Minsky on "Big Government"

This paper objective is to assess, in light of the main works of Minsky, his view and analysis of what he called the "Big Government" as that huge institution which, in parallels with the "Big Bank" was capable of ensuring stability in the capitalist system and regulate its inher...

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Main Author: Daniel de Santana Vasconcelos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editora 34 2014-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Political Economy
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31572014000100002&lng=en&tlng=en
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spelling doaj-28800e108709494ca4c23208462b2fd52020-11-25T01:41:11ZengEditora 34Brazilian Journal of Political Economy1809-45382014-03-01341153810.1590/S0101-31572014000100002S0101-31572014000100002Minsky on "Big Government"Daniel de Santana Vasconcelos0Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroThis paper objective is to assess, in light of the main works of Minsky, his view and analysis of what he called the "Big Government" as that huge institution which, in parallels with the "Big Bank" was capable of ensuring stability in the capitalist system and regulate its inherently unstable financial system in mid-20th century. In this work, we analyze how Minsky proposes an active role for the government in a complex economic system flawed by financial instability.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31572014000100002&lng=en&tlng=enGovernmentdeficitfiscal policyfinancial instability hypothesisunemploymentemployer of last resort
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author Daniel de Santana Vasconcelos
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Minsky on "Big Government"
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy
Government
deficit
fiscal policy
financial instability hypothesis
unemployment
employer of last resort
author_facet Daniel de Santana Vasconcelos
author_sort Daniel de Santana Vasconcelos
title Minsky on "Big Government"
title_short Minsky on "Big Government"
title_full Minsky on "Big Government"
title_fullStr Minsky on "Big Government"
title_full_unstemmed Minsky on "Big Government"
title_sort minsky on "big government"
publisher Editora 34
series Brazilian Journal of Political Economy
issn 1809-4538
publishDate 2014-03-01
description This paper objective is to assess, in light of the main works of Minsky, his view and analysis of what he called the "Big Government" as that huge institution which, in parallels with the "Big Bank" was capable of ensuring stability in the capitalist system and regulate its inherently unstable financial system in mid-20th century. In this work, we analyze how Minsky proposes an active role for the government in a complex economic system flawed by financial instability.
topic Government
deficit
fiscal policy
financial instability hypothesis
unemployment
employer of last resort
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