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Gospodarka planowa w ujęciu Michała Kaleckiego
Michał Kalecki on the planned economy

Author(s): Paweł Szelegieniec
Subject(s): Philosophy, Economy, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: planned economy; capitalism; socialism; planning; shortage

Summary/Abstract: This article attempts to present the question of ideas of Polish heterodox economist Michał Kalecki on the planned economies and general problems with capitalist and postcapitalistsystems. To analyze the problem I start with Kalecki’s theory of capitalist crisis,question of effective demand and full employment, and then describe the quasi-model ofdemocratic planned economy. Next, I focus on relations of workers’ self-managementwith central planning and motivation problems under state-run economy. I also put onagenda the so-called shortage problem, analyzed by the Kalecki’s supporter, Andrea Szego,in opposition to neo-classical approach of Hungarian economist Janos Kornai.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 34
  • Page Range: 51-66
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish