Category Archives: unemployment

Trade balances, debt to GDP and unemployment rates of some European countries of interest

Posted on November 9, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Trade as a percentage of the GDP and unemployment rates selected European countries, and debt to GDP ratios. X                     Country                     … Continue reading →

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Keynes versus the monetarists 2

Posted on November 4, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

 Originally posted  SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2010 Keynes versus monetarists 2 Some additional distinctions : Keynes&monetaristsKeynes’ theory of investment depends upon what he calls the marginal efficiency of capital. He defines the mec as follows: that rate of discount from a … Continue reading →

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Keynes versus the monetarists 1

Posted on November 4, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Keynes versus the monetarists 1 A Quick Guide to Keynes and the monetarists  originally posted Dec 2, 2005 on my blogspot blog.Keynes: 1. Rejects Say’s law of markets that supply creates its own demand; he also doesn’t accept Walras’s law … Continue reading →

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Papandreou reverses position:no referendum, confidence vote takes place this evening

Posted on November 4, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Premier George Papandreou after coming under heavy pressure from European leaders and the perhaps temporary desertion of several of his Parliamentary colleagues  reversed his position on holding a referendum. In exchange, he may have persuaded some of the opposition party … Continue reading →

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Greek Government seeks referendum approval of latest measures:panic among some lenders at prospect of democracy

Posted on November 2, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Prime Minister Papandreou has apparently shocked some European leaders by announcing that he and his cabinet have decided to submit the latest bail-out and austerity package to a democratic referendum. In the crucible of democracy this seems wholly appropriate since … Continue reading →

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Keynes:Alive and Well

Posted on October 18, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Way back in 1996 I wrote an op ed piece for the business pages of the Toronto Globe and Mail in response to the anti-Keynesian musings of Terence Corcoran a business columnist for the Globe and Mail who was convinced … Continue reading →

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The Deficit:Hysteria and the Current Crisis

Posted on October 11, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

DeficitPapers-Chapter 2 – This essay  originally written in 1983-84 and the introduction to it (1992) was reprinted in my book with Phillip Hansen Toward a Humanist Political Economy published in 1992. I am including it here because it contains analysis … Continue reading →

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Multipliers, stimulus and jobs

Posted on September 30, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

One of the components of a Keynesian strategy is the concept of the investment multiplier first introduced by R.F. Kahn in 1931( there were also several other economists in this era who developed a comparable concept around the same time … Continue reading →

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In search of the Non Walrasian Labour Market Model in the Age of Globalization

Posted on September 20, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

In Search of the non Walrasian labour market model in the era of Globalization by Harold R.Chorney, Professor, graduate program in public policy and public administration; Concordia university, Montreal, Quebec                      … Continue reading →

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Restoring full Employment: The Natural Rate of Inflation versus the Natural rate of Unemployment

Posted on September 19, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

RESTORING FULL EMPLOYMENT:THE NATURAL RATE OF INFLATION VERSUS THE NATURAL RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT by     HAROLD CHORNEY,GRADUATE  PROGRAM IN PUBLIC POLICY AND PUBLICADMINISTRATION,DEPT. OF POLITICAL SCIENCE , CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL Paper presented to the Conference on Social Policy as if … Continue reading →

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