Money, interest and capital accumulationin Karl Marx's economics: A monetary interpretation and some similaritiesto post-Keynesian approaches

European Journal of the History of Economic Thought

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-140

  Hein, Eckhard ^a  

^a Institut fur Makrookonomie und Konjunkturforschung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capital accumulation; Distribution; Interest rate; Marx's economics; Money; Post Keynesian economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644618868     PISSN: 09672567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09672560500522868     Document Type: Article

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