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Random Notes (Bernstein, Kautsky,…), Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Handwritten notes on competition, accumulation, and crises, referencing L. Colletti and E. Mandel

• Handwritten notes including a to-do list and a definition of monopoly-power

• Handwritten notes from an Economics Faculty Seminar on constructing social theory (April 6, 1983)

• Handwritten notes titled Executive faculty seminar: Is a Marxist social theory possible? (April 6, 1983)

• Typed draft page titled From Marx's Capital to monopoly capital (Version March 6, 1984)

• Handwritten notes titled Bernstein, referencing L. Colletti (July 6, 1984)

• Handwritten notes titled Bernstein (Colletti, Rousseau to Lenin) (July 6, 1984)

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Organic Composition, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This folder includes:
Handwritten note cards titled:

• Modern Trade Theory & Policy (1/25/77)

Finance Capital, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This folder includes:
Handwritten note cards titled:

• England and Portugal
• Kindleberger
• Basic Model: H.O. – Samuelson (Factor Proportions Model) (annotated in red ink)
• Trade and World Price Line Establishment (with diagrams)
• Neoclassical Variable Proportions & Community Production Possibilities (annotated in red ink)
• Internal Equilibrium and Trade (Normal Case) (annotated in red ink)
• Price-Value Deviations
• Note on Unequal Exchange
• Profit and Surplus Value (referencing Grundrisse, Notebook VII, Feb–June 1858)
• Surplus-Value and Profit (underlined in red ink)
• Profit and Surplus Value (referencing Vol. III, p. 36, Ch. I)
• Transformation
• Conditions of Problem
• Sweezy
• Connection, Value & Supply
• Effect of Wage Changes …

Frop, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This folder includes:
Handwritten note cards titled:

• Capital, Vol. I (New World Paperbacks, International Publishers, 1967), with quotes on socially necessary labour-time and the value of a commodity (pp. 39–40)
• Capital, Vol. I (continuation), on the value-form and money-form, tracing the genesis of money from the simplest value-relation to the money-form (p. 48)
• Capital, Vol. I (continuation), on money as realized human labor and measure of value, citing Chapter III, Section I (pp. 94, 101)
• Capital, Vol. I (continuation), on magnitude of value as a relation of social production and the possibility of quantitative incongruity between price and value (p. …

I-O Marx Interest Payments, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes handwritten notes titled:

• Interest payments in I-O (August 1, 1985)

• Imputation of interest payments in I-O (August 2, 1985)

• NIPA GVA, adjusted via imputed interest flows (March 6, 1985)

• Production, trade, and finance (March 6, 1985)

• Notes on value-added in I-O accounts (November 2, year unknown)

• Financial business (November 2, 1984)

Transformation, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Flaschel, P. (1984). The so-called “transformation problem” revisited: A comment. Journal of Economic Theory, 33(2), 349–351

• Handwritten Ricardian LTV (April 18, 1977)

• Econometric equations and results

• Transf. (March 15, 1976)

• Gold prod.

• Profit and surplus value (May 25, 1976)

• Comments on LTV

• Transformation

• Notes on Alfredo's S__ of value for Econ 204 (October 14, 1975)

• Sum of prices and money

• Gold producers

• Values and Marx's prices

• Equal of rates of profit and money commodity

• Simple reprod without gold

• Equations (April 24, n.d.)

• Iterative solution for price-value deviation

• Other handwritten notes with equations

Machinery - Pure Automation, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This folder includes:

Handwritten note cards titled:

• Pure Automation & Unit Values on the definition of unit value and labor time embodied in fully automated factories (2/7/84)

Competition, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Shaikh, A. (1984, April 7). Discussion of Willi Semmler and Peter Flashel on prices, profit, and sales [Handwritten notes]. Manuscript in possession of the author.

• Shaikh, A. (1983, March 7). Note on joint production: Differentiated capital [Handwritten notes]. Manuscript in possession of the author.

• Shaikh, A. (1984, April 6). Duncan Foley’s “Prices of production in a general model of production” [Handwritten notes]. Manuscript in possession of the author.

