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Microfoundational Programs

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The highly regarded contributors to the book argue that the standard narrative of microfoundations is likely to be unreliable. They therefore re-examine the history of the relationship of microeconomics and macroeconomics, starting from their emergence as self-consciously distinct fields within economics in the early 1930s. They seek to go beyond the conventional history that is often told and written by practicing economists. From different perspectives they challenge the association of microfoundations with Robert Lucas and rational expectations and offer both a more complete and a deeper reading of the relationship between micro and macroeconomics.

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  • Kevin D. Hoover, 2012. "Microfoundational Programs," Chapters, in: Microfoundations Reconsidered, chapter 1, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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