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Michał Kalecki: An Intellectual Biography

Volume I Rendezvous in Cambridge 1899-1939

Palgrave Macmillan

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought (PHET)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Early Years

    • Jan Toporowski
    Pages 1-4
  3. In the Crucible of the Revolution

    • Jan Toporowski
    Pages 5-16
  4. Economic Journalism

    • Jan Toporowski
    Pages 17-25
  5. To Warsaw

    • Jan Toporowski
    Pages 26-32
  6. At the Institute

    • Jan Toporowski
    Pages 33-42
  7. The Socialist Discussions

    • Jan Toporowski
    Pages 43-54
  8. The Enigma of the Business Cycle

    • Jan Toporowski
    Pages 55-68
  9. Sweden

    • Jan Toporowski
    Pages 69-79
  10. London

    • Jan Toporowski
    Pages 80-91
  11. From London to Cambridge

    • Jan Toporowski
    Pages 92-102
  12. Seeking Work Again

    • Jan Toporowski
    Pages 103-115
  13. The First Synthesis of Theory

    • Jan Toporowski
    Pages 116-124
  14. Kalecki and His Myrmidons

    • Jan Toporowski
    Pages 125-137
  15. Shared Ideas amid Mutual Incomprehension

    • Jan Toporowski
    Pages 138-151
  16. Back Matter

    Pages 152-184

About this book

This volume of intellectual biography takes the Polish economist Micha Kalecki (1899-1970) from the shattering of his prosperous childhood, in Tsarist Łódź in the 1905 Revolution, to Cambridge and the failure of his co-operative research with John Maynard Keynes's supporters in Cambridge.

         

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK

    Jan Toporowski

About the author

Jan Toporowski studied Economics at Birkbeck College, University of London, and the University of Birmingham, both UK. He has worked in fund management, international banking, central banking and financial and economic consultancy. Since 2004 he has been teaching and researching at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.





        

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