Mathew Forstater
Biographic Data
| ID | 79177 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mathew Forstater |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mathew |
| FAMILY NAME | Forstater |
| SIGNATURE | FORSTATER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Missouri–Kansas City |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Growth, Distribution, and Effective Demand
Working for a better world
Taking the work of Amartya Sen as a point of departure, a case is made that there may be no single policy with as many potential benefits as a guaranteed job at a living wage–benefits package for every person ready and willing to work. The case is outlined in 4 arguments. Along the way, numerous social and economic costs of unemployment and underemployment and benefits of full employment are catalogued. Reference is also made to how the right to …
Jobs and Freedom Now! Functional Finance, Full Employment, and the Freedom Budget
Forty-five years ago, the A. Philip Randolph Institute issued “The Freedom Budget,” in which a program for economic transformation was proposed that included a job guarantee for everyone ready and willing to work, a guaranteed income for those unable to work or those who should not be working, and a living wage to lift the working poor out of poverty. Such policies were supported by a host of scholars, civic leaders, and institutions, including t…
Technology as Transsubjective Structural Context
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMathew ForstaterThis paper was intended for the recently published Ingrid Rima Festschrift (M. Forstater, G. Mongiovi & S. Pressman, Eds., Post Keynesian Macroeconomics: Essays in Honour of Ingrid Rima, London: Routledge, 2007), but inadvertently was not included in the volume
From Civil Rights to Economic Security
(2007). From Civil Rights to Economic Security: Bayard Rustin and the African-American Struggle for Full Employment, 1945-1978. International Journal of Political Economy: Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 63-74
Taxation and Primitive Accumulation
In Volume One of Capital, Marx laid out what he called “The Secret of Capitalist Primitive Accumulation.” Capitalist accumulation must be preceded by some previous accumulation, “an accumulation which is not the result of the capitalist mode of production but its point of departure” (1990, p. 873). Marx, concentrating on European history, identified the “double-freedom” requirement necessary for capitalist production: workers must be “free” to se…
Visions and scenarios
Visions and Scenarios
Envisioning Provisioning
Mathew Forstater Envisioning Provisioning: Adolph Lowe and Heilbroner’s Worldly Philosophy The authors [of The Crisis of Vision in Modern Economic Thought, Robert Heilbroner and William Milberg] also under stand deeply the influence ofthegreat masters ofour trade—Smith, Ricardo, Marx, Mill, Marshall, Keynes, and Heilbroner’s ownmentor, Adolph Lowe. Lowe would have heartily approved ofthe tasks which the authors want us to do for they were in lar…
Bones for Sale
Maasai pastoralism has been characterized historically by highly developed herd and rangeland management techniques and social and cultural institutions at the intra- and inter-community levels that have provided security against shocks such as drought, crop failure and epidemic disease. Key to pastoral production was that herd management and milk production were the domain of the individual domestic units--the household or the homestead--while r…
Jobs for all”
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote extensively on economic matters, especially unemployment policy. King supported a federal job guarantee for anyone ready and willing to work. He believed it would provide employment and income security, as well as increased public and community services. Dr. King's writings on employment are reviewed and discussed. His policy proposals are just as relevant today as they were when they were first put forw…
Queer Black Marxist Feminist Political Economy in a White-Supremacist Heterosexist-Homophobic Capitalist Patriarchy
Commitment to Full Employment
Scientific Exploration and Expeditions provides a unique perspective on expeditions made in the quest for scientific knowledge from the fifteenth century to the present day. Concise and appealing articles focus on the scientific goals and accomplishments of the explorers and expeditions, and how the sciences--from anthropology to zoology--benefited from these voyages of discovery..Designed for high school, college, and general readers, this encyc…
Adolph Lowe's Plea for Cooperation and Constructive Synthesis in the Social Sciences
Adolph Lowe and his mentor Franz Oppenheimer were founding members of the Editorial Board of the The American Journal of Economics and Sociology in 1941. Both this journal's name and its mission were inspired by Lowe's greatly underappreciated 1935 book, Economics and Sociology. There, Lowe issued his "plea for cooperation" and "constructive synthesis" in the social sciences. Lowe was committed to interdisciplinary teaching and research for the e…
Adolph Lowe on Freedom, Education and Socialization
The lifework of Adolph Lowe (1893-1995) was greatly motivated by his struggle with the problem of “freedom and order”. This paper explores Lowe's largely overlooked and under-examined writings on education and political philosophy, important components of his “political economics”. Lowe's concern with the socialization function of education is highlighted and related to his notion of “spontaneous conformity”, as well as the ideas of Vygotsky on i…
Working Backwards
Following up on suggestions of Adolph Lowe, the paper draws on the work of Peirce, Polya and Michael Polanyi to elaborate the notion of Lowe's instrumental analysis as a policy discovery procedure. It is argued that such an interpretation of Lowe's instrumentalism may contribute to the formulation of effective practical policies. It is also argued in the paper that this interpretation throws light on some issues concerning markets and planning th…
Jobs for all”
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote extensively on economic matters, especially unemployment policy. King supported a federal job guarantee for anyone ready and willing to work. He believed it would provide employment and income security, as well as increased public and community services. Dr. King's writings on employment are reviewed and discussed. His policy proposals are just as relevant today as they were when they were first put forw…
From Civil Rights to Economic Security
(2007). From Civil Rights to Economic Security: Bayard Rustin and the African-American Struggle for Full Employment, 1945-1978. International Journal of Political Economy: Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 63-74
Bones for Sale
