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METHODOLOGY OF MODERN MACROECONOMICS - A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE

Metodoloji, iktisadın temel yapısı ile ilgili olan bir alandır. Makro iktisat pek çok nedenden dolayı metodolojik analiz açısından özellikle önemli bir konudur. İktisat disiplininin doğası ve durumuna ilişkin rahatsızlıklar, diğer dallarının yanı sıra, makro iktisadın gerçek dünya olgularını açıklama veya ele alma veya politika değerlendirmelerine olanak sağlama kapasitesine önemli ölçüde şüphe düşürmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı makro iktisadın başarısızlığının nedenlerine dikkat çekmektir. Çalışma, makro iktisattaki başlıca metodolojik sorunlara ışık tutmayı ve makro iktisattaki mevcut tartışmaların tümünün metodolojik kökenli olduğunu göstermeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmada, mikro temeller, toplulaştırma, ceteris paribus koşulları, gerçek dışı varsayımlar ve formel matematiksel modellemenin yaygın kullanımının makro iktisadın başarısızlığının arkasındaki metodolojik yanılgılar arasında olduğu gösterilmektedir. Son olarak çalışmada, makro iktisadi olguların doğasına açıkça bakılmaksızın makro iktisadi analiz yöntemlerinin tasarlanmaması gerektiği sonucuna varılmaktadır.

MODERN MAKRO İKTİSADIN METODOLOJİSİ- ELEŞTİREL BİR BAKIŞ AÇISI

Methodology is the field which is concerned with the foundations of economics. Macroeconomics is a particularly important subject for methodological analysis for a variety of reasons. Complaints about the nature and state of the economics discipline throw considerable doubt on the capacity of macroeconomics, as well as many of its strands, to explain or address real world events or to facilitate policy evaluation. The purpose of this study is to raise concerns about the causes of failure of macroeconomics. The study aims to shed light on major methodological issues in macroeconomics and to point out that current controversies in macroeconomics have all methodological roots. It demonstrates that micro-foundations, aggregation, ceteris paribus conditions, unrealistic assumptions and extensive use of formal mathematical modeling are among the methodological fallacies behind macroeconomics' failure. Finally, it concludes that methods of macroeconomic analysis should not be designed without explicit regard to the nature of macroeconomic phenomena.
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