Capital and Credit: A New Formulation of General Equilibrium Theory
Capital and Credit: A New Formulation of General Equilibrium Theory by Michio Morishima
English | 8 Oct. 1992 | ISBN: 0521418402 | 226 Pages | PDF | 6 MB
English | 8 Oct. 1992 | ISBN: 0521418402 | 226 Pages | PDF | 6 MB
Contemporary general equilibrium theory is characteristically short-run, separated from monetary aspects of the economy, and as such does not deal with long-run problems such as capital accumulation, innovation, and the historical movement of the economy. These phenomena are discussed by growth theory, which assumes a given or shifting production function, and in turn cannot therefore deal with the fundamental problem of growth, namely how the production function is derived. Thus traditional theories have a common weakness in that they divorce real economic growth from the activities of the financial sector. This book provides a much-needed synthesis of growth theory and monetary theory. Professor Morishima draws on the work of Schumpeter, Keynes and the pre-war neoclassical economists to formulate a capital-theoretic general equilibrium theory.