- Comments on Bruno Trezza's "Effective
Comment :
Demand and Cash Requirements in a
What is at stake, in this contribution is the
integration of firms'
Monetary Economy" -
May 2003
desired working capital generated by
their profits in excess over
Paper presented at the conference in honour
their investment. It reflects their net "monetary saving"; its sole
of Augusto Graziani organized by the Italian
sources are either the state deficit, household net increase in their
Center for Philosophical Studies, Naples
debt to banks (or both)
-The destabilizing impact of the new monetary
Comment :
structure of Capitalism - April 2001
In this contribution, it is proven that financial markets
cannot be Paper presented
at the seminar on contemporary financial
substituted for banks as the source of initial finance for
firms
Economy organised by the Institute for Economic Studies
(and the State). They just reflect a dangerous increasing
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)
roundaboutness of the monetary structure
- Money and
Credit in Contemporary Capitalism
Comment :
December 2001
In this contribution, starting from an historico-logical
introduction
It is the english version I wrote of my contribution
to the book
opposing the Essential Money Economy to Non Monetary Economies,
to be published in spanish (forthcoming in March 2004)
the core characteristics of contemporary capitalism are spelled out.
Economia Financiera Contemporeanea Vol I, edited
by
They include the absence of constraint on the State ability to spend
Eugenia Correa and Alicia Giron.
and the law of deficits: The sum of deficits of all sectors is zero.
- The misleading issue of the Non Neutrality
Comment :
of Money : The Theory of Unemployment
In this contribution, it is proven that the source of unemployment
in the Monetary Economy - March
2001
is not the existence of money but the very failure of the Capitalist
Paper presented at the conference on Endogeneous Money:
Economy. The non neutrality of money is not a relevant issue. Being
Theory and policy, organised at the Free University
of Berlin
the existence condition of the system, money is obviously non-neutral.
by Victoria Chick and Karl Betz
- The Monetary Theory of Public Finance
Comment :
Paper presented at the sixth International Conference
on
Here in is the full proof of the irrelevance of the State Budget
Post Keynesian Economics organised by the Center for
constraint. It is proven that taxes cannot provide initial finance
Full Employment and Price Stability and the Journal
of
for the State. State outlays generate an equal creation of money
Post Keynesian Economics - Knoxville Tennessee
June 2000
through the relationship between the spending aspect of the State
(Treasury) and its banking aspect (Central Bank). Taxes are part
of the reflux (final finance) : they destroy an equal amount of money.
- John Maynard Keynes : The search of an
Comment :
Economy without Scarcity - June 1999
In this paper, it is proven that the legacy of Keynes is the effort
to
It is the english version I wrote of an article published
in
debunk the existence of a scarcity constraint resulting
from saving.
spanish in the mexican review : Comercio Exterior
It is also proven that his theory of money fully contradicts the core
principles of the TMC. He is not (cannot be) a precursor of the TMC.
A second set of contributions is addressing the Policy implications of the TMC or the General Theory of Economic Policy.
- The paper I have presented at the eighth International Conference
on Post Keynesian Economics organised by the Center for Full Employment
and Price Stability and the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics
June 29-July 3 2004 under the title : "A
Genuine Full-employment Policy in a fully globalised economy or why globalisation
is a unique opportunity and not a Strait-Jacket"
- Far Beyond Keynesian Fiscal Policy :
Comment :
The Prerequisites of a Genuine
It could be read as the logical sequel of [ I ] and [ II ]. It is
proven
Full Employment Policy
that the usual defense of activist fiscal policy hides six postulates
Paper presented at the 30th session of the Eastern
Economic
including that private managers do not take care of the future, which
Association Washington February 2004
collides with the Principle of Minimum Survival Constraint, and
therefore with minimum rationality. It is explained therefore why
bastard Keynesian anti-cyclical policies are doomed to fail.
