Minsky, Hyman P. Can “It” Happen Again?: Essays on.
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Abstract. Hyman Philip Minsky (b. 23 September 1919, d. 24 October 1996) was best known for his Financial Instability Hypothesis of the business cycle, which emphasised the dynamics of business investment finance as a recurring cause of macroeconomic instability (Minsky, Financial instability revisited: the economics of disaster.
Minsky, H. (1982). Can “It” Happen Again M. E. Sharpe (Ed.), Essays on Instability and Finance, New York.
Despite being somewhat provocative, the remark sparked no fury, and was only picked up by Randall Wray, who initially commented that “Lavoie’s rejection of the importance of stocks probably accounts for his critique of Minsky’s financial instability hypothesis, which he argues borders on a loanable funds approach” (Wray 1990: 152).
Hyman P. Minsky, 1919-1996. American Post Keynesian economist at Washington University, St. Louis. Originating from Chicago, Hyman Minsky initially studied mathematics at the University of Chicago, but switched ton economics and eventually received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1954, under Alvin H. Hansen.Minsky taught at Carnegie-Mellon, Brown and Berekely, before taking up a position at.
Minsky held a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Chicago (1941) and an M.P.A. (1947) and a Ph.D. in economics (1954) from Harvard. He was a recipient in 1996 of the Veblen-Commons Award, given by the Association for Evolutionary Economics in recognition of his exemplary standards of scholarship, teaching, public service, and research in the field of evolutionary institutional economics.
Minsky’s “Financial instability hypothesis” argues that as an economy flourishes people and organizations lose their motivation to consider the possibility of failure, because the costs of concern are high and apparent while the benefits of a relaxed attitude are immediate. Loans become less and less secure, bad risks drive out good, and the resilience of the entire economy to shocks is.