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Profit Squeeze and Keynesian Theory

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  • Stephen A. Marglin
  • Amit Bhaduri

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This chapter explores one aspect of the relationship between the system of production and the macroeconomic structure, namely, the role of profitability in determining investment demand and the level of economic activity. Within the system of production, wages are a cost: the lower are profits per unit of production, the lower the stimulus to investment. In a Keynesian view of the macroeconomic structure, however, wages are a source of demand, hence a stimulus to profits and investment.

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  • Stephen A. Marglin & Amit Bhaduri, 1988. "Profit Squeeze and Keynesian Theory," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-1988-039, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    • Handle: RePEc:unu:wpaper:wp-1988-039
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