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The Relevance of Hyman Minsky’s “Money Manager Capitalism” in The Age of Financialization

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 634 - 653, 20.06.2025
https://doi.org/10.30586/pek.1549652
https://izlik.org/JA39RG87RX

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the adequacy of Hyman Minsky's ‘money manager capitalism’ approach in explaining the phenomenon of financialization. For this purpose, the study will first examine the phenomenon of financialization as it is discussed in the critical literature, especially in Marxist and Post Keynesian approaches, and then Minsky's conceptual framework will be mentioned. Although Minsky is known as a Post Keynesian economist with his analysis of financial instability, which he blended with the legacy of Keynes and Schumpeter and which came to the fore with the 2008 crisis, his studies on the phenomenon of financialization have not gained much place in the literature. However, the Post Keynesian financialization literature has developed especially around Minsky's pioneering ideas. The distinctive feature of Minsky is that he was one of the first names to conduct pioneering and comprehensive studies on the financial innovations that have marked the last 40-50 years and their destabilizing role in the system. Financialization should be approached from an evolutionary perspective, and it should be accepted that the financial innovations at the heart of this evolutionary process do not always lead to good outcomes. An analysis of today's financial architecture and the crises that this system has been subjected to reveals Minsky's rightness. Thus, it can be argued that Minsky shed light on the 21st century financialization with his ‘money manager capitalism’ approach and financial instability hypothesis.

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  • Whalen C. J. (1997). Money-Manager Capitalism and the End of Shared Prosperity. Journal of Economic Issues, 31(2), 517-525.
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HYMAN MINSKY'NİN "PARA YÖNETİCİ KAPİTALİZM" YAKLAŞIMININ FİNANSALLAŞMA ÇAĞINDA GEÇERLİLİĞİ

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 634 - 653, 20.06.2025
https://doi.org/10.30586/pek.1549652
https://izlik.org/JA39RG87RX

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Hyman Minsky’nin, “para yönetici kapitalizm” yaklaşımının finansallaşma olgusunu açıklamadaki yeterliliğine dair tespitlerde bulunmaktır. Bu amaçla çalışmada ilk önce finansallaşma olgusu eleştirel literatürde özellikle Marxist ve Post Keynesyen yaklaşımlarda ele alındığı biçimiyle incelenecek, ardından Minsky’nin kavramsal çerçevesine değinilecektir. Minsky, Keynes ve Schumpeter’den aldığı mirasla harmanladığı ve 2008 kriziyle gündeme gelen, temelinde finansal istikrarsızlığın yer aldığı analiziyle her ne kadar bir Post Keynesyen iktisatçı olarak bilinse de kendisinin finansallaşma olgusuna dair çalışmaları literatürde pek yer edinememiştir. Fakat aslında özellikle Post Keynesyen finansallaşma literatürü Minsky’nin öncü fikirlerinin etrafında gelişmiştir. Minsky’nin ayırt edici özelliği son 40-50 yıla damgasını vuran finansal yenilikler ve bunların sistemi istikrarsızlaştırıcı rolüne dair öncü ve kapsamlı çalışmaları yapan ilk isimlerden biri olmasıdır. Finansallaşma, evrimci bir perspektiften ele alınmalı ve bu evrimsel sürecin göbeğinde yer alan finansal yeniliklerin her zaman iyi sonuçlara yol açmayacağı kabul edilmelidir. Günümüz finansal mimarisi ve bu sistemin girdiği krizler incelendiğinde Minsky’nin haklılığı gözler önüne serilir. Böylelikle Minsky’nin “para yönetici kapitalizm” yaklaşımı ve finansal istikrarsızlık hipotezi ile yirmi birinci yüzyıl finansallaşmasına ışık tutmuş bir isim olduğu ileri sürülebilir.

