Scrap the lot and start again

Kakarot-Handtke, Egmont (2011): Scrap the lot and start again. Published in: real-world economics review , Vol. 56, No. 11 March 2011 (11 March 2011): pp. 15-18.

Abstract

In the wake of the recent financial crisis heterodox economists have taken up a time-honored refrain and proposed to abandon the axiomatic method. The present paper argues that this proposal is self-defeating

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Axiomatization, Keynesianism
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E1 - General Aggregative Models > E12 - Keynes ; Keynesian ; Post-Keynesian; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E0 - General > E00 - General; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B4 - Economic Methodology > B41 - Economic Methodology

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