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Comparative Growth Dynamics in a Discretetime Marxian Circuit of Capital Model
Review of Radical Economics (2014)
  • Deepankar Basu, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Abstract
In this paper, a discrete-time version of the Marxian circuit of capital model in Foley (1982, 1986a) is used to address two important theoretical issues of general interest to the heterodox economics tradition: profit-led versus wage-led growth, and the growth-reducing impact of non-production credit. First, it is demonstrated that both profit-led and wage-led growth regimes can be accommodated within the Marxian circuit of capital model. Second, it is demonstrated that, if the total flow of credit is large, the steady-state growth rate of a capitalist economy is negatively related to the share of consumption credit in total net credit.
Keywords
  • circuit of capital,
  • economic growth,
  • consumption credit,
  • Marxian political economy.
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Publication Date
June, 2014
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Citation Information
Deepankar Basu. "Comparative Growth Dynamics in a Discretetime Marxian Circuit of Capital Model" Review of Radical Economics Vol. 2014 Iss. 2 (2014)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/deepankar_dasu/4/