Una riconsiderazione degli studi di Kalecki sull’economia statunitense.(A Reconsideration of Kalecki’s Studies on the US Economy)

Autori

  • Julio López Gallardo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13133/2037-3651/9940

Parole chiave:

Kalecki, applied research, crisis, USA

Abstract

Kalecki ha ideato un nuovo metodo di analisi, che è stato utilizzato anche da alcuni dei suoi collaboratori.Sfortunatamente, tuttavia, quel metodo non ha avuto l'impatto che merita sulla ricerca applicata, nemmeno tra i suoi seguaci.L'obiettivo del presente lavoro è di rivisitare gli studi applicati di Kalecki.In primo luogo, spiegherò e discuterò la prospettiva e la metodologia di Kalecki.In secondo luogo, lo userò per vedere quanto può aiutare a capire la recente evoluzione dell'economia statunitense.Nell'attuale crisi degli Stati Uniti, la politica monetaria, sotto forma di allentamento quantitativo e tassi di interesse storicamente bassi, è stata salutata dai pubblicitari e dagli esperti come soluzione per affrontare il declino della spesa privata e il rallentamento dell'attività.I risultati sono stati piuttosto deludenti.Utilizzando l'approccio e la metodologia di Kalecki, ho verificato che è stata la spesa pubblica ad aver giocato il ruolo chiave per evitare una crisi più profonda di quella effettivamente avvenuta.


Kalecki devised a novel method of  analysis, which was also used by some of his collaborators. Unfortunately however, that method has not had the impact it deserves on applied research, not even among his followers. The objective of the present paper is to revisit Kalecki’s applied studies. I will in the first place explain and discuss Kalecki’s outlook and methodology. In the second place, I will use it to see how much it can help to understand the recent evolution of the US economy. In the current US crisis, monetary policy, in the shape of quantitative easing and historically low rates of interest, has been hailed by publicists and pundits as the solution to confront the decline of private spending  and the business downswing. The results of have been rather disappointing. Using Kalecki’s approach and methodology, I have verified that it has been public spending that has played the key role to avoid a deeper crisis than the one that actually took place.

 

 

 

JEL: E12, B31, G01, B50

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