In search of a canonical history of macroeconomics in the interwar period: Haberler's Prosperity and Depression revisited

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor(a) principal: Boianovsky,Mauro
Data de Publicação: 2000
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Economia (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71402000000300003
Resumo: The article investigates the methodological foundations of Gottfried Haberler's 1937 classic Prosperity and Depression and their influence on Haberler's assessment of theories prevailing before The General Theory and of Keynes's impact on macroeconomics. It is argued that Haberler was influenced by the ideas of the philosopher of social sciences Felix Kaufmann, whose 1936 book on methodology was instrumental in Haberler's emphasis on the distinction between tautological and empirical statements in economics. Haberler's cristicism of Hayek's capital shortage explanation of the crisis, as well as his rejection of Keynes' equilibrating mechanism through income changes and his scepticism towards econometric modelling of the business cycle, stem in large part from his views on method.
id FGV-8_5923cf2f187b61b011a36c5c17b63947
oai_identifier_str oai:scielo:S0034-71402000000300003
network_acronym_str FGV-8
network_name_str Revista Brasileira de Economia (Online)
repository_id_str
spelling In search of a canonical history of macroeconomics in the interwar period: Haberler's Prosperity and Depression revisitedmacroeconomicscanonHaberlermethodologyhistory of thoughtThe article investigates the methodological foundations of Gottfried Haberler's 1937 classic Prosperity and Depression and their influence on Haberler's assessment of theories prevailing before The General Theory and of Keynes's impact on macroeconomics. It is argued that Haberler was influenced by the ideas of the philosopher of social sciences Felix Kaufmann, whose 1936 book on methodology was instrumental in Haberler's emphasis on the distinction between tautological and empirical statements in economics. Haberler's cristicism of Hayek's capital shortage explanation of the crisis, as well as his rejection of Keynes' equilibrating mechanism through income changes and his scepticism towards econometric modelling of the business cycle, stem in large part from his views on method.Fundação Getúlio Vargas2000-09-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71402000000300003Revista Brasileira de Economia v.54 n.3 2000reponame:Revista Brasileira de Economia (Online)instname:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)instacron:FGV10.1590/S0034-71402000000300003info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBoianovsky,Mauroeng2010-09-03T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0034-71402000000300003Revistahttp://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rbe/issue/archivehttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||rbe@fgv.br1806-91340034-7140opendoar:2010-09-03T00:00Revista Brasileira de Economia (Online) - Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv In search of a canonical history of macroeconomics in the interwar period: Haberler's Prosperity and Depression revisited
title In search of a canonical history of macroeconomics in the interwar period: Haberler's Prosperity and Depression revisited
spellingShingle In search of a canonical history of macroeconomics in the interwar period: Haberler's Prosperity and Depression revisited
Boianovsky,Mauro
macroeconomics
canon
Haberler
methodology
history of thought
title_short In search of a canonical history of macroeconomics in the interwar period: Haberler's Prosperity and Depression revisited
title_full In search of a canonical history of macroeconomics in the interwar period: Haberler's Prosperity and Depression revisited
title_fullStr In search of a canonical history of macroeconomics in the interwar period: Haberler's Prosperity and Depression revisited
title_full_unstemmed In search of a canonical history of macroeconomics in the interwar period: Haberler's Prosperity and Depression revisited
title_sort In search of a canonical history of macroeconomics in the interwar period: Haberler's Prosperity and Depression revisited
author Boianovsky,Mauro
author_facet Boianovsky,Mauro
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Boianovsky,Mauro
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv macroeconomics
canon
Haberler
methodology
history of thought
topic macroeconomics
canon
Haberler
methodology
history of thought
description The article investigates the methodological foundations of Gottfried Haberler's 1937 classic Prosperity and Depression and their influence on Haberler's assessment of theories prevailing before The General Theory and of Keynes's impact on macroeconomics. It is argued that Haberler was influenced by the ideas of the philosopher of social sciences Felix Kaufmann, whose 1936 book on methodology was instrumental in Haberler's emphasis on the distinction between tautological and empirical statements in economics. Haberler's cristicism of Hayek's capital shortage explanation of the crisis, as well as his rejection of Keynes' equilibrating mechanism through income changes and his scepticism towards econometric modelling of the business cycle, stem in large part from his views on method.
publishDate 2000
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2000-09-01
dc.type.driver.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type.status.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
format article
status_str publishedVersion
dc.identifier.uri.fl_str_mv http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71402000000300003
url http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71402000000300003
dc.language.iso.fl_str_mv eng
language eng
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv 10.1590/S0034-71402000000300003
dc.rights.driver.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
eu_rights_str_mv openAccess
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv text/html
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv Fundação Getúlio Vargas
publisher.none.fl_str_mv Fundação Getúlio Vargas
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv Revista Brasileira de Economia v.54 n.3 2000
reponame:Revista Brasileira de Economia (Online)
instname:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
instacron:FGV
instname_str Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
instacron_str FGV
institution FGV
reponame_str Revista Brasileira de Economia (Online)
collection Revista Brasileira de Economia (Online)
repository.name.fl_str_mv Revista Brasileira de Economia (Online) - Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
repository.mail.fl_str_mv ||rbe@fgv.br
_version_ 1754115904393707520

Registros relacionados