Concentric circles of limits to the rate of accumulation: an interpretation of Joan Robinson's theory of economic dynamics

Roger Backhouse

Review of Political Economy, 2003, vol. 15, issue 4, 457-466

Abstract: In addition to her well-known contributions to the theory of capital, Joan Robinson provided, in her Accumulation of Capital and Essays in the Theory of Economic Growth, a theory about the determinants of the rate of growth. The growth rate was limited by entrepreneurs' animal spirits. Within that constraint, growth might be further limited by the inflation barrier, which could occur either because of a floor to real wages or because of full employment. This paper provides a series of simple dynamic models that illustrate these situations, drawing attention to this neglected aspect of her work and making it easier to compare her work with the monetary growth models produced by her neoclassical contemporaries.

Date: 2003
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