Production, Value and Income Distribution

A Classical-Keynesian Approach

Enrico Bellino (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy)

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English

Routledge
25 September 2023

Economic theory & philosophy; Political economy; Economic history

Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

This book investigates the relationship between wages, profits, values and labour employment from a classical-Keynesian perspective. The starting point of this approach is classical political economy (in particular, Smith, Ricardo and Marx), suitably reformulated in modern terms by Sraffa and then integrated with the Keynesian theory of employment. Such an approach proves to be more appropriate in understanding the complexities of current economies and in identifying the instruments to pursue the final goal of economic systems: putting each person in a position to earn what is necessary to live with dignity.

The approach undertaken by these chapters is in contrast to the ‘marginalist’ or ‘neoclassical’ school, which constitutes the mainstream of economic analysis. Especially in recent decades, several critical analyses of the present state of economic research have emerged due to the failure of contemporary economic analysis to acutely penetrate and guide the workings of actual economic systems. But these analyses have not always been effectively presented in a coordinated manner. This work presents one possible unifying framework—grounded in a solid tradition of economic thought—which aims to describe the basic forces operating in capitalistic economies and to identify the main objectives to pursue in production economies in order to fully exploit their potential. Most importantly, the focus of such classical-Keyensian analysis concerns the production of goods and services, and this book shows how several factors typical of contemporary (post-)industrial societies thus can be understood in a way that the standard economic theory has not been able to explicate (due to the reduction of everything to a question of exchange).

The book provides key reading for those on master level economics courses. Moreover, it constitutes a solid introduction to modern classical-Keynesian analysis. It may also be of interest to readers who are keen to develop a critical view of economics, political economy and history of economic thought.

By: Enrico Bellino (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Italy)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032170671
ISBN 10: 1032170670
Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 25 September 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

I Brief Historical Excursus 1 Forerunners of classical political economy: the physiocrats 2 The ‘surplus theories’ of production and distribution: a general introduction 3 Ricardian theory of distribution and value 4 Theory of value and of prices in Marx 5 Marginal and neoclassical theories II Inter-industry Analysis: a reappraisal of Classical Political Economy 6 Input-output tables 7 The Leontief system 8 Sraffa’s analytical framework 9 Choice of techniques III Income distribution and structural economic dynamics 10 Post-Keynesian theories of income distribution 11 Structural economic dynamics Appendix A Introduction to linear algebra

Enrico Bellino is Full Professor of Political Economy at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy.