Routledge Handbook of Macroeconomic Methodology

Jesper Jespersen is Professor of Economics at Roskilde University, Denmark. His research interests include the economics of Keynes and macroeconomic methodology. Victoria Chick is Emeritus Professor of Economics at University College London. She has written extensively on macroeconomics and the economics of Keynes. Bert Tieben is researcher at SEO Amsterdam Economics, Netherlands. His also teaches history of economic thought at Amsterdam University College. His research focuses on economics methodology and the history of economic thought.

Part I: Key Concepts 1. History of Macroeconomic Methodology 2. Philosophy of Science I: Holism 3. Philosophy of Science II: Induction/deduction 4. Realism and critical realism 5. Truth, normal science and paradigms 6. Ontology 7. Different forms of modelling 8. Rationality, optimisation and planning 9. Values, ethics and sustainability 10. Fallacies and false analogies 11. Time, Ergodicity and Entropy 12. Uncertainty and limits to knowledge 13. Equilibrium and path-dependency 14. Agents and institutions 15. The relevance of Microeconomic Foundations Part II: Schools of Thought 16. Classical (political) economics 17. Neoclassical 18. Post-Keynesian economics 19. Austrian economics 20. Institutionalist/feminist economics 21. Development economics 22. Socialist/Marxist economics 2 3. Environmental, ecological and sustainable economics Part III Applying Macroeconomic Methodology 24. History of empirical research 25. Econometrics 26. National accountancy 27. Macroeconometric models/modelling 28. Forecasting 29. Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) Part IV: Macroeconomic Methodology & Teaching and Communication 30. Rhetoric and persuasion 31. Public understanding of macroeconomics 32. The methodology of teaching macroeconomics 33. Macroeconomics and ideology