• Shaikh, A. (n.d.). Seminar/discussion notes with comments on the work of Duncan Foley, Peter Flashel, Gérard Duménil, and Bertram Schefold [Handwritten notes]. Manuscript in possession …

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Ch. 2 Working Notes, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Handwritten notes titled Necessity theory (October 14, 1984)

• Handwritten notes titled Timings of works on develop-cap

• Handwritten notes titled Theory of general crisis (July 29, 1983)

• Handwritten notes on Marxist theory post-WWI

• Handwritten notes titled History of Marxist theory: Notes, outline (July 1983)

• Handwritten notes titled History of Marxist theory outlining upstream vs. downstream analysis

• Handwritten notes titled Revisions: Chap 2B (February 16, 1984)

• Handwritten notes titled Revisions of Ch 2B

• Typed draft pages titled X superseded concerning Rosa Luxemburg (February 1985)

• Revised typed draft pages titled …

On A Variable Dimension Algorithm For The Linear Complementarity Problem, Ludo Van Der Heyden

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

In an earlier paper we presented a variable dimension algorithm for solving the linear complementarity problem (LCP). We now extend the class of LCP’s that can be solved by this algorithm to include LCP’s with copositive plus coefficient matrices. The extension, inspired by Lemke [1965], is obtained by introducing an artificial dimension and by applying the variable dimension algorithm to the enlarged LCP.

Econ 204; Ape I, Anwar Shaikh Phd, Willi Semmler Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

• This collection contains a lecture handout for Econ 204: Advanced Political Economy I by Willi Semmler (Fall 1984).

• It includes multiple class reading lists from Fall 1983 and Spring 1984.

• The materials feature handouts on topics such as:

  • Accumulation and Cycles (Goodwin Model)

  • Conditions for Extended Reproduction and Determinants of the Growth of the Two Departments

  • Production of Surplus Value — and the Rate of Profit

  • Example for an Inconsistency in Exchange

  • The Marxian Treatment of Fixed Capital and the Influence of Turnover Time on Values, Relative Prices, and the Profit Rate

  • Turnover, Fixed and Circulating Capital and Instability

  • The …

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Net Present Value Maximization And Imperfections In The Loan Market: A Note, Cynthia Van Hulle

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

There seems to be some confusion in the literature whether or not imperfections in the lending-borrowing market, and in particular, differences in lending and borrowing rates, would destroy shareholder unanimity. The purpose of this note is to show that imperfections in this market are not really relevant to stockholder agreement concerning the optimality of the net present value rule. To do this, the paper uses a new criterion guaranteeing unanimity and which basically only requires that investors are sufficiently competitive, i.e., spanning or the notion of firm competition recently proposed by L. Makowiski [9] generally turn out to be unnecessary …

Monopoly Provision Of Product Quality With Uninformed Buyers, Russell Cooper, Thomas W. Ross

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

This essay is concerned with a monopolist’s incentives to provide a high quality goods when some of its customers cannot observe quality prior to purchase. We show that if all buyers have the same tastes for quality, the monopolist will not try to take advantage of the poorly informed. When tastes differ, however, some quality randomization may become profitable as a means to loosen binding self-selection constraints. The profitability of randomization is shown to depend upon the relative degrees of risk aversion of the buyers and on the convexity of the firm’s cost of quality function. We view our results …

Fiscal And Monetary Policy In A General Equilibrium Model, Truman F. Bewley

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

Notes On Luxemburg, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

• Handwritten notes titled "Luxemburg: Final points"

• Handwritten notes titled "Competition/Monopoly: Luxemburg" (8/84)

• Handwritten notes titled "State Reforms/Revol: Luxemburg" (8/84)

• Handwritten notes titled "Imperialism: Luxemburg"

• Handwritten notes titled "Criticisms of Luxemburg" (11/14/84)

• Handwritten notes titled "Necessity: Luxemburg" (8/84)

• Four pages of handwritten notes and calculations on Luxemburg's theories (1/20/84)

• Handwritten diagram titled "From Marx to Modern Marxism: Political Economy," illustrating different Marxist theories of crisis (1/4/83)

