A modern guide to state intervention : economic policies for growth and sustainability

Contents: Foreword / Geoff Harcourt -- Introduction: The role of government / Nikolaos Karagiannis and John E. King -- Part I: Philosophical and theoretical aspects -- 1. Policy and state in complexity economics / Wolfram Elsner -- 2. State and public sector: key economic and politico-institutional aspects of modern intervention / Nikolaos Karagiannis, Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi and Joanna Bens -- 3. The fiscal responsibilities of government / Malcolm Sawyer -- 4. Monetary policy / Jan Toporowski -- Part II: Macroeconomic policies for sustainable growth and prosperity -- 5. Fiscal policy and the government debt in alternative models of growth and distribution / Amitava Krishna Dutt -- 6. Economic development policy today: what has realistically remained? / Nikolaos Karagiannis and Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi -- 7. Welfare as government intervention / Torsten Niechoj -- 8. Monetary policy and central banks' intervention: a critical investigation / Sergio Rossi -- 9. Principles underlying classical-keynesian employment and distribution policies / Heinrich Bortis -- Part III: Special issues and policy interventions -- 10. Government originating and closing the circuit / Romar Correa -- 11. What future for the euro without fiscal integration? / Philip Arestis -- 12. Are wages policies desirable and feasible? European experiences / Jesus Ferreiro -- 13. Guaranteed jobs through a public service employment programme for the United States / L. Randall Wray, Flavia Dantas, Scott Fullwiler, Pavlina R. Tcherneva and Stephanie A. Kelton -- 14. Government intervention and educational equity: leveraging educator preparation programmes at historically black colleges and universities / Denise Pearson -- Index.