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The Legacies of Kalecki and Keynes

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Kalecki’s Relevance Today

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The important question is not about priority, but about the content of the theories. In several respects, Kalecki’s version is more robust than Keynes. (Joan Robinson, 1979, p. 187).

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Feiwel, G.R. (1989). The Legacies of Kalecki and Keynes. In: Sebastiani, M. (eds) Kalecki’s Relevance Today. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10376-8_4

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