Jan Toporowski

Jan Toporowski is Professor of Economics and Finance at SOAS, University of London, Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Bergamo, Italy, and Professor of Economics and Finance at the International University College, Turin, Italy. Jan Toporowski studied economics at Birkbeck College, University of London, and the University of Birmingham. He has worked in fund management, international banking, economic consultancy and central banking and has published widely on money, finance and economic development, monetary policy and the history of economic thought. Jan Toporowski is the author of a two-volume biography of Michał Kalecki.

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The Ukrainian War and the End of Globalization?

Article | Apr 11, 2022

Economic sanctions against Russia are adding to a major redistribution of income from workers and middle-class consumers to profits in international trade.

How Inequality Leads to Industrial Feudalism

Article | Jan 24, 2022

In a society where asset ownership is incredibly unequal, social mobility becomes severely diminished

Industrial Feudalism and Wealth Inequalities

Paper Working Paper Series | | Jan 2022

In a society where asset ownership is incredibly unequal, social mobility become severely diminished

The COVID-19 Bailout and its Financing Dilemmas

Article | Jun 30, 2020

The speed and duration of COVID-19 economic recovery will depend on how the government will finance emergency programs.