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Pedagogical Approaches to Theories of Endogenousversus Exogenous Money: Pluralism in Action?
Pluralism in economics: rethinking the teaching of economics, October18, 2008, City University, London.
Stephen Kinsella
Dept. Economics,University of [email protected]
www.stephenkinsella.net
October 18, 2008
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Today
1 Problem
2 Example: Two Approaches to Money
3 For discussion: Is there a middle way?
4 Conclusion
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You’re Out There...
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Why should I learn this?
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Cons of Teaching PKE
Time
Confusion
Learner Uncertainty/Lack of Background Knowledge
Compare & Contrast Leaves some students behind
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Cons of Teaching PKE
Time
Confusion
Learner Uncertainty/Lack of Background Knowledge
Compare & Contrast Leaves some students behind
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Cons of Teaching PKE
Time
Confusion
Learner Uncertainty/Lack of Background Knowledge
Compare & Contrast Leaves some students behind
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Cons of Teaching PKE
Time
Confusion
Learner Uncertainty/Lack of Background Knowledge
Compare & Contrast Leaves some students behind
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Q: When is the cost of Pluralism too high?
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A: When Overlaps don’t exist, don’t opt for pluralism, costtoo high
Semantic Proximity, e.g. Unemployment
Definitional Proximity: U = L/(E + L)
Empirical Proximity
EG: Existence of Unemployment
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A: When Overlaps don’t exist, don’t opt for pluralism, costtoo high
Semantic Proximity, e.g. Unemployment
Definitional Proximity: U = L/(E + L)
Empirical Proximity
EG: Existence of Unemployment
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A: When Overlaps don’t exist, don’t opt for pluralism, costtoo high
Semantic Proximity, e.g. Unemployment
Definitional Proximity: U = L/(E + L)
Empirical Proximity
EG: Existence of Unemployment
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A: When Overlaps don’t exist, don’t opt for pluralism, costtoo high
Semantic Proximity, e.g. Unemployment
Definitional Proximity: U = L/(E + L)
Empirical Proximity
EG: Existence of Unemployment
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Non Trivial Matter
Samuelson (1997, pg. 7)
. . . words may be treacherous because we do not react in aneutral manner to them. Thus a man who approves of agovernment program to ration housing will call it a program of“social planning,” while an unsympathetic opponent will describethe same activity as “totalitarian bureaucratic regimentation.”Who can object to the former, and who could condone the latter?
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Two ApproachesStock Flow Consistent Macro Models: Godley and Lavoie (2006)
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SFC Treatment of Money
There is a gap in (historical) time between production and sales whichgenerates a systemic need for finance;
bank money is endogenously determined by the flow of credit and;
total real income must be considered to be divided into three parts –that received by entrepreneurs, that received by labour, and thatreceived by banks.
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SFC Treatment of Money
There is a gap in (historical) time between production and sales whichgenerates a systemic need for finance;
bank money is endogenously determined by the flow of credit and;
total real income must be considered to be divided into three parts –that received by entrepreneurs, that received by labour, and thatreceived by banks.
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SFC Treatment of Money
There is a gap in (historical) time between production and sales whichgenerates a systemic need for finance;
bank money is endogenously determined by the flow of credit and;
total real income must be considered to be divided into three parts –that received by entrepreneurs, that received by labour, and thatreceived by banks.
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SFC Treatment of MoneyPedagogy
Modeled using di!erential equations
Simulated in Eviews
Perturbation analysis gives policy recommendations/comparisons
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SFC Treatment of MoneyPedagogy
Modeled using di!erential equations
Simulated in Eviews
Perturbation analysis gives policy recommendations/comparisons
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SFC Treatment of MoneyPedagogy
Modeled using di!erential equations
Simulated in Eviews
Perturbation analysis gives policy recommendations/comparisons
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Two ApproachesDSGE Approach: Barro (2007)
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DSGE Treatment of Money
Y = A! F (!K , L), (1)
Money instantaneously created & destroyed
=" A “social contrivance” or medium of exchange
Households maxmise consumption C subject to constraints oninvestment, "K , production, summarised in the production functionrelation, and depreciation, "K :
C + "K = A! F (K , L)# "K
Smooth pedagogical transition between micro & macro explanationsof income and substitution e!ects, etc.
