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Victoria Chick (1936–2023), a Restless Challenger to Mainstream Economics: An Appreciation

Marcuzzo, Maria Cristina; Repapis, Constantinos; Toporowski, Jan

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Maria Cristina Marcuzzo

Constantinos Repapis

Jan Toporowski



Abstract

In this article on Victoria (Vicky) Chick (1936–2023), we intend to cover the main research areas into which Chick devoted her life’s work. We categorise the contributions into three broad fields. First, her work on Keynes’s General Theory and the message that economists have taken from it since its publication. Chick wrote extensively on the many misinterpretations of the General Theory that have clouded its message. Instead, through her writings, she offered an alternative perspective and interpretative line that became central to the post-Keynesian school of thought. Second, her work on Keynes gave her the starting point for her novel understanding on the monetary nature of the economy and was the inspiration in the development of the banking stages of history approach that shows the evolutionary nature of banking theory and practice. Finally, the way in which The General Theory built its argument and the misinterpretation that many mainstream economists took from it led Chick to develop her methodological approach on open and closed systems of analysis and the importance of developing judgement as part of teaching in economics.

Citation

Marcuzzo, M. C., Repapis, C., & Toporowski, J. (2024). Victoria Chick (1936–2023), a Restless Challenger to Mainstream Economics: An Appreciation. Contributions to Political Economy, 43(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1093/cpe/bzae002

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 1, 2024
Online Publication Date Apr 29, 2024
Publication Date Jul 1, 2024
Deposit Date May 19, 2024
Publicly Available Date May 19, 2024
Journal Contributions to Political Economy
Print ISSN 0277-5921
Electronic ISSN 1464-3588
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 43
Issue 1
Pages 1-20
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/cpe/bzae002
Publisher URL https://academic.oup.com/cpe/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cpe/bzae002/7659155

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