Michał Kalecki

"Thus, even with relatively heavy damping such shocks generate fairly regular cycles. The result is of considerable importance."

"It may thus be concluded that in the absence of development factors the system lapses into a stationary state. These factors thus appear to be a prerequisite of a steady growth."

"We have found that the degree of monopoly is likely to increase somewhat during depressions."

"In any case of the budget deficit the private sector of the economy receives more from government expenditure than it pays in taxes."

"It is the export surplus and the budget deficit which enable the capitalists to make profits over and above their own purchases of goods and services. The connection between external profits and imperialism is obvious."

"Generally speaking, changes in the prices of finished goods are "cost determined" while changes in the prices of raw materials inclusive of primary foodstuffs are "demand determined"."

"It should be noticed that the whole approach is in contradiction to generally accepted views."

"[C]apitalist savings lead profits. This result may appear paradoxical. Common sense would suggest the opposite sequence—namely, that savings are determined by profits. This, how ever is not the case."

"In a sense the budget deficit can be considered as an artificial export surplus."

"Armaments and wars, usually financed by budget deficits, are also a source of this kind of profits."

"It should first be stated that a joint-stock company is not a brotherhood of shareholders but is managed by a controlling group of big shareholders while the rest of the shareholders do not differ from holders of bonds with a flexible rate of interest."

"It is indeed paradoxical that, while the apologists of capitalism usually consider the price mechanism to be the great advantage of the capitalist system, price flexibility proves to be a characteristic feature of the socialist economy."