A Critical Essay on Modern Macroeconomic Theory

Author/creator Hahn, Frank Author
Other author Solow, Robert Author
Format Electronic
EditionReprint
Publication InfoCambridge : MIT Press
Description208 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in.
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Summary Annotation In the early 1980s, rational expectations and new classical economics dominatedmacroeconomic theory. This essay evolved from the authors' profound disagreement with that trend. Itdemonstrates not only how the new classical view got macroeconomics wrong, but also how to go aboutdoing macroeconomics the right way.Hahn and Solow argue that what was originally offered as anormative model based on perfect foresight and universal perfect competition has been almostcasually transformed into a model for interpreting real macroeconomic behavior. After explainingmicroeconomic foundations, the authors introduce a better macro model, one that can say usefulthings about the fluctuation of employment, the correlation between wages and employment, and therole for corrective monetary policy.
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