Was Keynes a truly heretic economist? 280
  • MARCELLO DE CECCO 20 Keynes, disequilibrium theory and New Keynesian economics 284
  • BRUNO JOSSA 21 Keynesian economics from a non-price theoretic framework 300
  • ROY J. ROTHEIM 22 The controversies in contemporary macroeconomics 306
  • GIORGIO RODANO 23 On the relevance of the distinction between Keynesian
  • and neoclassical macroeconomics 326
  • IGNAZIO MUSU PART V
  • Economic theorising and institutions 329 24 Economic theory and institutions 331
  • LUIGI L. PASINETTI 25 Economic theory and institutions: an introductory note 340
  • GIOVANNI CARAVALE
  • 26 Economics and institutions from a central bank perspective 348
  • PIERLUIGI CIOCCA
  • 27 Economics and institutions: some reflections on Pasinetti and Caravale 354
  • LUIGI SPAVENTA
  • 28 Economics and institutions: the constraints of history 357
  • PAOLO SYLOS LABINI
  • 29 A summing up 361
  • LUIGI L. PASINETTI References 364
  • Index 391.