economics

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Tue, 15/04/2025 - 23:28
With the words ‘We simply do not know,’ Keynes describes in his General Theory what he calls ‘objective uncertainty.’ There is simply no way in which one can foresee certain events or developments because they are objectively unknown. The past does not predict the future. This constitutes a fundamental break with the dominant neoclassical worldview […]
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Sun, 13/04/2025 - 01:23
Der Hans-Matthöfer-Preis für Wirtschaftspublizistik wird jährlich Journalist:innen oder Autor:innen vergeben, die herausragende Beiträge zur wirtschaftspolitischen Debatte leisten. Der Preis ehrt Hans Matthöfer, einen ehemaligen deutschen Bundesminister (SPD), der sich für soziale Gerechtigkeit und progressive Wirtschaftspolitik einsetztet. Dieses Jahr ging der Preis an Philippa Sigl-Glöckner für ihr Buch Gutes Geld: Wege zu einer gerechten und nachhaltigen Wirtschaft. […]
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Mon, 14/04/2025 - 18:45
Utrymmet för kurser i ekonomisk teorihistoria och ekonomisk metodologi har stadigt minskat på våra ekonomiutbildningar på senare tid. Detta är djupt beklagligt eftersom det är förödande på sikt för en akademisk disciplin att inte hålla kopplingen till tidigare forskningsmödor levande och att inte ställa viktiga vetenskapsteoretiska och metodologiska frågor om den egna verksamheten. Hur har […]
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Tue, 08/04/2025 - 18:53
The rational expectations hypothesis presupposes — basically for reasons of consistency — that agents have complete knowledge of all of the relevant probability distribution functions. When trying to incorporate learning in these models — trying to take the heat of some of the criticism launched against it up to date — it is always a […]
Created
Fri, 04/04/2025 - 01:47
. Trump’s tariffs are thought to protect U.S. industries and workers, but they mostly backfire by raising costs, inviting retaliation, and failing to boost jobs or reduce trade gaps. Tariffs act like a tax on the economy, and although tariffs may protect some industries, there are usually high general costs in terms of accelerating inflation […]