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The Financial Instability Hypothesis: A Restatement, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

School of Social Sciences of Thames Polytechnic: Northeast London Polytechnic. Thames Papers in Political Economy. Autumn 1978.

Nigeria's Economic Outlook, B. U. Ekong

Bullion

The immediate post-war era brought into the Nigerian economy some of the most significant structural transformations ever imagined. From a position of dominant dependence on agriculture, the Nigerian economy swang over to that of dominant dependence on crude petroleum production for foreign exchange earnings, for government revenues and as the main source of incomes for investment, trade and general economic development. The article therefore reviews the post war policies covering 1973 to 1977. The paper further discusses Nigeria's economic outlook while focusing on fiscal outlook, exchange control measures, petroleum export, private sector investment, income policy, monetary and fiscal policy measures.

Evaluation Of Price Control And Price Intelligence Agency At Work, F. U. Ezeuduji

Bullion

This paper evaluates the effectiveness of price regulation in Nigeria and the role played by Price Intelligence Agency. it also provides some that a new body should be given the poranr and hecessary fund not only to study the price structure and price movements an the economy but also to study the supply and demand potentials in the economy with a view to forecasting the demand and supply position to be expected in the near future.

The Role Of Agriculture In The Nigerian Economy, A. O.G. Otiti

Bullion

Agriculture was the mainstay of the Nigerian economy before the so-called oil boom which has brought about a rapid decline in agricultural production, virtual stagnation in the rural economy, marked movement of population from the rural to urban centres and high cost of food items. The article examines some recent developments in the agricultural sector of the Nigerian economy. It also discusses some of the role of Central Bank of Nigeria in promoting agriculture through adequate funding.

Exchange Rate Fluctuations And The Dollar Problem, Ade T. Ojo

Bullion

The paper reviews briefly recent developments in the foreign exchange markets, with particular reference to the chronic problem facing the US Dollar. This is followed by an examination of the major issues involved in the crisis of confidence and measures that might be taken to tackle the recurrent dollar problem, in a way to bring about an orderly exchange rate adjustment and smooth functioning of the international Monetary System.

U.S. Efforts To Prevent Deep Slump Fan Inflation, Render Policy Helpless, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

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“U.S. Efforts to Prevent Deep Slump Fan Inflation, Render Policy Helpless,” The Money Manager, (The Financial Weekly for Executives in Business and Finance. Published every Monday by The Bond Buyer. New York, NY), July 10, 1978, p. 5.

The Jacksonians, Banking, And Economic Theory: A Reinterpretation, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Dollar: U.S. Must Be Seen As An Ailing Bank, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Pages 1-4, in The Money Manager, (The Financial Weekly for Executives in Business and Finance. Published every Monday by The Bond Buyer. New York, NY), April 24, 1978.

This article was housed in the same file as the letter from Johnathan Aronson, dated 27 March in which Professor Aronson sent Minsky the outline for the book tentatively titled International Lending and Developing Nations, (co-editor Lawrence Franko), in which Minsky would have a chapter.

Review Of Economics As A Coordination Problem: The Contributions Of Friedrich A. Hayek By Gerald P. O’Driscoll, Jr., Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Letter From Jonathan Aronson, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

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This letter was housed with the article “The Dollar: U.S. Must Be Seen as an Ailing Bank”, pp. 1-4, in The Money Manager, April 24, 1978.

The Dollar Crisis - An Analysis And Modest Proposal, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

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No abstract provided.

The Virtues Of A Tariff - Severance Tax Route, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

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Trendline, ir One Economist’s View or Op Ed piece.

Editorial Questions And Notes On Minsky's Early Chapters, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

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No abstract provided.

The Monetary History Of America To 1789: A Historiographical Essay, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Demand, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This folder includes:
Handwritten note cards titled:

• Marx, Effective Demand & Money
• Marx on Supply & Demand and Equilibrium (1971; key passages underlined in red ink)
• Government Deficits & Level of Production (8/77)
• Productive Capacity & “Effective Demand” (8/77; 4-page set, numbered 1/4–4/4)
• Money & Effective Demand
• On Money Supply & Effective Demand (3/21/78)
• Dormant Capital and So-Called “Full Employment” (written in red and blue ink)
• Supply of Money & Effective Demand (B), with notes on Galbraith and Federal Reserve policy (1932–1940)
• Effective Demand (1/6/76; 4-page set, numbered 1–2 and 3–4)
• Issue of Money and Effective Demand (1967)
• Supply …

Comparative Phenomena Of Market Crises Theories, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• A comparison of crisis scenarios [Diagram for GE 204 comparing underconsumption, falling rate of profit, and profit squeeze, with sections on phases of a hypothetical cycle, state intervention, political business cycles, and the fall in the rate of surplus-value]. Shaikh, A. (1978, November). Unpublished manuscript.

