Critical notes on new-Keynesian macroeconomics

This article shows that, in spite of its great steps towards reality, new-Keynesian macroeconomics seems to be a non-systematic construction with problems originated from “ad hoc” hypothesis required to explain the non neutrality of money and the existence of disequilibria in the short run. In parti...

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Autor: Gontijo, Claudio
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:Brasil
Recursos:EDITORA 34
Repositorio:Revista de Economia Política
Idioma:portugués
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Acesso em linha:https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/481
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:macroeconomics
new-keynesian theory
non-neutrality of money
price and wage rigidities
nominal and real rigidities
IS and LM curves
new-Keynesian Philips curve
Taylor rule
macroeconomia
teoria novo-keynesiana
não-neutralidade da moeda
rigidez de preço e salário
rigidez nominal e real
curvas IS e LM
curva de Philips novo-keynesiana
Regra de Taylor
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Resumo:This article shows that, in spite of its great steps towards reality, new-Keynesian macroeconomics seems to be a non-systematic construction with problems originated from “ad hoc” hypothesis required to explain the non neutrality of money and the existence of disequilibria in the short run. In particular, it seems that prices and wages rigidities stand in sandy bases and that the derivation of the IS and LM curves from neoclassical fundamentals is problematic. Even disregarding the apparent difficulties of the neoclassical theory of value and distribution, the new-Keynesian connections between interest rate, money, and output do not seem fully consistent. JEL classification: E12.