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References

  • Ağdemir, Z. ve Çakıroğlu, P. (2013, 21 Ekim). Costas Lapavitsas’la Söyleşi: Avrupa’da isyan Yükselmezse Faşizme Tanık Olacağız, Sol Haber.
  • Akçay, Ü. ve Güngen A.R. (2016). Finansallaşma, Borç Krizi ve Çöküş. NotaBene Yayınları
  • Arrighi, G. (2016). Uzun Yirminci Yüzyıl: Para, Güç ve Çağımızın Kökenleri. R. Boztemur (Çev.). İmge Kitabevi.
  • Baran, P. A. ve Sweezy P.M. (1966). Monopoly Capital: An Essay on the American Economic and Social Order. New York: NYU Press.
  • Duménil G. ve Lévy D. (2004). Capital Resurgent. Cambridge, Massachusets: Harvard University
  • Epstein, G. (2005). Introduction: Financialization and the World Economy. G. Epstein, G. (Ed.), Financialization and the World Economy, Cheltenham. Edward Elgar, 3-16.
  • Ercan, F. (1997). Meta ve Para Analizinde Finans Kapital: 1970 Sonrası Yaşanan Ekonomik İlişkiler İçin Teorik Bir Çerçeve. Ekonomik Yaklaşım, 8(27), 157-186.
  • Ertürk, K. ve Özgür, G. (2009). What is Minsky All About, Anyway. Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, University of Utah.
  • Fasianos, A., Guevara, D. ve Pierros, C. (2018). Have We Been Here Before? Phases of Financialization Within the Twentieth Century in the US. Review of Keynesian Economics, 6(1), 34-61.
  • Fine, B. (2013). Financialization from a Marxist Perspective. International Journal of Political Economy, 42(4), 47–66.
  • Foster, J.B. (2007). Financialization of Capitalism. Monthly Review 58(11). https://monthlyreview.org/2007/04/01/the-financialization-of-capitalism/
  • Foster, J.B. ve McChesney (2010). Listen Keynesians, It’s the System! Response to Palley. Monthly Review 61(11). https://monthlyreview.org/2010/04/01/listen-keynesians-its-the-system-response-to-palley/
  • Graeber, D. (2011). Debt: The First 5000 Years. London: Melville Press.
  • Güngen, A. R. (2021). Borçlandırma Siyaseti. İletişim Yayınları
  • Harvey, D. (2004). New Imperialism: Accumulation By Dispossession. Socialist Register, 40, 63-87
  • Henry, J. (2010). Minsky, Marx, Veblen and Chicago. Levy Institute Minsky Summer School, 19-26.
  • Hilferding, R. (1981). Finance Capital: A Study of the Latest Phase of Capitalist Development. T. Bottomore (Ed.). London, Routledge & Kega.
  • Itoh, M. ve Lapavitsas, C. (2008). Para ve Finansın Ekonomi Politiği. T. Öncel (Çev.). Yordam Kitap.
  • Keynes, J. M. (2010). İstihdam, Faiz ve Paranın Genel Teorisi. İstanbul: Kalkedon Yayınları.
  • Krippner, G. R. (2005). The Financialization of the American Economy. Socio-Economic Review 3, 173–208.
  • Lapavitsas, C. (2009). Finansallaşmanın Krizi. İçinde Finansallaşma ve Kapitalizmin Krizi. C. Lapavistsas (Ed.). T. Öncel (Çev). 9-24.
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  • Lapavitsas, C. (2019). Üretmeden Kar Etmek: Finans Hepimizi Nasıl Sömürüyor. Y. E. Kara (Çev.). Küy: İstanbul.
  • Lazonick, W. ve O’Sullivan, M. (2000). Maximizing Shareholder Value: A New Ideology for Corporate Governance. Economy and Society, 29: 13–35.
  • Lazzarato, M. (2014). Borçla Yönetmek. Ş. Çiltaş (Çev.). Otonom Yayıncılık.
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  • Minsky, H. P. (1988a). Schumpeter: Finance and Evolution. Hyman P. Minsky Archive. Paper 314. http://digitalcommons.bard.edu/hm_archive/314.
