Consistency in pluralism and microfoundations

Sheila Dow

No PKWP1408, Working Papers from Post Keynesian Economics Society (PKES)

Abstract: John King has made challenging contributions to our thinking in many areas. This paper focuses on two of these: the case for pluralism and the case against requiring macroeconomic theory to be expressed in terms of its microfoundations. The purpose of this paper is to explore further the relationship between the two, requiring discussion of the relationship between the different levels of philosophy, methodology, theory and reality. A particular focus is put on the role of the concept of consistency in these two papers. This concept is explored further here at different levels and according to different methodological approaches. The contrast is drawn between its meaning in classical logic and in human logic.

Keywords: Consistency; pluralism; microfoundations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B40 B50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30
Date: 2014-05
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