Monday, October 17, 2016

Steve Keen on the Empirical and Logical Fallacies in Neoclassical Economics

In this new video on the unrealistic assumptions of neoclassical microeconomics:

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  1. PostkeyOctober 18, 2016 at 12:35 AM

    "The critics of neoclassical economics agree that economics should be about economic reality and should be demonstrably relevant to it. This will strike the non-economist as obvious. However, it is not obvious in mainstream economic thinking: the neoclassical school of thought is based on the deductive approach. This methodology argues that knowledge is brought about by starting with axioms that are not derived from empirical evidence, to which theoretical assumptions are added (again not empirically backed), and on the basis of which tools of logic (mathematics) are utilized to prove theoretical results. There is an alternative approach. This approach examines reality, identifies important facts and patterns, and then attempts to explain them, using logic, in the form of theories. These theories are then tested and modified as needed, in order to be most consistent with the facts of reality. This methodology is called inductivism."

    http://www.palgraveconnect.com/pc/doifinder/view/10.1057/9780230506077

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