Routledge Handbook of Macroeconomic Methodology by Jesper Jes... - 9781138816626

Routledge Handbook of Macroeconomic MethodologyAuthor(s): Jesper Jespersen, Victoria Chick, Bert Tieben\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138816626, 978-1138816626\nSynopsis\nThe 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.\n\nThe 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 theor.