Reconstruction Of Macroeconomics Methods Of Statistical Physics And Keynes Principle Of Effective Demand

Author : Hiroshi Yoshikawa
Publisher : Unknown
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Release : 2022
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ISBN : 9811952655

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Reconstruction of Macroeconomics: Methods of Statistical Physics, and Keynes' Principle of Effective Demand by Hiroshi Yoshikawa Pdf

This book explains how standard micro-founded macroeconomics is misguided and proposes an alternative method based on statistical physics. The Great Recession following the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in September 2015 amply demonstrated that mainstream micro-founded macroeconomics was in trouble. The new approach advanced in this book reasonably explains important macro-problems such as employment, business cycles, growth, and inflation/deflation. The key concept is demand failures, which modern micro-founded macroeconomics has ignored. "It (Chapter 3) captures analytically a good part of the intuition that underlies the Keynesian economics of people like Tobin and me." Robert Solow, Emeritus Institute Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nobel Laureate in Economics, 1987 "Professor Hiroshi Yoshikawa provides a unique synthesis of statistical physics and macro-economic theory in order to confront the dismal failure in economics and in finance to understand how an economy or a financial market works, given the heterogeneous decision making of many different individual interacting actors. Economics has failed in this regard with the naive and often misleading concept of "representative agents." The author presents many insights on the historical development, concepts, and errors made by the most illustrious economists in the past. This book should be essential readings for any economics students as well as academic researchers and policy makers, who should learn to bring back good-sense thinking in their impactful decisions." Didier Sornette, Professor on the Chair of Entrepreneurial Risks at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich).

Author : Hiroshi Yoshikawa
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811952647

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Reconstruction of Macroeconomics: Methods of Statistical Physics, and Keynes' Principle of Effective Demand by Hiroshi Yoshikawa Pdf

This book explains how standard micro-founded macroeconomics is misguided and proposes an alternative method based on statistical physics. The Great Recession following the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in September 2015 amply demonstrated that mainstream micro-founded macroeconomics was in trouble. The new approach advanced in this book reasonably explains important macro-problems such as employment, business cycles, growth, and inflation/deflation. The key concept is demand failures, which modern micro-founded macroeconomics has ignored. “It (Chapter 3) captures analytically a good part of the intuition that underlies the Keynesian economics of people like Tobin and me.” Robert Solow, Emeritus Institute Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nobel Laureate in Economics, 1987 “Professor Hiroshi Yoshikawa provides a unique synthesis of statistical physics and macro-economic theory in order to confront the dismal failure in economics and in finance to understand how an economy or a financial market works, given the heterogeneous decision making of many different individual interacting actors. Economics has failed in this regard with the naive and often misleading concept of “representative agents.” The author presents many insights on the historical development, concepts, and errors made by the most illustrious economists in the past. This book should be essential readings for any economics students as well as academic researchers and policy makers, who should learn to bring back good-sense thinking in their impactful decisions.” Didier Sornette, Professor on the Chair of Entrepreneurial Risks at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich)

Author : Marc Jarsulic
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429698521

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Effective Demand And Income Distribution by Marc Jarsulic Pdf

Considering ideas from various economic paradigms, namely post-Keynesian, neo-Ricardian, and neo-Marxian, this book discusses the importance of money to Keynes's analysis of effective demand and income distribution. It also considers the connections between relative prices and income distribution.

Author : Edward J. Amadeo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038537655

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Keynes's Principle of Effective Demand by Edward J. Amadeo Pdf

'Without doubt, Keynes was a complex, many-sided genius whose analyses were constantly playing catch-up with his intuition. Amadeo's book is indeed a very important contribution to an enhanced understanding of this process as it pertains to Keynes's two premier contributions to economic theory - the TM [Treatise on Money] and the GT [General Theory].' - Richard X. Chase, Journal of Economic Issues 'I think that this is an outstanding piece of work, doing an excellent job of tracing the evolution of Keynes's own thought and questioning the conventional interpretation of the transition from the Treatise on Money to the General Theory.' - Lance Taylor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US

Author : Michael Emmett Brady
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006-03-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1425709427

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The Applied Mathematics of J.m. Keynes' Theory of Effective Demand in the General Theory by Michael Emmett Brady Pdf