  • Minsky, H. P. (1988b). Money Manager Capitalism, Fiscal Independence and International Monetary Reconstruction. Hyman P. Minsky Archive. 431. https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/hm_archive/431.
  • Minsky, H.P. (1992). Schumpeter and Finance. Hyman P. Minsky Archive. Paper 280. http://digitalcommons.bard.edu/hm_archive/280.
  • Minsky, H.P. (1996). Uncertainty and the Institutional Structure of Capitalist Economies (April 1996). Levy Economics Institute WP #155, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=8659
  • Minsky, H. P. (2013). İstikrarsız Bir Ekonominin İstikrarı. O. Esen (Çev.). Efil Yayınevi.
  • Minsky, H. P. ve Whalen, J. C. (1996). Economic Insecurity and the Institutional Prerequisites for Successful Capitalism. Journal of Post Keynesian Economics 19, 155-170.
  • Orhangazi, Ö. (2008). Keynesgil Finansal Düzenlemelerden Finansallaşmaya: İktisat Literatürü ve ABD Ekonomisinin Finansallaşmasına Tarihsel Bir Bakış̧. ODTÜ Gelişme Dergisi, 35, 133-159.
  • Orhangazi, Ö. (2017). Günümüz Kapitalizminde Finansın Rolü Üzerine Birkaç Not. İktisat ve Toplum Dergisi, 86, 32-39.
  • Özgür, G. ve Özel H. (2010). Küreselleşme, Finansal Genişleme ve Bunalım. Amme İdaresi Dergisi, 43(1), 33-56.
  • Özgür, G. ve Özel H. (2011). Marx’ın Para Teorisi: “Hayali” ve “Gerçek” Sermaye Farkı? Praksis. 26(2), 199-219.
  • Palley, T. I. (2007). Financialization: What It Is and Why It Matters. Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Working Paper No. 525, New York, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College.
  • Palley, T. I. (2010). The Limits of Minsky’s Financial Instability Hypothesis as an Explanation of Crisis. Monthly Review, 61(11). https://monthlyreview.org/2010/04/01/the-limits-of-minskys-financial-instability-hypothesis-as-an-explanation-of-the-crisis/
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  • Toporowski, J. (2018). Marx, Finance and Political Economy. Review of Political Economy, 30(3), 416–427. https://doi.org/10.1080/09538259.2018.1496549
  • Van der Zwan, N. (2014). Making Sense of Financialization. Socio-Economic Review, 12, 99-129.
  • Whalen C. J. (1997). Money-Manager Capitalism and the End of Shared Prosperity. Journal of Economic Issues, 31(2), 517-525.
  • Whalen, C. J. (2001). Integrating Schumpeter and Keynes: Hyman Minsky's Theory of Capitalist Development. Journal of Economic Issues, 35(4), 805-823.
  • Whalen, C. J. (2017). Understanding Financialization: Standing on the Shoulders of Minsky. Financial Internet Quarterly, e-Finanse, 13(2), 45-61.
  • Wolson, M. (2002). Minsky's Theory of Financial Crises in a Global Context. Journal of Economic Issues, 36(2), 393-400.
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Fatma Esra Soylu 0000-0002-3183-1179

Submission Date September 13, 2024
Acceptance Date March 1, 2025
Early Pub Date June 18, 2025
Publication Date June 20, 2025
DOI https://doi.org/10.30586/pek.1549652
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APA Soylu, F. E. (2025). HYMAN MINSKY’NİN "PARA YÖNETİCİ KAPİTALİZM" YAKLAŞIMININ FİNANSALLAŞMA ÇAĞINDA GEÇERLİLİĞİ. Politik Ekonomik Kuram, 9(2), 634-653. https://doi.org/10.30586/pek.1549652

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