WP Number: 1

WP Number: 1WP Title: Review of the literature
Starting Month: 1Ending Month: 6Person Months (PMs): 3.02

Objectives

To provide an overview of the main theoretical debates

Description of Work

1. Narratives of the current economic crisis in the literature from a mainstream perspective

a. New Classical
b. New Keynesian
c. Failures of economic modelling

2. Narratives of the current economic crisis in the literature from a heterodox perspective

a. Post-Keynesian
b. Social Structures of Accumulation
c. Other

3. Narratives of the current economic crisis in the literature from a Classical-Marxian perspective

a. Capital profitability
b. Productive and unproductive labor

Tasks

1.  Identify the relevant literature
2.  Codify the relevant literature
3.  Write a report of the relevant literature

Deliverables

Deliverable D1: A written chapter on the review of the literature for the current economic crisis

Milestones

1st Milestone: Prerequisites completed