The standard view of the economics profession is that Keynes was a brilliant, intuitive, non-rigorous innovator who was unable to apply formal mathematical analysis in his work. These essays show that Keynes backed up his "intuitions" with a rigorous mathematical and logical supporting analysis which has been overlooked by the economics profession for 70 years.The most likely reason that this occurred is that the ECONOMICS PROFESSION HAS ACCEPTED AS TRUE A NUMBER OF CANARDS CONCOCTED BY RICHARD KAHN, JOAN ROBINSON, AND AUSTIN ROBINSON that claimed that Keynes was a poor mathematician by 1927, who had never taken the 20 minutes that were necessary to master the theory of value(microeconomics).The result was that Keynes made all kinds of mathematical errors in his analysis of the aggregate supply function, Z, that his mentor, Richard Kahn, was not able to catch because Keynes had published the book prematurely. This is an abridged edition of my 2004 book, " Essays on J M Keynes and..." that concentrates on Keynes& acute; s mathematical modeling of his theory of effective demand in chapters 20 and 21 of his General Theory(1936).I have added three new essays.The fundamental result of the book is to demonstrate mathematically that Keynes had a complete microeconomic foundation for his macroeconomic theory built on the theory of purely competitive firms.There are two different but complementary models in the GT.They are the Y-Multiplier model of chapter 10[Y=PO; Y=C+I=bY(or C=a+bY)+(1-b)Y], where Y is actual or realized nominal aggregate demand and P is the actual price level, and the expected D-Z model of chapters 3,20, and 21[D=pO and Z=wN+P], where p is the expected price, D is the expected, nominal aggregate demand, and P is the expected economic profit.This model is explicitly discussed by Keynes in straightforward English in chapter 3 and mathematically analyzed in chapters 20 and 21.Any reader who can integrate the derivatives presented by Keynes in ft.2, pp.55-56 or fts.1 and 2 on p.283 of the GT, can obtain this model.Keynes puts both of his models together to obtain his generalized version of classical and neoclassical theory, w/p=mpl/(mpc+mpi), where mpl is the marginal product of labor in the aggregate derived from an aggregated neoclassical production function(pp.283,285 of the GT), w/p is the expected real wage, mpc is the marginal propensity to spend on consumption goods, and mpi is the marginal propensity to spend on investment goods.If mpc+mpi=mpc+mps=1, where mps is the marginal propensity to save, Keynes& acute; s general result simplifies to the standard neoclassical result that w/p=mpl defines a full employment equilibrium with only frictional and voluntary unemployment.On the other hand, if mpc+mpi< 1, one of a number of possible unemployment equilibriums occurs which labor, in the aggregate, will be unable to eliminate because, in this case, the money wage must be increased, not decreased.Keynes is the first economist in history to analyze a set of stable, macroscopic, multiple equilibria.The technical result is discussed in literary fashion on pp.261-262 of the GT in chapter 19 for those 1930& acute; s economists who lacked mathematical training in the differential and integral calculus.Keynes would be shocked to discover that the economics profession has, for the last 70 years contended either that (a)there is no mathematical model of Keynes& acute; s theory in the GT that incorporates microeconomic foundations or(b)there is a model in the GT, but it is filled with all types of mathematical errors.Anyone trained in calculus at the lower division, undergraduate level can discover for himself that both (a) and (b) are false.

Author : Harry Garretsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1852786205

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Keynes, Coordination, and Beyond by Harry Garretsen Pdf

This book proposes that the coordination problems lies at the heart of Keynes' economics and argues that Keynes' message got lost in the post-war period. The text develops an extension of Keynes' ideas within a general equilibrium framework and within alternative frameworks such as Austrian economics. It is demonstrated that in the absence of a co-ordinating device like the Walrasian auctioneer or in the presence of uncertainty, co-ordination can no longer be superimposed. This ultimately implies that apart from some notable exceptions, the Keynesian revolution was in fact stifled at birth because the validity of the central concepts of microeconomics have never been challenged.

Author : Robert Dimand,Robert Mundell,Alessandro Vercelli
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : PSU:000067901401

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Keynes's General Theory After Seventy Years by Robert Dimand,Robert Mundell,Alessandro Vercelli Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive overview of Keynes’ contributions to macroeconomics and offers an in-depth analysis of the contested legacy of The General Theory, a book that marked the emergence of modern macroeconomics from the earlier heritage of monetary theory and business cycle and analysis.

