Os dois métodos e o núcleo duro da teoria econômica

Revista de Economia Política

Luiz Carlos Bresser-pereira¹ 

[1] ,Fundação Getulio Vargas

关键词: hypothetical-deductive method;    historical-deductive method;    open systems;    mathematical economics;    new historical facts;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0101-31572009000200001

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

While methodological sciences have no object and are supposed to adopt a hypothetical-deductive method, substantive sciences including economics should use an empirical or historical-deductive method. The great classical economists and Keynes did that and were able to develop open models explaining how equally open economic systems work. Thus, the hard core of relevant economics is formed by the classical microeconomics and the classical theory of capitalist economic growth, and by Keynesian macroeconomics. In contrast, neoclassical economist aiming to build a mathematical science wrongly adopted the hypothetical-deductive method, and came to macroeconomic and growth models that do not have practical use in policymaking. The exception is Marshall's microeconomics that does not provide a model of real economic systems, but is useful to the analysis of markets.

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