Open AccessOrigins of economic instability: Real, financial or both? - Part I: An account of Minsky's financial instability hypothesis
Author(s) -
John Hart
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
suid-afrikaanse tydskrif vir ekonomiese en bestuurswetenskappe/south african journal of economic and management sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2222-3436
pISSN - 1015-8812
DOI - 10.4102/sajems.v2i1.2560
Subject(s) - economics , instability , economic stability , stability (learning theory) , financial sector , financial stability , keynesian economics , finance , post keynesian economics , subject (documents) , macroeconomics , financial system , mechanics , physics , machine learning , library science , computer science
The 1990s have put the issue of global economic stability under the spotlight. This calls for a re-examination of the economic theory surrounding the subject. Here a three-fold classification is useful. The first grouping locates the source of stability in the workings of the real sector of the economy. A second, following Hyman Minsky, contends that instability arises in the financial sector. A third grouping draws on a distinction by Schumpeter to argue that any effective analysis of stability or instability requires a theoretical framework that integrates both the real and financial sectors at the most basic level. In the light of the current financial crisis which originated in South-East Asia, the second grouping appears most relevant. Part II will give an appraisal of Minsky's theory.