The economic theories of Rosa Luxemburg and Michal Kalecki: continuity or rupture?

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dc.contributor.authorCharron, Alexandre
dc.contributor.supervisorCarroll, William K.
dc.contributor.supervisorLawson, James Charles Barkley
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-30T23:28:42Z
dc.date.available2018-08-30T23:28:42Z
dc.date.copyright2018en_US
dc.date.issued2018-08-30
dc.degree.departmentInterdisciplinary Graduate Program
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Sociology
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Political Science
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractFrom the time of its first publication, Rosa Luxemburg’s main economic work, The Accumulation of Capital, was heavily criticized. This set a precedent towards the dismissal of her economic theory which has continued almost to the present day. Very recently, however, a stream of literature favourable to Luxemburg has begun to emerge. Commentators in this group have attempted to re-evaluate Luxemburg’s contribution to Marxian economic theory by, among other approaches, attempting to show her as an important precursor to Michal Kalecki. This work operates within this framework. It attempts to further specify the nature of the theoretical relationship between Luxemburg and Kalecki by closely examining and comparing the economic theories of the two thinkers. What such a study reveals, however, is that this relationship is better defined as a one of rupture rather than of continuity. While Kalecki seems to accept the basic structure of Luxemburg’s argument, he modifies and qualifies it in so many respects as to make it almost unrecognizable. But such a divergence between the theories is hardly surprising if we view them in their proper historical contexts. The differing empirical, personal and political backgrounds from which the theories emerged is what would have led to the development of the divergent elements within them. Such substantial differences in the contexts which gave rise to the respective theories underscore the ill-advised nature of the attempt to draw too strong a link between the economic thought of Luxemburg and Kalecki.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/9998
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectLuxemburg, Rosaen_US
dc.subjectKalecki, Michalen_US
dc.subjectHistory of Economic Theoryen_US
dc.subjectHistory of Marxian Political Economyen_US
dc.subjectMarx's Reproduction Schemasen_US
dc.subjectMarxian Economic Theoryen_US
dc.subject20th Century Economic Theoryen_US
dc.subjectClassical Marxist Theoryen_US
dc.subjectEffective Demand Theoryen_US
dc.subjectPost-Keynesian Theoryen_US
dc.titleThe economic theories of Rosa Luxemburg and Michal Kalecki: continuity or rupture?en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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