Ewa Karwowski, The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UKRiccardo Bellofiore, University of Bergamo, ItalyJan Toporowski, The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UKAlberto Chilosi, University of Pisa, ItalyJohn King, La Trobe University, AustraliaGary Dymski, University of Leeds, UKD. Mario Nuti, University of Rome, ItalyAlessandro Vercelli, University of Siena, ItalyKazimierz Laski, Johannes Kepler University, AustriaLeon Podkaminer, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, wiiw, AustriaEdwin Le Heron, University of Bordeaux, FranceMalcolm Sawyer, University of Leeds, UKJanusz Tomidajewicz, Poznan University of Economics, PolandPat Devine, Manchester University, UKPaul Mattick, USAMarc Lavoie, University of Ottawa, CanadaPaul Auerbach, Kingston University, London, UKDimitris P. Sotiropoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

• Introduction; Riccardo Bellofiore, Ewa Karwowski and Jan Toporowski 1. The Economic System as an End or as a Means and the Future of Socialism: an Evolutionary Viewpoint; Alberto Chilosi 2.Whatever Happened to the Crucial Reform?; John King 3. 'Crucial Reform' in Post-War Socialism and Capitalism: Kowalik's Analysis and the Polish Transition; Gary Dymski 4. Micha? Kalecki's Political Cycle from Today's Perspective: An introduction; D. Mario Nuti 5. Political Aspects of Persisting Unemployment: Kalecki and beyond; Alessandro Vercelli 6. The Dynamics of Competition; Ewa Karwowski 7. Net Private Savings in Relation to the Government's Financial Balance; Kazimierz ?aski and Leon Podkaminer 8. Confidence, Increasing Risk and Crisis in a Post-Kaleckian Stock-Flow Consistent Model; Edwin Le Heron 9. Kalecki's Analysis and the Great Recession; Malcolm Sawyer 10. Systemic and Structural Sources of Present Crisis and 'The Accumulation of Capital' by Rosa Luxemburg; Janusz Tomidajewicz 11. Capitalism, Crisis, Growth and Ecology; Pat Devine 12. Trend and Cycle: On the Timeliness of Grossman's Breakdown Theory; Paul Mattick 13. Macroeconomic Paradoxes with Kalecki and Kaleckians; Marc Lavoie 14. Revisiting the Socialist Calculation Debate: The Role of Finance in Hayek's Response to Lange's Challenge; Paul Auerbach and Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos References Tadeusz Kowalik: A Bibliography