A Note on “Heterodox Macroeconomics” by Blecker and Setterfield

Emiliano Libman ()
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Emiliano Libman: Area de Economía, Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad (CEDES)

No 2010, Working Papers from New School for Social Research, Department of Economics

Abstract: Blecker’s and Setterfield’s new textbook from 2019 presents an updated discussion of Heterodox models of growth and distribution. This note clarifies and elaborates on three important issues discussed in the book. First, the text presents mainly one-sectorial and one-technique models, which is a reasonable set-up to keep things simple but not always enough to discuss some controversial issues. Second, continuous substitution is important but not essential for neoclassical growth theory. Third, the popular Goodwin model presented in the text does not produce “limit cycles”.

Keywords: Economic Growth; Income Distribution; Heterodox Macroeconomics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B22 B50 E11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2020-09
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