Economic Growth and Distribution

On the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Edited by Neri Salvadori, Professor of Economics, University of Pisa, Italy

Economic Growth and Distribution isolates and compares the logical structures and methodological underpinnings underlying the relationship between economic growth and distribution. It carries out an in-depth analysis of a wide range of issues connected with growth theory considered from different theoretical perspectives. Its uniqueness is derived from the original contributions by a number of scholars of different persuasions; some within the mainstream and others from Keynesian–Kaleckian–Sraffian positions. The book deals with a wide variety of research topics concerning economic growth and distribution, such as the transition from the epoch of Malthusian stagnation to the contemporary era of modern economic growth; comparisons among the classical tradition, modern theory, and heterodox models; problems of policy; dynamics and business cycles; and the role of institutions.

‘. . . this volume is a valuable contribution to economic growth theory and is well worth reading.’
– Stavros Mavroudeas, Review of Radical Political Economy