1st Edition

Marxian Reproduction Schema Money and Aggregate Demand in a Capitalist Economy

By Andrew Trigg Copyright 2006
144 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

In 1878 Karl Marx developed the reproduction schema: his model of how total capital is produced and reproduced. This is thought to be the first two-sector economic model ever constructed. Two key aspects of Marx’s writings are widely agreed to be undeveloped: The role of aggregate demand and the role of money. This book synthesizes various strands of economic thought to enable the reader to... Read more

1. Introduction  2. The Multiplier  3. The Kalecki Principle  4. The Monetary Circuit  5. Money, Growth and Crisis  6. Beyond Underconsumption  7. The Falling Rate of Profit  8. The Transformation Problem

Biography

Andrew Trigg

'Andrew Trigg has provided an important building block for the analysis of money and aggregate demand in capitalist economies.' Eckhard Hein, Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK), Düsseldorf