Long Reads: Jan Toporowski on Michal Kalecki and the Politics of Full Employment
Jan Toporowski joins Long Reads for a discussion about Polish economist Michal Kalecki. Kalecki is best known for his celebrated essay on full employment, which has lost none of its topical value. Jan is a professor of economics at SOAS in London and the author of a two-volume intellectual biography of Kalecki.
Read Jan's article "Michal Kalecki and the Politics of Full Employment" here: https://jacobinmag.com/2022/01/michal-kalecki-keynes-full-employment-political-economy
You can also find Michal Kalecki's classic 1943 essay, "The Political Aspects of Full Employment" here…
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