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The “Timeless and Highly Topical at the Same Time”: In Memory of Professor András Bródy
5-17Views:121Professor András (Andrew) Bródy, one of the most outstanding of post-war Hungarian economists, perhaps the most spirited member of his generation, died at the age of 86, on 3rd of December, 2010. For several decades he had been dealing with the mathematical formulation of Marxian theory. He was an internationally respected model-builder, applying input-output analysis, also working with Professor Leontief in this field. He was both in full command of high-level theoretical knowledge, and proficient in the latest methodological approaches. He also conducted pioneering research into the application of
the laws of thermodynamics to economic problems. His international fame was initially based on his book Prices and Proportions, published in Hungarian (1969) and also in English by North-Holland (1970). Several articles, conference papers, and several other books he wrote or edited broadened this recognition,
the most important landmarks being Ciklus és szabályozás (Cycles and Regulation, 1980) in Hungarian, Slowdown (1982) in both English and Hungarian, and finally, Near Equilibrium in English (2004) and Chinese (2009). Fortunately, he participated in the work of our department, the History of Economic Thought at the Corvinus University of Budapest between 1995 and 2005. This article in his honour is a brief summary of his achievements and a reader’s selection of his writings prepared for the students of our department which reflect his views on the state of economic theories; also attached is a bibliography of his most important publications.JEL classification: A11, B23, B24, B32
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Neumann's model and the cycles
14-19Views:98Neuman has created his model to verify the theoretical existence of balance. The assumptions of the model give an explanation to the existence of the cycles. They derive from two peculiarities of the model, which Neumann concludes from the operation of the market. The first peculiarity is that balance comes about in the so-called saddlepoint. It is characterized by maximum production and minimum profit. The second is crossregulation, where excess profit stimulates growth, whereas oversupply decreases prices.