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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
The need for new ideas in macroeconomics is evident. Most macroeconomists not only failed to recognise the weaknesses in the global economy before the financial crisis, their main macroeconomic model specifically exclude...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: National Institute of Economic and Social Research
The project 'Rethinking Macroeconomics' aims to challenge the central assumptions and methods of modern macroeconomics and identify the building blocks for a new and genuinely relevant macroeconomics, which directly addresses the question.
The need for new ideas in macroeconomics is evident. Most macroeconomists not only failed to recognise the weaknesses in the global economy before the financial crisis, their main macroeconomic model specifically exclude...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University College London
The project 'Rebuilding Macroeconomics' also aims to challenge the central assumptions and methods of modern macroeconomics and identify the building blocks for a new and genuinely relevant macroeconomics, which directly addresses the question.
When the Queen asked a group of academics "why nobody saw it [the recession] coming?" during a visit to the London School of Economics in November 2008, she echoed the thoughts of many people. Prime Minister Go...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Essex
The project 'Economic Growth and Economic Performance Over The Long Run: Frontier Research in Economic and Social History' focuses on economic history and long-run trends, which may provide insights but does not directly answer the question.