Department of Economics

Professor Jan Toporowski

Key information

Roles
Department of Economics Professor of Economics and Finance
Qualifications
B.Soc.Sc (Birmingham); MSc (Econ), PhD (Birmingham)
Building
Russell Square: College Buildings
Office
277
Email address
jt29@soas.ac.uk
Telephone number
+44(0) 207 898 4737

Biography

Jan Toporowski is Professor of Economics and Finance at SOAS University of London. His research is concentrated on monetary theory and policy, finance, and the work of Michał Kalecki. 

He is on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics, the Review of Political Economy, and the Review of Keynesian Economics

Jan Toporowski has published two volumes of biography of Michał Kalecki and over 350 books, articles and papers on economics and finance. Before becoming an academic he worked in fund management, international banking, and central banking. He has been a consultant for the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the Economist Intelligence Unit.  

Jan Toporowski studied economics at Birkbeck College, University of London, and the University of Birmingham, UK. His most recent book is Interest and Capital the monetary economics of Michał Kalecki (Oxford University Press 2022).

Research interests

  • Macroeconomics
  • Monetary policy
  • Kalecki and Post-Keynesian economics
  • Credit cycles
  • Franc Zone

PhD Supervision

Name Title
Pu Cheng Regional monetary and financial disparities.
Shula Mulenga Sikaona Payment system financial technologies in Zambia: The paradox of bank efficiency.
Enrico Pulieri Fiscal Policies and Debt Management: the Split Budget Theory.

Publications

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