Maasai pastoralism has been characterized historically by highly developed herd and rangeland management techniques and social and cultural institutions at the intra- and inter-community levels that have provided security against shocks such as drought, crop failure and epidemic disease. Key to pastoral production was that herd management and milk production were the domain of the individual domestic units--the household or the homestead--while r…
Adolph Lowe's Plea for Cooperation and Constructive Synthesis in the Social Sciences
Adolph Lowe and his mentor Franz Oppenheimer were founding members of the Editorial Board of the The American Journal of Economics and Sociology in 1941. Both this journal's name and its mission were inspired by Lowe's greatly underappreciated 1935 book, Economics and Sociology. There, Lowe issued his "plea for cooperation" and "constructive synthesis" in the social sciences. Lowe was committed to interdisciplinary teaching and research for the e…
Working Backwards
Following up on suggestions of Adolph Lowe, the paper draws on the work of Peirce, Polya and Michael Polanyi to elaborate the notion of Lowe's instrumental analysis as a policy discovery procedure. It is argued that such an interpretation of Lowe's instrumentalism may contribute to the formulation of effective practical policies. It is also argued in the paper that this interpretation throws light on some issues concerning markets and planning th…
Working Backwards
Following up on suggestions of Adolph Lowe, the paper draws on the work of Peirce, Polya and Michael Polanyi to elaborate the notion of Lowe's instrumental analysis as a policy discovery procedure. It is argued that such an interpretation of Lowe's instrumentalism may contribute to the formulation of effective practical policies. It is also argued in the paper that this interpretation throws light on some issues concerning markets and planning th…
Adolph Lowe on Freedom, Education and Socialization
The lifework of Adolph Lowe (1893-1995) was greatly motivated by his struggle with the problem of “freedom and order”. This paper explores Lowe's largely overlooked and under-examined writings on education and political philosophy, important components of his “political economics”. Lowe's concern with the socialization function of education is highlighted and related to his notion of “spontaneous conformity”, as well as the ideas of Vygotsky on i…
Bones for Sale
Maasai pastoralism has been characterized historically by highly developed herd and rangeland management techniques and social and cultural institutions at the intra- and inter-community levels that have provided security against shocks such as drought, crop failure and epidemic disease. Key to pastoral production was that herd management and milk production were the domain of the individual domestic units--the household or the homestead--while r…
Jobs for all”
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote extensively on economic matters, especially unemployment policy. King supported a federal job guarantee for anyone ready and willing to work. He believed it would provide employment and income security, as well as increased public and community services. Dr. King's writings on employment are reviewed and discussed. His policy proposals are just as relevant today as they were when they were first put forw…
Queer Black Marxist Feminist Political Economy in a White-Supremacist Heterosexist-Homophobic Capitalist Patriarchy
Commitment to Full Employment
Scientific Exploration and Expeditions provides a unique perspective on expeditions made in the quest for scientific knowledge from the fifteenth century to the present day. Concise and appealing articles focus on the scientific goals and accomplishments of the explorers and expeditions, and how the sciences--from anthropology to zoology--benefited from these voyages of discovery..Designed for high school, college, and general readers, this encyc…
Adolph Lowe's Plea for Cooperation and Constructive Synthesis in the Social Sciences
Adolph Lowe and his mentor Franz Oppenheimer were founding members of the Editorial Board of the The American Journal of Economics and Sociology in 1941. Both this journal's name and its mission were inspired by Lowe's greatly underappreciated 1935 book, Economics and Sociology. There, Lowe issued his "plea for cooperation" and "constructive synthesis" in the social sciences. Lowe was committed to interdisciplinary teaching and research for the e…
Visions and scenarios
Visions and Scenarios
Envisioning Provisioning
Mathew Forstater Envisioning Provisioning: Adolph Lowe and Heilbroner’s Worldly Philosophy The authors [of The Crisis of Vision in Modern Economic Thought, Robert Heilbroner and William Milberg] also under stand deeply the influence ofthegreat masters ofour trade—Smith, Ricardo, Marx, Mill, Marshall, Keynes, and Heilbroner’s ownmentor, Adolph Lowe. Lowe would have heartily approved ofthe tasks which the authors want us to do for they were in lar…
Taxation and Primitive Accumulation
In Volume One of Capital, Marx laid out what he called “The Secret of Capitalist Primitive Accumulation.” Capitalist accumulation must be preceded by some previous accumulation, “an accumulation which is not the result of the capitalist mode of production but its point of departure” (1990, p. 873). Marx, concentrating on European history, identified the “double-freedom” requirement necessary for capitalist production: workers must be “free” to se…
Technology as Transsubjective Structural Context
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMathew ForstaterThis paper was intended for the recently published Ingrid Rima Festschrift (M. Forstater, G. Mongiovi & S. Pressman, Eds., Post Keynesian Macroeconomics: Essays in Honour of Ingrid Rima, London: Routledge, 2007), but inadvertently was not included in the volume
From Civil Rights to Economic Security
(2007). From Civil Rights to Economic Security: Bayard Rustin and the African-American Struggle for Full Employment, 1945-1978. International Journal of Political Economy: Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 63-74
Jobs and Freedom Now! Functional Finance, Full Employment, and the Freedom Budget
Forty-five years ago, the A. Philip Randolph Institute issued “The Freedom Budget,” in which a program for economic transformation was proposed that included a job guarantee for everyone ready and willing to work, a guaranteed income for those unable to work or those who should not be working, and a living wage to lift the working poor out of poverty. Such policies were supported by a host of scholars, civic leaders, and institutions, including t…
Working for a better world
Taking the work of Amartya Sen as a point of departure, a case is made that there may be no single policy with as many potential benefits as a guaranteed job at a living wage–benefits package for every person ready and willing to work. The case is outlined in 4 arguments. Along the way, numerous social and economic costs of unemployment and underemployment and benefits of full employment are catalogued. Reference is also made to how the right to …
Growth, Distribution, and Effective Demand
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