Author : William Fellner
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015028175654

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Towards a Reconstruction of Macro-economics by William Fellner Pdf

Author : David Colander
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006-07-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781139459051

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Post Walrasian Macroeconomics by David Colander Pdf

Macroeconomics is evolving in an almost dialectic fashion. The latest evolution is the development of a new synthesis that combines insights of new classical, new Keynesian and real business cycle traditions into a dynamic, stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model that serves as a foundation for thinking about macro policy. That new synthesis has opened up the door to a new antithesis, which is being driven by advances in computing power and analytic techniques. This new synthesis is coalescing around developments in complexity theory, automated general to specific econometric modeling, agent-based models, and non-linear and statistical dynamical models. This book thus provides the reader with an introduction to what might be called a Post Walrasian research program that is developing as the antithesis of the Walrasian DSGE synthesis.

Author : Paul Davidson
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781843765585

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Financial Markets, Money, and the Real World by Paul Davidson Pdf

Financial Markets, Money and the Real World by Paul Davidson is an informed and informative study of why the 1990s experienced a series of financial crises with terrible repercussions that reverberated throughout the global market. Focusing on the central role that domestic and international financial markets play in affecting the economic growth rate, and offering prescriptions to improve worldwide economic viability in the 21st century, Financial Markets, Money and the Real World is highly practical, forward thinking, and strongly recommended reading for students of economics in general, and the interactive, interdependent global financial markets in particular. Library Bookwatch/Midwest Book Review In Financial Markets, Money and the Real World Professor Davidson lucidly and persuasively sums up his major insights into the working of non-ergodic (uncertain) economic systems. It is essential reading for those who wish to understand why financial markets have become so volatile and are puzzled to know what to do about it. It is refreshing to read an author who writes so much in the spirit of Keynes and who is able and willing to develop Keynes s ideas creatively and apply them imaginatively to the understanding and management of today s globalized economy. Lord Skidelsky, University of Warwick, UK This book should be a classic in economics. Paul Davidson combines dazzling clarity and a passion for economic truth and common sense in illuminating the dark thickets surrounding today s free enterprise system. Professional economists and concerned citizens should both pay heed to this fine book. Peter L. Bernstein, Peter L. Bernstein Inc., US Professor Paul Davidson has long been a major avenue to the economic reality and the controlling economic ideas, especially those that have come into professional discussion with and since John Maynard Keynes. This is a major contribution, deserving the close attention of economists and all who seek accomplished economic guidance. I strongly recommend it. John Kenneth Galbraith, Harvard University, US Throughout the long, dark years of laissez-faire triumphalism, Paul Davidson lovingly tended the eternal flame of Keynes and ensured that it never went out. There is no better qualified economist to explain as this book does why Keynes is still relevant to a world pock-marked with the financial crises, poverty and unemployment that have resulted from neglecting his profound insights. Larry Elliott, The Guardian Paul Davidson investigates why the 1990s was a decade of financial crises that almost precipitated a global market crash. He explores the reasons why the global economy still struggles with the aftermath of these crises and discusses the possibility that volatile financial markets in the future will have real impacts on whole industries and national economic systems. The author highlights the central role that domestic and international financial markets play in determining the economic growth rate, unemployment rate and international payments position of capitalist economies. He explains why the primary function of financial markets is to create liquidity and demonstrates that a liquid market cannot be efficient, and an efficient market cannot be liquid. He also proves that preventing liquidity problems from developing in national and international financial markets is the key element in fostering prosperity. Statistical evidence and theoretical analysis are combined to demonstrate why orthodox prescriptions for liberalizing labor, product, and capital markets are the wrong policies for promoting a civilized society in the 21st century. Professional economists, financial reporters, government policy makers, those working in international economic organizations such as the IMF, the World Bank and the WTO, and concerned citizens will all benefit greatly from reading this highly acclaimed book.