• Two pages of handwritten notes titled "FROP: Luxemburg" (9/84)

• Handwritten notes titled "FROP: Lenin" (9/18/84)

• Four pages of handwritten notes titled "Lenin: Crises/Cycles" and "Cycles/Crises Lenin" (9/18/84)

• Two pages of typescript notes titled "Notes on …

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Determinants Of U.S. Soybean Exports To Japan, Niloofar Soltani

Economics Graduate Students Plan B Research Projects

The overall objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of the U.S. soybean export market to Japan. The specific objectives are: (1) To examine the trend of soybean exports to Japan from 1970-1983. (2) To determine the major factors affecting U.S. soybean exports to Japan.

Crisis Book Ch 1-3 Outlines, Drafts, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection contains:

• Handwritten notes titled Marxist theories of crisis (October 5, 1983).

• A typed document Marxist theories of crisis by Shaikh, with handwritten notes (October 1982).

• Chapter Two, Early Soviet assessments of capitalism, in Day, R. B. (1981). The “crisis” and the “crash”: Soviet studies of the West, 1917–1939. NLB.

• The introduction to Gordon, D. M. (1977). Problems in political economy: An urban perspective (2nd ed.). Heath.

• A typed document titled The economic theory of U.S. left politics, with “Revisions” handwritten across the first page.

• A typed document titled Outline of crisis book.

• Part One …

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Measuring Inefficiencies Of Federal Acreage Reduction Programs, Julie Brewer

Honors Projects

No abstract provided.

Book Draft, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• A book chapter draft titled Chapter 2: The development of Marx's economic thought.

• A draft section titled IV. From Marx's capital to monopoly capital.

• A book chapter draft section titled Ch 2B5/6: Portion of earlier draft (February 10, 2005).

• Another book chapter draft section titled Ch 2B5xx: Outtake (originally part of Ch 2B5) (February 10, 2005).

• A handwritten version of the Ch 2B5XI(?) outtake with annotations (December 10, 1984).

• A book chapter draft section titled V. Bukharin's critique of Luxemburg.

• A copy of the draft section V. Bukharin's critique of Luxemburg missing page 6. …

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Developing Non-Craft Employment For Women In Bangladesh, Marty Chen

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Too often when development planners or practitioners plan income-generating schemes for women they consider only handicrafts. While in some situations craft production may provide a secure source of income for women, in many cases it results in poor returns and proves more complicated an undertaking than expected. The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) is one agency that has developed a successful program of non-craft employment opportunities for women. Some 10,000 poor women have been engaged by BRAC in viable economic schemes: 9,000 in non-craft production. This issue of SEEDS reviews BRAC's experience in developing non-craft employment opportunities and participatory associations …

Les Coopératives Des Vendeuses De Marché: Accorder Crédit Aux Femmes, Judith Bruce

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

En 1972, la Fondation Nicaraguayenne de Développement (Fundación Nicaraguense de Desarrollo—FUNDE), I'un des deux programmes patronnés par l'Institut Nicaraguayen de Développement, prit connaissance du fait que les vendeuses de marché avaient besoin de d'argent liquide pour poursuivre leurs activités. Ce numéro de SEEDS décrit les efforts de FUNDE pour répondre à ce besoin par la création et la mise en place de cooperatives d'épargne et de crédit. Ce rapport insiste autant sur les aspects humains que ceux financiers et techniques du projet. Le succès obtenu s'explique par la manière dont les coopératives se sont formées, respectant les systèmes de valeurs, …

Soc Wages, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Shaikh, A. (1984). The sociological determinants of wages [Unpublished lecture notes and outline]. The New School for Social Research. Unpublished. 

Sraffa Prices And Capacity Utilization, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Shaikh, A. (1984). The transformation from Marx to Sraffa [Unpublished manuscript].

• Guillén Romero, H. (n.d.). Marx, Sraffa and the neo-classicals in context [Unpublished manuscript, first page only].

• Shaikh, A. (n.d.). Endnotes for the book containing the Shaikh and Romero papers [Unpublished manuscript].

