(Ebook) Neo-Marxism and Post-Keynesian Economics: From Kalecki to Sraffa and Joan Robinson by Ludo Cuyvers ISBN 9781032254807, 1032254807

(Ebook) Neo-Marxism and Post-Keynesian Economics: From Kalecki to Sraffa and Joan Robinson by Ludo Cuyvers ISBN 9781032254807, 1032254807

Piero Sraffa and Joan Robinson, both iconic Cambridge economists, werehighly inf luenced by the economic theory of Karl Marx, and integrated im-portant elements of Marx’s economic system into their theories. This bookargues, based on published and unpublished documents, that the work ofSraffa and Robinson can in fact be considered as essentially post-Keynesianneo-Marxist.The first part of the book reviews the intellectual development of severalkey thinkers along this neo-Marxist current in economic thought: Kalecki,Steindl, Baran, and Sweezy. Parts 1 and 2 separately examine Robinson’s andSraffa’s works and question how they fit into this specific neo-Marxist cur-rent, either building on it (in Robinson’s case) or following another direction(in Sraffa’s case). Part 3 observes Robinson’s theory of economic growth andits relationship to the views of Marx and Kalecki. Overall, Cuyvers demon-strates how their thought processes share characteristics with neo-Marxistkey views, such as stating or implying the labour theory of value as eitherredundant or wrong, emphasising the role of class struggle in the distributionof income and rejecting Marx’s falling rate of profits.Following on from ideas brief ly introduced in Cuyvers’s Economic Ideas ofMarx’s Capital (2017), this book will particularly appeal to readers interestedin the history of economic thought, works of Sraffa, Robinson, and Marx,post-Keynesian economics, and neo-Marxism.Ludo Cuyvers is Emeritus Professor at the University of Antwerp, Belgiumand Extraordinary Professor at North-West University, South Africa.