Author : Sheila C. Dow,John Hillard
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026132964

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Post Keynesian Econometrics, Microeconomics and the Theory of the Firm by Sheila C. Dow,John Hillard Pdf

While the first conference (1993) focused on methodological issues, the 13 papers of the second are more concerned with developments in theory, empirical work, and policy questions as they seek to carry on the insights of economist John Maynard Keynes into and through the 1990s. Among the themes are the relationship between microeconomic and macroeconomic levels, uncertainty and its implications for individual behavior as it underpins macroeconomic behavior, and applying post- Keynesian theory to policy questions particularly in the international arena. The proceedings of the first conference were published under a separate title, and this series begins Volume One with the second conference. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : M. Lavoie
Publisher : Springer
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007-06-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230626300

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Introduction to Post-Keynesian Economics by M. Lavoie Pdf

This book shows how the realistic foundations and stylized facts of Post-Keynesian economics give rise to macroeconomic implications that are different from those of received wisdom with regards to employment, output growth, inflation and monetary theory, and offers an alternative to neoclassical economics and its free-market economic policies.

Author : Ping Chen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136994876

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Economic Complexity and Equilibrium Illusion by Ping Chen Pdf

The Principle of Large Numbers indicates that macro fluctuations have weak microfoundations; persistent business cycles and interrupted technologies can be better characterized by macro vitality and meso foundations. Economic growth is limited by market extent and ecological constraints. The trade-off between stability and complexity is the foundation of cultural diversity and mixed economies. The new science of complexity sheds light on the sources of economic instability and complexity. This book consists of the major work of Professor Ping Chen, a pioneer in studying economic chaos and economic complexity. They are selected from works completed since 1987, including original research on the evolutionary dynamics of the division of labour, empirical and theoretical studies of economic chaos and stochastic models of collective behavior. Offering a new perspective on market instability and the changing world order, the basic pillars in equilibrium economics are challenged by solid evidence of economic complexity and time asymmetry, including Friedman’s theory of exogenous money and efficient market, the Frisch model of noise-driven cycles, the Lucas model of microfoundations and rational expectations, the Black-Scholes model of option pricing, and the Coase theory of transaction costs. Throughout, a general theory based on complex evolutionary economics is developed, which integrates different insights from Marx, Marshall, Schumpeter, Keynes and offers a new understanding of the evolutionary history of division of labour. This book will be of interest to postgraduates and researchers in Economics, including macroeconomics, financial economics, advanced econometrics and economic methodology.

Author : William K. Tabb
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134621637

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Reconstructing Political Economy by William K. Tabb Pdf

This volume offers an original perspective on the questions the great economists have asked and looks at their significance for todays world. Written in a provocative and accessible style, it examines how the diverse traditions of political economy have conceptualised economic issues, events and theory. Going beyond the orthodoxies of mainstream economics it shows the relevance of political economy to the debates on the economic meaning of our times. Reconstructing Political Economy is a timely and thought-provoking contribution to a political economy for our time. In this light it offers fresh insights into such issues as modern theories of growth, the historic relations between state and market and the significance of globalisation for modern societies.

Author : Klaus Hennings,Warren J. Samuels
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789400921818

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Neoclassical Economic Theory, 1870 to 1930 by Klaus Hennings,Warren J. Samuels Pdf

Warren J. Samuels Each book in this series explores the present status of its field in terms of where it is, how it got there, the existing tensions within the field, and something of how the field might develop in the future. Each book presumes that work in each field is neither settled nor unequivocal. Each book attempts to comprehend its field as an evolving, developmental process or set or efforts. This particular book, covering neoclassical economics, is the third of three in the field of the History of Economic Thought. The others are Pre-Classical Economic Thought, edited by S. Todd Lowry, and Classical Political Economy, edited by William O. Thweatt. Each one conducts the same kind of analysis as the others in the series, with the understanding that here we are dealing with the history of interpretation, rather than a substantive body of analysis of a certain aspect of the economy: for example, labor or international trade. (That understanding must be com plex and subtle, inasmuch as revision of interpretation of earlier ideas is part of the process-both cause and consequence-of re-analyzing the economy. ) In this group we are interested in how recent and contemporary writers have interpreted the history of economic thought differently, both among themselves and from earlier writers. 1 NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMIC lHEORY 2 Several topics must be discussed to place such work in perspective, in part as it is here applied to the history of the interpretation of neoclassical economics.