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DSGE Treatment of Money
Y = A! F (!K , L), (1)
Money instantaneously created & destroyed
=" A “social contrivance” or medium of exchange
Households maxmise consumption C subject to constraints oninvestment, "K , production, summarised in the production functionrelation, and depreciation, "K :
C + "K = A! F (K , L)# "K
Smooth pedagogical transition between micro & macro explanationsof income and substitution e!ects, etc.
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DSGE Treatment of Money
Y = A! F (!K , L), (1)
Money instantaneously created & destroyed
=" A “social contrivance” or medium of exchange
Households maxmise consumption C subject to constraints oninvestment, "K , production, summarised in the production functionrelation, and depreciation, "K :
C + "K = A! F (K , L)# "K
Smooth pedagogical transition between micro & macro explanationsof income and substitution e!ects, etc.
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DSGE Treatment of Money
Y = A! F (!K , L), (1)
Money instantaneously created & destroyed
=" A “social contrivance” or medium of exchange
Households maxmise consumption C subject to constraints oninvestment, "K , production, summarised in the production functionrelation, and depreciation, "K :
C + "K = A! F (K , L)# "K
Smooth pedagogical transition between micro & macro explanationsof income and substitution e!ects, etc.
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DSGE Treatment of Money
Y = A! F (!K , L), (1)
Money instantaneously created & destroyed
=" A “social contrivance” or medium of exchange
Households maxmise consumption C subject to constraints oninvestment, "K , production, summarised in the production functionrelation, and depreciation, "K :
C + "K = A! F (K , L)# "K
Smooth pedagogical transition between micro & macro explanationsof income and substitution e!ects, etc.
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DSGE Treatment of Money
Y = A! F (!K , L), (1)
Money instantaneously created & destroyed
=" A “social contrivance” or medium of exchange
Households maxmise consumption C subject to constraints oninvestment, "K , production, summarised in the production functionrelation, and depreciation, "K :
C + "K = A! F (K , L)# "K
Smooth pedagogical transition between micro & macro explanationsof income and substitution e!ects, etc.
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DSGE Treatment of MoneyPedagogy
Usual Textbook graphical analysis
Light calculus
Data fitting
Policy prescriptions from model fitting
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DSGE Treatment of MoneyPedagogy
Usual Textbook graphical analysis
Light calculus
Data fitting
Policy prescriptions from model fitting
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DSGE Treatment of MoneyPedagogy
Usual Textbook graphical analysis
Light calculus
Data fitting
Policy prescriptions from model fitting
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Is there a middle way?
Yes.
Explore common problem statements di!ering solution concepts incomparative setting
EG The Multiplier, Unemployment, Growth, Consumption, etc.
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Is there a middle way?
Yes.
Explore common problem statements di!ering solution concepts incomparative setting
EG The Multiplier, Unemployment, Growth, Consumption, etc.
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Is there a middle way?
Yes.
Explore common problem statements di!ering solution concepts incomparative setting
EG The Multiplier, Unemployment, Growth, Consumption, etc.
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Conclusion: Only opt for pluralism when su!cient overlapsexist. Otherwise, world of pain.
Figure: caption
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References
Robert J. Barro. Macroeconomics: A Modern Approach. South-WesternCollege Pub., 1st edition, 2007. URL http://www.amazon.com/Macroeconomics-Approach-Robert-J-Barro/dp/0324178107/ref=pd bbs sr 1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198791536&sr=1-1.
Wynne Godley and Marc Lavoie. Monetary Economics An IntegratedApproach to Credit, Money, Income, Production and Wealth.Palgrave-Macmillan, 2006. URL http://www.palgrave.com/products/Catalogue.aspx?is=0230500552.
Paul Samuelson. Economics: The Original 1948 Edition. McGrawHill/Irwin, 1997.
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