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Modern forms of capitalism and the limits of its governability: Keynes, Kalecki, Minsky and Hayek
10 Novembro 2020, 13:00 • Rita Sousa
Modern forms of capitalism and the limits of its governability: Keynes, Kalecki, Minsky and Hayek
Required Readings for both lectures:
Hayek, F.A. (1950), "Full Employment, Planning and Inflation". In: ibid., 1967: Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press: 270-279.
Keynes, J. Maynard (1967), The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, London: MacMillan, [Chapter 24].
Minsky, Hyman P. (1992), "The Financial Instability Hypothesis", Levy Economics Institute Working Paper no. 74.
Complementary readings:
Crouch, C. (2009) "Privatised Keynesianism: An Unacknowledged Policy Regime", The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 11: 382-399.
Kalecki, M., (1943), "Political Aspects of Full Employment". In: Political Quarterly, 14(4): 322-331.
Konzelmann, Suzanne (2014), "The political economics of austerity", Cambridge Journal of Economics, 38: 701-741.
Perez, S. A. and Matsaganis, M. (2018), "The Political Economy of Austerity in Southern Europe", New Political Economy, 23: 192-207.
Stockhammer, E. (2016), "Neoliberal Growth Models, Monetary Union and the Euro Crisis. A Post-Keynesian Perspective", New Political Economy, 21: 365-379.
Modern forms of capitalism and the limits of its governability: Keynes, Kalecki, Minsky and Hayek
5 Novembro 2020, 13:00 • Rita Sousa
Modern forms of capitalism and the limits of its governability: Keynes, Kalecki, Minsky and Hayek
Required Readings for both lectures:
Hayek, F.A. (1950), "Full Employment, Planning and Inflation". In: ibid., 1967: Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press: 270-279.
Keynes, J. Maynard (1967), The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, London: MacMillan, [Chapter 24].
Minsky, Hyman P. (1992), "The Financial Instability Hypothesis", Levy Economics Institute Working Paper no. 74.
Complementary readings:
Crouch, C. (2009) "Privatised Keynesianism: An Unacknowledged Policy Regime", The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 11: 382-399.
Kalecki, M., (1943), "Political Aspects of Full Employment". In: Political Quarterly, 14(4): 322-331.
Konzelmann, Suzanne (2014), "The political economics of austerity", Cambridge Journal of Economics, 38: 701-741.
Perez, S. A. and Matsaganis, M. (2018), "The Political Economy of Austerity in Southern Europe", New Political Economy, 23: 192-207.
Stockhammer, E. (2016), "Neoliberal Growth Models, Monetary Union and the Euro Crisis. A Post-Keynesian Perspective", New Political Economy, 21: 365-379.
States and Markets in the institutionalist perspective
3 Novembro 2020, 13:00 • Rita Sousa
States and Markets in the institutionalist perspective
Required Readings for both lectures:
Chang, HaJoon (2002), "Breaking the mould: an institutionalist political economy alternative to the neoliberal theory of the market and the state", Cambridge Journal of Economics, 26: 539-559
Polanyi, Karl, 1957 [1944]: The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time, Boston: Beacon Press, [Chapter 5, 6, 11, 12, and 21].
Complementary readings:
Crouch, Colin (2004), "The State and Innovations in Economic Governance", Political Quarterly, 75(1): 100-116.
Schmidt, V. (2009), "Putting the Political Back Into Political Economy by Bringing the State Back in Yet Again", World Politics, 61 (3): 516-54.
PART II: STATES AND MARKETS: IDEAS, DISCOURSES AND POLICIES
29 Outubro 2020, 13:00 • Rita Sousa
Session 8: States and Markets in the institutionalist perspective
Required Readings for both lectures:
Chang, HaJoon (2002), "Breaking the mould: an institutionalist political economy alternative to the neoliberal theory of the market and the state", Cambridge Journal of Economics, 26: 539-559
Polanyi, Karl, 1957 [1944]: The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time, Boston: Beacon Press, [Chapter 5, 6, 11, 12, and 21].
Complementary readings:
Crouch, Colin (2004), "The State and Innovations in Economic Governance", Political Quarterly, 75(1): 100-116.
Schmidt, V. (2009), "Putting the Political Back Into Political Economy by Bringing the State Back in Yet Again", World Politics, 61 (3): 516-54.
PART II: STATES AND MARKETS: IDEAS, DISCOURSES AND POLICIES
27 Outubro 2020, 13:00 • Rita Sousa
Session 7: The conventional perspective about the economic role of the State: welfare economics
Required Readings for the lecture:
Arrow, Kenneth J. (1963), Uncertainty and the welfare economics of medical care, The American Economic Review vol. 53, no. 5: 941-973
Complementary readings:
Akerlof, George A. (1970), The market for "lemons": quality uncertainty and the market mechanism, Quarterly Journal of Economics 84: 488-500.
Medema, Steven (2009), The Hesitant Hand: Taming Self-Interest in the History of Economic Ideas, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, [Chapter 3].