Keynes and capitalism one more time: A further reply to hill

Authors
Citation
S. Horwitz, Keynes and capitalism one more time: A further reply to hill, CRIT REV, 12(1-2), 1998, pp. 95-111
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Social Work & Social Policy
Journal title
CRITICAL REVIEW
ISSN journal
08913811 → ACNP
Volume
12
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
95 - 111
Database
ISI
SICI code
0891-3811(199824)12:1-2<95:KACOMT>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Greg Hill continues to miss my distinction between what is true of free mar ket capitalism and what is true of the interventionist forms of capitalism that characterize Western economies. It is central banking that triggers lo wer aggregate demand when the public's desire to save grows. If increases i n saving occur through the holding of additional private bank liabilities, rather than central-bank created money, banks could adjust their supply of liabilities so as to keep saving and investment equal and avoid reductions in aggregate demand. Hill's alternatives to market-driven financial interme diaries also fail to compare fairly the market and political processes.