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Ex occidente flux. Vita a makroökonómia hasznáról és a közgazdaságtan felelősségéről
[Ex occidente flux. A debate on the usefulness of macroeconomics and the responsibility of economics]

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  • Kovács, János Mátyás

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Tudományos vita blogon? Rövid expozíció, jelzésszerű hivatkozások, sebesen levont kö vetkeztetések. Személyes hang, egy-két poén, work-in-progress hangulat. A krónikásnak nincs könnyű dolga, amikor az eszmetörténet-írás hagyományos eszközeivel közelít az új műfajhoz, és illően laza blogbejegyzés helyett elemezni próbál: okokat keres, típusalkotással bajlódik, összehasonlítgat, időnként komolyan véve a talán komolytalanul elejtett megjegyzéseket is. Mondván, egy több mint kétszázezer karakter hosszúságú szöveg folyamot, mely tudományos színvonalát tekintve jócskán fölötte áll a legtöbb nyilvános eszmecserének a honi közgazdaságtanban, luxus lenne átengedni a világhálón reá váró gyors enyészetnek. Az Eltecon blog nemrégiben lezajlott makroökonómia-vitája e kísérlet tárgya. Nem vitazáró, nem összefoglaló, inkább pillanatfelvétel arról, hogyan töpreng a magyar elméleti közgazdászok egy tekintélyes csoportja szakmája minőségéről és felelősségéről. A válság idegesítő hangzavarában. A lencse szokatlan pillanatban rögzíti a képet, akkor, amikor Nyugatról épp nemigen jön a fény. E furcsa megvilágításban az alábbi írás három kérdésre keresi a választ: 1. befolyásolta-e a válság a vita résztvevőinek véleményét modelljeik tudományos és erkölcsi érvényéről, 2. e véleményeknek mennyire szilárdak a tudományelméleti alapjai, és 3. vajon vannak-e erős helyi színárnyalatai? Hogy a vitázók makroökonómiai érvei önmagukban mily meggyőzők? Nos, ennek eldöntését a tanulmány szerzője nála felkészültebb megfigyelőkre hagyja. Journal of Economic Literature (JEL ) kód: B24, B25, B40, E00, E12.

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  • Kovács, János Mátyás, 2009. "Ex occidente flux. Vita a makroökonómia hasznáról és a közgazdaságtan felelősségéről [Ex occidente flux. A debate on the usefulness of macroeconomics and the responsibility of economics]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), vol. 0(10), pages 881-912.
    • Handle: RePEc:ksa:szemle:1123
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    • B24 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Socialist; Marxist; Scraffian
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    • B40 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - General
    • E00 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - General
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