{"product_id":"routledge-handbook-of-macroeconomic-methodology-9781138816626","title":"Routledge Handbook of Macroeconomic Methodology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe present macroeconomic crisis has demonstrated that a deeper understanding of the importance of relevant macroeconomic theories and methods is wanting. Additionally, lack of methodological awareness is behind much of the disagreement within macroeconomics which, looked upon from outside, often appears incomprehensible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Handbook gives a structured presentation of the study of principles and procedures by which macroeconomics is researched, taught and communicated both within academia and to a wider audience, and why specific theories, research strategies and teaching are preferred. The principles of selecting theory relevant to real-world problems are the core of methodology. This book contains a broad range of arguments behind theory construction and appraisal and the consequences of these choices within the field of macroeconomics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn international range of experts provide clear analysis of key concepts, ideas and principles to give academics, stude\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Within the bulk of the existing literature on economic methodology the distinctive methodological questions concerning the methodology of macroeconomics, despite their relevance, have been so far comparatively neglected. This comprehensive Handbook eventually fills the gap in a way that would be hard to beat. It deserves, therefore, to be warmly recommended to all readers with an interest in the methodology and philosophy of economics, in the history of economic thought and, last but not least, in macroeconomics \u003ci\u003eper se\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrea Salanti\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUniversity of Bergamo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Due to the economic crises of recent years there is an increasing interest by students to look for answers outside the mainstream macroeconomic understanding. As such, students are not only looking for an alternative theoretical macroeconomic universe, they are also increasingly interested in methodological aspects of macroeconomic theory. With the publication of \u003ci\u003eRoutledge Handbook of Macroeconomic Methodology \u003c\/i\u003estudents with an interest in Macroeconomic Theory and the History of Economic Thought are offered an updated advanced book on a huge number of relevant methodological questions.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinn Olesen\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAalborg University, Denmark\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The scope and content of the Handbook \u003cb\u003eI. Philosophy of Science Perspectives \u003c\/b\u003eI.1. Methodological Individualism and Macroeconomics I.2. Deduction, Induction and Abduction I.3. Instrumentalism I.4 From positivism to naturalism in macroeconomics I.5. Holism \u0026amp; Fallacy of Composition I.6. Macroeconomics and Ethics \u003cstrong\u003eII. Concepts \u003c\/strong\u003eII.1 Time in Macroeconomics II.2 Uncertainty and Macroeconomic Methodology II.3 Path dependency II.4 Equilibrium II.5 Causality and macroeconomics II.6 Microeconomic foundation of macroeconomics II.7 Open and closed systems II.8. Money and Macroeconomic Methodology \u003cb\u003e III. Schools of Thought \u003c\/b\u003eIII.1. Classical Political Economy III.2. Neoclassical Macroeconomics III.3. Keynes’s Macroeconomic Method III.4. Post Keynesian Methodology III.5. The Austrian Denial of Macroeconomics III.6. What was Marx’s Method, actually? III.7. Methodological Pluralism in Macroeconomics \u003cb\u003eIV. Models, Econometrics and Measurement \u003c\/b\u003eIV.1. Use of Mathematics in macroeconomic analysis IV.2. Explanation and Forecasting IV.3. Using macroeconomic models in policy practice IV.4. Traditional Methods of Macroeconometrics IV.5. Macroeconometrics: Cointegrated VAR Method IV.6. National Accounts and Macroeconomic Methodology \u003cb\u003eV. Communicating Macroeconomics \u003c\/b\u003eV.1. The rhetorical perspective on macroeconomics V.2. Teaching Macroeconomic Methodology \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019528995159,"sku":"9781138816626","price":185.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138816626.jpg?v=1750780537","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/routledge-handbook-of-macroeconomic-methodology-9781138816626","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}