• Shaikh, A. (n.d.). Values and value transfers: A comment on Itoh [Unpublished manuscript].

• Shaikh, A. (1982). Neo-Ricardian economics: A wealth of algebra, a poverty of theory. Review of Radical Political Economics, 14(2), 67–83. Sage Publications.

Natural Monopoly And The Contestable Markets Hypothesis: Some Preliminary Results From Laboratory Experiments, Don R. Coursey, R. Mark Isaac, Vernon L. Smith

Economics Faculty Articles and Research

The concept of natural monopoly is one of the most familiar in economics. Many supposed natural monopolies are the object of widespread state, local, and federal regulation. It was in addressing issues of public utility regulation that Demsetz laid the foundation for an alternative scenario for decreasing cost markets. Demsetz's article promoted a debate over whether a formal auction system might provide a practical approach to monopoly control. This literature is rich in examining the practical difficulties of implementing such an institution. The important characteristic of the contestable markets hypothesis, as we interpret it, is that at least two firms …

Creación De Empleos Distintos De Las Artesanías Para Las Mujeres De Bangladesh, Marty Chen

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Con demasiada frecuencia los planificadores profesionales del desarrollo que diseñan proyectos destinados a producir ingresos para las mujeres, lo único que consideran son las artesanías. Si bien es cierto que en determinadas circunstancias éstas pueden proporcionarles una renta segura, en muchos otros casos las artesanías dan poco rendimiento y resultan ser una empresa mas complicada de lo que se esperaba. El Comité de Adelanto Rural de Bangladesh (BRAC—sigla de su nombre en inglés, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee), es una organización que ha logrado desarrollar con éxito un programa de oportunidades de empleo femenino, distinto de las artesanías. De las 10.000 …

Determining The Consumption Effects Of Announced Permanent And Temporary Tax Cuts In Accordance With The Permanent Income Hypothesis, Aileen Liu

Honors Papers

For several years, economists have been debating how well Federal tax policy changes have performed in readjusting the economy. Tax change policies have been instituted periodically since World War II up to the very present. The goals sought by the legislators have varied. The tax cut policy in the Kennedy administration was set up to invigorate a recessionary economy. Under the Reagan administration, tax cuts are a tool to increase savings and investment. Part of the reason for the inconsistency in policy aims is due to the lack of consensus on how a tax cut will perform in a given …

Two Agricultural Economists Look At Rural Sociology, B. Delworth Gardner, Carole Frank Nuckton

Faculty Publications

At the invitation of the editor, we shall attempt to describe our perceptions as agricultural economists of what is known to us as rural sociology. We should say right off that we are complimented that this invitation has been extended to us. We think that a comparison of our two disciplines has been useful to us, if only to clarify our thinking about our own. We emphasize that our perceptions are based on limited contact, and we have made no systematic study of your discipline. Even to attempt the critique and analysis of the kind requested of us presumes an …

Harrod Other Macro Notes, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• handwritten notes on Hansen and Weston/Brigham regarding investment and expectations (December 5, 1984)
• handwritten notes on Harrod instability and Marx (December 6, 1984)
• handwritten notes on financing investment from hoards versus bank credit (December 23, 1984)
• handwritten notes on Hawtrey and Minsky
• handwritten notes on feedback loops for investment and debt
• handwritten notes titled Requirements for Luxemburg & Harrodian stability (December 18, 1984)
• handwritten notes titled Warranted and actual levels of investment referencing Sen (1970) (December 5, 1984)
• handwritten notes titled Lifetime capital-output ratio < 1 (December 10, 1984)
• handwritten notes titled Paradox of expectations: Keynes vs. Harrod (December …

The Plant Closure Policy Dilemma: Labor, Law And Bargaining, Wayne R. Wendling

Upjohn Press

Examines the role of collective bargaining in plant closings.

Employment And Training R&D: Lessons Learned And Future Directions, R. Thayne Robson Editor

Upjohn Press

Papers by Eli Ginzburg, Howard Rosen, Gary Burtless, Robert Haveman, and Daniel Saks explore employment and training policy.