Sawyer, M. orcid.org/0000-0002-4565-5276 (2026) The significance of Kalecki’s analyses of the financial and real constraints on economic development. El Trimestre Económico, 93 (369). pp. 47-69. ISSN: 0041-3011
Abstract
The paper marks the 70th anniversary of the publication of Kalecki’s “The problem of financing economic development” (1955) based on the lectures presented in Mexico City in August 1953. The analysis of the paper is set in the context of Kalecki’s macro-economic analysis of industrialised capitalist economies and of his work at the United Nations. The central messages of Kalecki’s paper are discussed in two parts. The first is focused on what may be termed the real constraints for development and investment, with the political and social obstacles to addressing those constraints. The second is on the funding of balance of payments issues which arise with the problems which methods of funding raise.
El articulo conmemora el LXX aniversario de la publicación en ingles de “El problema del financiamiento del desarrollo económico” de Kalecki (1955), basado en las conferencias impartidas en la Ciudad de Mexico en agosto de 1953. El estudio se enmarca en el análisis macroeconómico de Kalecki sobre las economías capitalistas industrializadas y en su trabajo en la Organización de las Naciones Unidas. Los mensajes centrales del artículo de Kalecki se discuten en dos partes. La primera se centra en lo que podría denominarse las restricciones reales para el desarrollo y la inversión, junto con los obstáculos políticos y sociales para enfrentarlas. La segunda trata de las dificultades de financiamiento de la balanza de pagos derivadas de problemas inherentes a los métodos de financiamiento.
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| Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Kalecki, financing and funding, investment, economic development, inflation, necessities, D3, E31, F11, O11 Kalecki, financiamiento, inversión, desarrollo económico, inflación, bienes de primera necesidad, D3, E31, F11, O11 |
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| Institution: | The University of Leeds |
| Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Economics Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jan 2026 11:24 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2026 11:24 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | Fondo de Cultura Economica |
| Identification Number: | 10.20430/ete.v93i369.2930 |
| Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:236138 |
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