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The Economics And Culture Of Financialisation

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  • Jan Toporowski

    (Department of Economics, SOAS University of London, UK)

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This paper examines some of the social, economic and political consequences of financial inflation for the activities of companies and the operations in debt markets of an increasingly financial middle class. In this paper ‘financialisation’ is broadly defined as the inflation of capital markets. The first section of the paper explains the Kalecki-Steindl theory of enforced company indebtedness in a middle-class society. The second section of the paper shows how financial inflation makes companies overcapitalised, resulting in a decline in the trend of long-term investment. The third section shows how forced company indebtedness is modified when the middle classes start to operate in inflating asset markets. A conclusion sketches out some of the consequences of this financialisation for politics, social policy, and moral and cultural attitudes.

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  • Jan Toporowski, 2008. "The Economics And Culture Of Financialisation," Working Papers 158, Department of Economics, SOAS University of London, UK.
    • Handle: RePEc:soa:wpaper:158
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