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Mainstream Macroeconomics in the Light of Popper

dc.contributor.authorAyala, Iván H
dc.contributor.authorPalacio Vera, Alfonso
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-19T23:55:31Z
dc.date.available2023-06-19T23:55:31Z
dc.date.issued2014-10
dc.description.abstractMacroeconomics has been dominated over the last four decades by the Rational Expectations Hypothesis (REH) which implies that economies are inherently stable. REH is a key element of the New Neoclassical Synthesis (NNS) macroeconomic model which has also played a dominant role in theory and policy analysis over the last two decades. We analyse REH in light of Popper´s evolutionary theory of knowledge and learning. We claim that the latter provides macroeconomics with an epistemological and ontological foundation that, unlike REH, takes full account of human fallibility and upon which economists can build a more useful macroeconomic theory.
dc.description.abstractLa macroeconomía ortodoxa ha estado dominada durante las últimas cuatro décadas por la llamada “hipótesis de expectativas racionales” (HER) que conlle-va el supuesto implícito de que las economías de mercado son inherentemente estables. A su vez, la HER constituye un elemento esencial de la llamada “Nueva Síntesis Neoclásica” en macroeconomía que también ha desempeñado un papel dominante tanto en la teoría macroeconómica como en la política económica durante las últimas dos décadas. En este trabajo analizamos la HER a la luz de la teoría popperiana del conocimiento y el aprendizaje y afirmamos que esta última dota a la teoría macro-económica de unos fundamentos epistemológicos y ontológicos que, a diferencia de la HER, incorporan plenamente el concepto de falibilidad humana y sobre los cuales los economistas pueden construir una teoría macroeconómica más útil.
dc.description.departmentDecanato
dc.description.facultyFac. de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.statusunpub
dc.eprint.idhttps://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/27128
dc.identifier.issn2255-5471
dc.identifier.relatedurlhttp://economicasyempresariales.ucm.es/working-papers-ccee
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/41606
dc.issue.number04
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.total39
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDocumentos de Trabajo de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales
dc.rightsAtribución-NoComercial 3.0 España
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/es/
dc.subject.jelA12
dc.subject.jelB41
dc.subject.jelB50
dc.subject.keywordknowledge
dc.subject.keywordLearning
dc.subject.keywordRational expectations
dc.subject.keywordEvolutionary
dc.subject.keywordPopper.
dc.subject.keywordConocimiento
dc.subject.keywordaprendizaje
dc.subject.keywordexpectativas racionales
dc.subject.keywordevolucionista
dc.subject.ucmMacroeconomía
dc.subject.unesco5307.14 Teoría Macroeconómica
dc.titleMainstream Macroeconomics in the Light of Popper
dc.title.alternativeLa macroeconomía ortodoxa a la luz de Popper
dc.typetechnical report
dc.volume.number2014
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