- [ I ] The tragedy of Fiscal Disciplinary
Economics
Comment :
or back to the ancient regime
Herein is the rigorous proof that what is deemed, the
progressive way
Paper presented at the 29th session of the Eastern
Economics
of austerity imposing an equal growth of state outlays and taxes, is
Association New-York February 2003
doomed to fail. It collides with the dynamic principles of the capitalist
economy. It leads to a crisis generated by the growth of the tax burden
afflicting private wage-earners.
- [ II ] The Paradox of Disciplinary Fiscal
Policy
Comment :
in Contemporary Capitalist economies
In this contribution, I addressed for the first time the
paradox which has
Paper presented at the seventh International Post
Keynesian
been ignored (or had just been paid lip service) :
Conference organized by the Center for Full Employment
and
Since the State "deficit" generates an automatic rise in profits earned
Price Stability, and the Journal of Post Keynesian
Economics
by domestic firms (as part of the increase of the private sector net
University of Missouri at Kansas City, June 29-July
3 2002
saving), why are private managers so stalward defenders of the
commandments of fiscal discipline?
It is my first attempt to provide a rational more convincing that the
usual explanations by Post Keynesians and heterodox economists.
- The dangerous Greenspan Myth or why
Central
Comment :
Banks, even the Fed, cannot stop a crisis
It is proven that monetary policy alone cannot sustain growth and
Paper presented at the workshop on the limits of Central
therefore cannot prevent or stop an impending crisis. Too much
Banking organized by the Center for Full Employment
and
emphasis has been bestowed on the role of Central Banks. What
Price Stability, and Warren Mosler - West Palm Beach
is lacking in both orthodox and heterodox defense of monetary
March 19-20 2001.
policy is a genuine theory of both the nature of interest rate and
its role.
A third set of contributions addressing specific issues of Economic Policy :
a/ On the direct role of the State in Full Employment Policy :
- The State as Employer of Last Resort policy
Comment :
within a Circuitist Framework
This contribution was a systematic attempt to find a rationale
Paper presented at the sixth International Conference
on Post
for the policy emphasizing the necessity for the State to provide
Keynesian Economics organized by the Center for Full
Employment direct jobs at a given living
wage to those who cannot find a job
and Price Stability, and the Journal of Post Keynesian
Economics. within the private
sector and cannot (or do not want) benefit from
Knoxville, Tennessee, June 27-June 30 1998
a social compensating income.
A more elaborate proof can be found in the first and third documents
on this page.
b/ On the false problem of a shortage of funds to finance future pensions :
- A Note on pensions May 2003
Comment :
In which it is proven that there cannot be a shortage of funds to
finance pensions, it is as though one believed that there could be
a lack of funds to finance wages and salaries. The so much feared
"deficit" of the Pensions system cannot matter.
c/ On the European Monetary Union and its underlying Economics :
- Le modèle Européen de l'Union
Monétaire :
Comment :
L'Harmonisation par l'Austérité
In which it is explained the fundamental logic of the Euronomics
Paper presented at the seminar "Coordination,
Power
By simultaneously depriving member States of their monetary
and Regional Monetary Systems" organized by the Center
power and forcing on them the strait-jacket of the Growth and
For Studies of Economic Thought and Economic Systems.
Stability Pact monitored by the Commission and the ECB, it
University of Grenoble Pierre Mendès France,
aims at harmonisation of economic and social policy within the zone.
Grenoble France, November 2002.
It is indeed a very dangerous way of imposing harmonisation.
- For whom Tolls the Monetary Union
:
Comment :
Three lessons from the European
Monetary Union
Written in English it is a much more developped version of the
Paper written for the International Conference on
Monetary Union
paper above presented in Grenoble, emphasizing the long run
University of Ottawa, October 2000
historical roots of the European Monetary Union going back to
the 30's of the twentieth century. What was at stake was to
deprive the State of any degree of freedom in economic and social
policy. Herein is the intrinsic fundamental logic of the Euronomics.
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