Macroeconomic modelling, economic policy and methodology: economics at the edge

"Demonstrating that there are (superior) alternatives to the modern macroeconomic mainstream and its DSGE models, this book presents the cutting edge of in macroeconomic modelling, economic policy, and methodology from the perspective of heterodox economic thinking. The first part of the book explores methodological issues, advocating for a stronger ethical consideration in macroeconomics and for the adoption of a strategy of pluralism to ensure that macroeconomic theory is capable of adapting to real world issues. The second part highlights recent trends in empirical Stock-Flow Consistent models by collecting a group of the most well-developed empirical models of five different economies: the Danish, the Dutch, the French, the Italian, and the Argentinian model. In all five cases, the models are used to discuss various policy aspects of the individual economies. Finally, the book explores issues of macroeconomic policy which are largely neglected by mainstream economists including financial (in)stability and macro imbalances. The book emphasizes the need for investigating sectoral balances, which are crucial elements for investigating imbalances from the heterodox perspective. This book will be of significant interest to students and scholars of macroeconomics, economic modelling, economic methodology and heterodox economics more broadly"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- 1 Introduction - economics at the edge -- PART I: METHODOLOGY -- 2 Ideology, Werturteilsfreiheit and pluralism in economics -- 3 Does macroeconomics have to deal with ethical considerations? -- 4 Understanding the temporal in Keynesian economics -- PART II: EMPIRICAL SFC MODELLING -- 5 House prices, financial cycles and business cycles: an empirical stock-flow consistent (SFC) model for the Danish economy -- 6 Globalisation and financialisation in the Netherlands, 1995-2020 -- 7 A stock flow consistent model for the French economy -- 8 A Stock-Flow Consistent Quarterly Model of the Italian Economy -- 9 The long decay of Argentina: could the 2010s have been different? -- PART III: ECONOMIC POLICY ASPECTS -- 10 Central bank independence in an age of democratic values -- 11 Foreign exchange accumulation and the advent of the monetary policy quadrilemma -- 12 Sectoral balance analysis: evidence from Scandinavia -- 13 A new approach to financial instability -- Index.