Machinery - Choice Of Methods, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This folder includes:

Handwritten note cards titled:

• Switching & Okishio Theorem, etc. on two techniques at common prices with different cost-prices and profit rates (6/77)
• Okishio Theorem on the dichotomy between choice of technique based on higher profits and competition to lower cost-price (2/14/77)
• Machinery: Switches of Technique referencing Vol. I, pp. 316–317, 387–392 on value transferred, cost of machinery, and socially necessary labor (10/31/77)
• Machinery (continuation) referencing Vol. I, pp. 403–419 on lengthening of the working day, speed of machines, and the modern factory
• Marx on “Choice of Techniques” with detailed numerical example comparing hand-operated press vs. machine-operated press …

The Roots Of Current Economic Problems, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

No abstract provided.

Current Economic Problems And Policies, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

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Remarks prepared for the ‘Current Economic Problems and Policies’ Session. Southern Economic Assoc., New Orleans, La., Thurs., Nov. 3, 1977, at 10:30 am.

Central Banking And The Behavior Of An Economy, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Paper prepared for a "Circle of Conferences" held in Quito, Ecuador, under the auspices of the Central Bank of Ecuador, 1-10 August 1977.

Government In A Financially Unstable Capitalist Economy, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Remarks prepared for the 14 th

Annual Outlook Conference of the American Statistical Assoc., Chicago Chapter, Chicago, Il. Thurs. June 9, 1977.

Elementary Economics Of The Energy Crisis, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

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No abstract provided.

Draft: Trendline, Or One Economist’S View Or Op Ed Piece, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

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No abstract provided.

Comment On Lane Kirkland, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Letter to the editor of The New Leader in response to Lane Kirland's article “Putting America Back to Work."

How "Standard" Is Standard Economics, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Table of Contents and article.

Profit Squeeze, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This folder includes:

Handwritten note cards titled:

• Profit-Squeeze (Rowthorn) (July–August 1976)
• Profit-Margins, Profit-Shares & Wages (July 1977)
• Profit Margins, Profit Shares, Wages (July 1977)
• Note on Boddy/Crotty

Profit Rate, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This folder includes:

Handwritten note cards titled:

• Maximum Rate of Profit
• Mechanization in value terms
• Differences in National Rates of Profit

Ricardo, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This folder includes:

Handwritten note cards titled:

• Reserve Army: Capital, Vol. I
• Merchant capital and net gain for merchants
• REPRODUCTION + MONEY
• Reproduction
• Surplus-Value and Profit
• Money reflux and circuits of capital
• Money-capital advances and reflux in Departments I and II
• REPRODUCTION (T.S.V. II, XVII, p. 494)
• Simple Reproduction
• REPRODUCTION (Capital, Vol. II, Ch. XX)
• REPRODUCTION regarding replacement of fixed capital
• Extended Reproduction
• PRICES OF PRODUCTION & PURE EXPANDED REPROD. QUANTITIES
• Transformation & Money Reserves (July 28, 1977)
• Reprod & Stocks of Money

A Theory Of Systemic Fragility, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

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Chapter 6: A Theory of Systemic Fragility, pp. 138-152, in E.D. Altman and A.W. Sametz, Eds. Financial Crises: Institutions and Markets in a Fragile Environment. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, 1977.

Also included here is the original paper prepared for the "Conference on Financial Crises," Salomon Brothers Center for the Study of Financial Institutions, Graduate School of Business Admin., New York Univ., New York, NY, May 21, 1976.

Interest Rates In Our Unstable Economy, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Remarks prepared for Fourth Institutional Investor Bond Conference, New York, NY, Oct. 12, 1976.

Also given here are two earlier versions of the paper.