Prof. Colander David, The Movement from a Classical to a “NeoClassical” Policy Frame
Prof. Colander David
The Movement from a Classical to a “NeoClassical” Policy Frame 1011.4565.01
Short Description:
The economics profession is a complex evolving system that is constantly changing, although the nature of that change, and the very fact that change is taking place, is often not recognized until much later. This course provides a brief overview of the changing scope and method of economics from mercantilist time until today and then looks in depth at one particular episode—the movement from a classical to a neoclassical policy frame in both micro and macro in the 1930s to the 1970s. It will explore how what economists at the time saw themselves as doing differs from the standard story of what they were doing that is passed on to students, and how the changes were often hardly noticed.
Berglas building, room 101
Dates:
| 03.05.15 | 16:00-19:00 | Sunday |
| 05.05.15 | 16:00-19:00 | Tuesday |
| 11.05.15 | 18:00-21:00 | Monday |
| - Room 001 -13.05.15 | 12:00-15:00 | Wednesday |
Lectures:
Course Syllabus (Description and Readings)>
Class 1 Introduction:
Why is the History of Economic Thought Important
Class 2 Classical
05 How Economics Lost the Complexity Vision Z1
06 How Macroeconomics Lost Complexity Z1
complexity and economic policy--April 2015
Class 3 Neoclassical
Positive Normative Colander Su
complexity and economic policy--Conn
making sense of positive normative distinction--St Lawrence
The Moniac, Modeling, and Macroeconomics
Class 4 Modern
Colander--complexity and policy-Ernst Strungmann forum feb 16
Framing the policy debate HOPE
is fundamental science of macro soundRRPE407712
Keynesian method complexity and trainingrevised for submission
