Alternative Approaches in Macroeconomics

1. Introduction.- 2. John McCombie’s Contribution to the Applied Economics of Growth in a Closed and Open Economy.- 3. Why Neither Samuelson’s Neoclassical Synthesis Keynesianism Nor New Keynesianism Theory Is Compatible with Keynes’s General Theory Explanation of the Cause of Unemployment.- 4. The Role of Commercial Banks and Financial Intermediaries in the New Consensus Macroeconomics (NCM): A Preliminary and Critical Appraisal of Old and New Models.- 5. Microeconomics, Mesoeconomics and Macroeconomics.- 6. A Coherent Approach to Macroeconomic Theory and Economic Policies.- 7. Is the Share of Income of the Top One Per cent Due to the Marginal Product of Labour or Managerial Power?.- 8. Macroeconomic Lessons from the Financialisation Process.- 9. Financial Instability and Speculative Bubbles: Behavioural Insights and Policy Implications.- 10. Sophistication, Productivity and Trade: A Sectoral Investigation.- 11. Urban Growth in South Asia: A View from Outer Space.- 12. Production Functions, the Kaldor-Verdoorn Law and Methodology.- 13. Is the Balance of Payments Constrained Growth Rate Time-Varying? Exchange Rate Over Valuation, Policy-Induced Recessions, Deindustrialization, and Long Run Growth.